Jennifer Lopez is an American actress, dancer, fashion designer, perfumer,
philanthropist, producer, recording artist and television personality.
Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color in 1991,
where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993.
She received her first leading role in the Selena biopic of the same name in 1997.
She ventured into the music industry in 1999 with her debut studio album, On the 6, joining a select
few in successfully converting from a film to a music career.
Lopez became the first person to have a number one album and film in the same week in 2001
(album J.Lo, film The Wedding Planner )
With records sales of 75 million and a cumulative film gross of over $2 billion,
Lopez is regarded as the most influential Hispanic performer in the United States,
as well as its highest paid Latin entertainment personality.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Born: July 24, 1969
Spouse(s): Ojani Noa (m. 1997-98)
Cris Judd (m. 2001-03)
Marc Anthony (m. 2004-2012)
Ben Affleck (m. 2022; sep. 2024)
Children: Emme Maribel Muñiz
Maximilian David Muñiz
Cristian Marcus Muñiz
Ariana Anthony
Ryan Adrian Muñiz
Father:
David Lopez
(a computer specialist)
Mother:
Guadalupe Lopez
(a kindergarten teacher)
Sister:
Linda Lopez
(Entertainment Correspondent for WB Network)
Leslie Lopez
Genre(s):
Dance,
funk,
hip hop,
Latin pop,
pop,
R&B
Instrument(s):
Drums,
vocals
Active From: 1986-present
Associated Acts:
Marc Anthony,
Pitbull,
Enrique Iglesias,
Ricky Martin,
Wisin & Yandel
Awards:
Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award - Favorite Female Movie Star (2002)
ALMA Awards: Special Achievement Award - Female Entertainer of the Year (2001)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actress - Science Fiction, THE CELL (2001)
MTV Movie Awards: Best Dressed, THE CELL (2001)
ALMA Awards: Special Achievement Award - Female Entertainer of the Year (2000)
ALMA Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role, OUT OF SIGHT (1999)
ALMA Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, SELENA (1998)
Imagen Foundation Awards: Lasting Image Award, SELENA (1998)
Lone Star Film & Television Awards: Best Actress, SELENA (1998)
Quotes:
On people's intense interest in her personal life: "It's funny how people will look at you and wonder whether you're doing the wrong thing!"
On people's intense interest in her personal life: "Living your life in public is a weird thing because people feel they have a right to judge what you do. I think, if you turn the media spotlight on any random person, they would have the same kinds of things going on in their lives, but mine would wind up on the front page."
On being compared to the oft-wedded Elizabeth Taylor: "I'm not mad if people call me the modern-day Liz Taylor. We've all had a love of our life and failed love affairs. I'm just the biggest romantic, it's really sad. I tell people that but nobody listens. They're too busy writing about the thread count they think I demand."
"I still like Jennifer or Jenny. J.Lo just caught on. My mom has a problem with the J.Lo thing. I say, 'Mom, don't call me J.Lo.' It's like the other person. It's not me. It's the other celebrity person."
On an interview about Ben Affleck: "He's a really great person, a good person, in every sense of the word."
"I've been married twice and I've tried to make it work but I feel I haven't had a real marriage yet."
"It's like every day is the worst day of your life. And you're trapped and you're scared and you have to portray those emotions in every take and really take yourself to those places." (about her role as an abused wife in ENOUGH.
"Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right." (about the next step in her music career)
"I wasn't the most popular girl in class, I had my friends, but I was comfortable with myself. There's always those most popular girls and I wasn't one of those."
"I am a die-hard romantic. I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room. I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover. I'm very open with my love. I'm passionate and I feel a lot. I'm never afraid to get close to someone. I'm not afraid of love."
"I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky"
"When I see Puff in a video kissing someone, it's freaky and I know it's freaky for him to see me do a movie love scene, but as far as him forbidding me to do them, that's bull."
"I swear to God, I don't remember anything [Gwyneth Paltrow] was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work." Movieline.
"Do I think she's a great performer? Yes. Do I think she's a great actress? No." [on Madonna] Movieline.
"He wouldn't talk to me for two months. I was like, 'What an ass**le.' Actors are used to getting their way and to treating women like objects. "[on Wesley Snipes after she reports he made unreturned passes at her]
"In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love her.'" [on Winona Ryder] Movieline.
"It makes me laugh when she says she got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing." [on Salma Hayek]
"A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she would have done more with." [on Cameron Diaz]
"My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing."