Biografija

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the southern suburbs of the Bronx on 24 July 1969.
She has two sisters, Leslie (b. 1967) a teacher and Lynda (born 1972) journalist for chanel 11, her parents were both born in Ponce, the 2nd largest city in Puerto Rico, but have met and married in New york in the 60s (they have since divorced). Jennifer has always dreamed of being a "super star" as a child she listened to different genres of music: Afro-Cuban, salsa, merengue, bachata, but also pop, hip hop and r & b. At 5 years old she began taking dance & singing classes she says that one of her greatest artistic influance was the Rita Moreno movie "West Side Story"
At 18 Jen leaves the family home, meanwhile she works in a legal office the day and as a dancer in clubs at night. She later danced in the European tour of "Golden Musicals of Broadway", in the chorus behind Hinton Battle in the Japanese tour of "Synchronicity" and in numerous music videos and TV variety specials.
Her first real showbiz break came when she beat out 2,000 other aspirants, choosed by choreographer Rosie Perez, she landed a spot in the new popular show "In Living Color" she became one of the Fly Girls. Lopez stayed with the show from 1991-1993, she later danced for Janet Jackson she passed out an offer to go on tour with her when she elected to branch out into acting. TV roles came quickly, although the vehicles were not all that successful. She made her TV-movie debut as a nurse among crash victims in the dense Mexican jungle in "Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7" (CBS, 1993). She went on to portray Melinda Lopez, a Latina maiden under the watchful eye of her father (Pepe Serna) in the short-lived CBS series "Second Chances" (1993-94), and repeated the role in "Hotel Malibu" (1994), an equally unsuccessful revamp of the former. She also appeared in "South Central" (Fox, 1994), as a co-worker of star Tina Lifford. In 1994, Lopez even co-hosted "Growing Up Roses" (CBS), a special recapping the best moments in Tournament of Roses Parade history.
TV proved too small a medium for Lopez, whose talent and charisma as well as hypnotic good looks cried out for the big screen. Her first feature success came with Gregory Nava's "My Family/Mi Familia" (1995). That same year, she co-starred as the pistol-packing Gloria Santiago opposite Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in the action blockbuster "Money Train". In 1996, she was Robin Williams' sympathetic fifth grade teacher, (a role not specifically written for a Latina) in "Jack", a fantasy by Francis Ford Coppola that starred Williams as a ten-year-old whose aging process is drastically accelerated.
Lopez was catapulted to prominence when she was cast in the title role of "Selena" (1997), the moving biopic about the beloved slain Tejano singer. Selena's influential life and tragic death made for a truly compelling film, and the actress' vibrant, intuitive portrayal set her apart from her peers and readied her for stardom. That year she married Ojani Noa a waiter she met a few months before in a Miami restaurant they stayed married less than a year. With strong reviews for her turn in the noirish thriller "Blood and Wine", Lopez was poised for greater things, as evidenced by her casting alongside Nick Nolte and Sean Penn in Oliver Stone's "U-Turn" (both also 1997). In 1998, Lopez solidified her leading lady status, starring opposite George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh's subtly steamy action thriller "Out of Sight". Displaying a winning sense of humor that added a down-to-earth charm to her undeniable sultriness, Lopez proved a good fit for heartthrob Clooney, and the two displayed the kind of onscreen fireworks that were notably missing in the actor's prior efforts.
Winning rave reviews for her performances, Lopez was well on her way to superstardom, in 1998 she got a album deal with Sony BMG she started working on her very first album in 1998, with Emilio Estfan, Corey Rooney, Darkchild and Puff Daddy her and Puffy started dating around that time. the release of her debut album made the most of her fame a decidedly NYC-flavored dance record entitled "On the 6" after the subway line that runs from her Bronx home into Manhattan. While the singles "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting For Tonight" tore up the charts and pumped out of nightclub speakers, Lopez was enjoying more screen success as the star of the odd sci-fi thriller "The Cell" (2000). Directed by famed commercial and music video visionary Tarsem, the film drew from various art influences, and made up for lagging plot devices with an sweet dose of eye candy. Lopez outfitted in ornate, elaborate and futuristic garb pleased audiences. In 2001, she tried her hand at fluffy romantic comedy, playing "The Wedding Planner" who quite literally falls for the groom (Matthew McConaughey). Lopez showed a surprising talent for the sillier side of things, and convincingly ditched her glamorous image for one of a frazzled workaholic prone to pratfalls and other embarrassing mishaps. Audiences flocked to the feel-good comedy, and the final week in January 2001 saw the film as well as her newly-released album "J.Lo" hit the top of their respective charts simultaneously. She released 4 singles from that album 'Love don't cost a thing', 'Play', Ain't it Funny and her #1 Hit I'm real. She will then release a Remix Album which hit the Top of the charts making it the first Remix album to be #1 in the Billboard charts, I'm real Remix feat Jarule (#1 in the BB charts) and Ain't it funny remix feat Jarule would also be #1 in the US charts.
She met Chris Judd a back-up dancer at a music Award they started dating a few months after her and Puffy broked-up They would later marry but then divorce less than a year after. Keeping up her career's positive momentum, Lopez starred as a policewoman who falls for Jim Caviezel in the romantic thriller "Angel Eyes"(2001). In 2002, Lopez starred in Michael Apted's thiller/drama "Enough". In this film, Lopez played an abused woman who realized that the only way to escape her abuser (her husband) was to kill him. Both "Angel Eyes" and "Enough" performed wanly at the box office, but her album "This is Me..." also released in in 2002 was a big succes, she would get engaged to actor Ben Affleck who she let while film the movie Gigli earlier that year. Her next film cast her in a mild, "Pretty Woman"-esque Cinderella mode for "Maid in Manhattan" (2002), in which she played a housekeeper at a high class New York hotel who falls for a handsome politician (Ralph Finnes) the film will become her biggest Hit at the US box-office ($95M).
Lopez's public profile reached critical mass with the release of "Gigli" (2003), the mob-based action-comedy on which she first met Affleck. After months of media hype surrounding the "Bennifer" relationship, public expectation of an on-screen romance between Lopez and Affleck was so high, the film was the subject of extensive reshooting and reconfiguring to accomodate the perceptions, although Lopez's character was written and initially shot as a confirmed lesbian. The film, a gangster action-comedy in which Affleck plays an incompotent mob thug, was the victim of bad buzz for months before its release and received a critical drubbing--possibly even an over-harsh response--when it finally hit theaters. Lopez continued to exist at the eye of the media storm when she and Affleck called off their wedding in September 2003 and split for good in early 2004, followed by press reports that she sought solace with Latin singing sensation Marc Anthony. Meanwhile, the "Bennifer" backlash was so intense, the makers of the next Affleck-Lopez collaboration, writer-director Kevin Smith's comedy "Jersey Girl" (2004) extremely downplayed Lopez's involvement (and indeed, her role was small and brief, playing Affleck's doomed wife in the film's opening sequences). The final shocker came five months after the Lopez-Affleck split when Lopez suddenly married the newly divorced Anthony (who she met in 98 and briefly dated) in surprise ceremony although the couple took eight months before officially confirming their marriage and refused to discuss it further.

In midst of her busy life she continued to make films: she was paired opposite Richard Gere as an icy dance instructor who rediscovers her passions as she teaches Gere's obsessed family man how to move across the dance floor in the romance "Shall We Dance?" (2004), a role that made great use of her prowess as a dancer. In 2005 she released in 5th album 'Rebirth' and the single 'Get right' (#1 in europe) but sudently stopped the promotion after the failure of her seconde single 'Hold you down' a duet with Rapper Fat Joe. That same year was the debut of her Sweetface clothing line. Her next film, the comedy "Monster-In-Law" (2005), pitted her effectively against screen legend Jane Fonda (in her first role in 15 years): in the film Lopez's sweet-natured temp finds the man of her dreams, only to be menaced by his meddling, over-protective mother who hopes to drive her away. Candy-sweet on the outside at first, Lopez eventually reveals the inner steel that made her more than a match for the icon Fonda. Her next film, Lasse Halstrom's "An Unfinished Life" (2005) was released long after completion due to the complexities of the restructuring of Miramax following the departure of Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and while Lopez generally recieved good notices for her role as a widowed mother in an abusive relationship who seeks shelter with her estranged father-in-law (Robert Redford),

In 2005 she filmed 2 movies that she partly financed herself Bordertown with Antonio Banderas a drama about the rapes & murders happening in Juarez Gregory Nava directed the movie a few months later she filmed El Cantante a biopic about the life of salsa singer Hector Lavoe with Marc Anthony a project they planned to do together long before their wedding.
2007 was a busy years for Jennifer, professionally and personally. First she released her first album in Spanish "Como ama una mujer" which will be one of the best selling spanish album that year , Jennifer receive several awards including the American Music Award for best Latin artist . Que Hiciste the first single was # 1 in many countries like Spain, Switzerland and Portugal. Bordertown was only released oversea, and El cantante in the summer 2008, most critics praised Jennifer performance but not the movie.
Jennifer annonced her first Tour in August in collaboration with Marc it started in late September in Atlantic City, 15 U.S. dates were announced they will finally do 20. On November 8, at her last concert in Miami Jennifer publicly announced that she and Marc are expecting a child. She released her 6th album "Brave" in October but the public will not follow.
In February 2008 Jen gave birth to 2 adorable Twins, Emme & Max. Jennifer was attached to do 2 movies in 2008, 'Love and other impossible pursuits' and 'The Governess', she will drop out from the first film,(Natalie Portman replaced her) we will later learn that she dropped out because she didn't felt ready to go back to work and let her kids so soon. Also in 2008 Jennifer participated to her first Triatlhon in Malibu she arrived Fifth in her category and raised more than $120 000 for the LA Children Hospital. Jennifer is currently working on a brand new album that should be released at the end of 2009/early 2010. And she filmed her first movie in 3 years the romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan" out January 2010.