This 5'5" tall sexy singer, highly paid latino actress was born on 24 July 1970, Bronx, New York, USA. Of Puerto Rican descent. The daughter of a computer specialist and kindergarten teacher,Jennifer Lopez always knew she wanted to be a performer. As a child Lopez appeared in musical theatre, before making her film debut as a 16 year old in the movie My Little Girl.Jennifer is the middle of three daughters. Her elder sister, Leslie, is a housewife who sings opera. Her younger sister, Lynda, is a dj on New York's KTU, a VH1 vj., and a morning news show correspondent on New York's Channel 11.
Jennifer Lopez started her professional career by appearing in the chorus of dancer, singer and choreographer Hinton Battle’s Synchrocinicity musical in Japan. She had also appeared in Golden Musicals of Broadway on a European tour, along with regional productions of Oklahoma and Jesus Christ Superstar. Jennifer Lopez got her shot at acting in Connie Kaiserman’s My Little Girl where she performed a little part as Myra.
Her break into television came in 1990 when she won a dance contest to become a Fly Girl on the Fox television comedy series In Living Color.
She made her first major big screen appearance opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in 1995's Money Train, before working with director Gregory Nava on My Family, Mi Familia. Her experience on the latter led indirectly to the high-profile role of murdered Tejano star Selena Quintanilla in the 1997 biopic Selena. Now considered a major player in Hollywood, Lopez's acclaimed appearance opposite George Clooney in 1998's Out Of Sight made her the highest paid Latin actress in history. That same year, she earned an introduction to a new generation of fans by lending her voice to the popular Antz.
Jennifer Lopez ranked 16th on the People Magazine’s 1997’s Fifty Most Beautiful People list.
In the wrap party of the movie in San Antonio, Lopez’s boyfriend Ojani Noa took the microphone and proposed her on the dance floor. The couple married in early 1997. They later filed for divorce.
Lopez was still living in New York and had to move to LA But, she followed the show’s producer Keenan Ivory Wayans’ You’ll have more money and more experience advice, to stick on with the show.It was her role in Selena that led to the revival of her music career. Major label backing, heavyweight producers of the calibre of Emilio Estefan, Rodney Jerkins and Sean "Puffy" Combs, made 1999's On The 6 one of the summer's most hotly anticipated releases.
The sexy singer-actress is talking about her post-Puffy existence, and apparently, she's not the least bit cynical about her just-ended romance. "I was born a romantic. I operate from the heart — that's who I am," says Lopez, who recently ended her relationship with rap mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs. Love is a big inspiration in my singing, in my acting, and in my dancing, she told Britain's In Style magazine. I believe in unconditional love
