Childhood:
Jennifer Lopez is one of the highest-paid Latina actresses. Jennifer Lopez was born on 24 July, 1970 in the Bronx, New York. Her father was a computer specialist and mothers a kindergarten teacher. Lopez always wanted to be a performer. Jennifer was the middle child of three daughters. She was not very good in academics and due to that she was not very popular too. Her parents wanted her to be a lawyer but she wasn’t so happy being a lawyer. "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." Jennifer Lopez
Career:
Jennifer started her professional career as a chorus dancer. She had also appeared on a European tour in the Golden Musicals of Broadway. She got her big break at the age of 16, where she performed as Myra in My Little Girl. The role of Myra landed her into more TV act. Besides her hip-hop dance she also played many roles in various TV series and movies. She was highly acknowledged by the audience for her hip-hop dance in the TV series called In Living Color. In Living Color was the first step for Lopez. The show really landed her into two more short lived series. She played “Melinda Lopez” character in CBS’s and second was Aaron Spelling’s series, Malibu Road. She did the last role in TV as Nurse Rosie in Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 on 1993.
She appeared on big screen in Gregory Nava’s Mi Famillia in 1995. This particular movie was the introductory show by Lopez. She jumped on to another movie named Money Train. Later on Lopez made her mark as a Latina teacher in Francis Ford Coppola’s Jack. She outplays an actress like Ashley Judd and Lauren Holly for the part in this particular movie. She auditioned in the nationwide search in Selena, the life of slain Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez. Jennifer won the competition and made her entry into Selena. Selena’s performance proves to be the turning point for her. She came into limelight and increased her Hollywood stock. The film was a great success. Selena paved a new way for her. Through this movie she won the heart of Directors and fans as well. In the words of Selena’s director: "She’s just a complete wow!" Lopez drew some lessons from Selena’s life: "I used her as an example when I was making this movie; she was very good with her fans. She was always very gracious, and always took time to talk to them. She realized that her fans were the most important thing." On the personal front also Selena did pretty well for her. She was proposed by her boyfriend Ojani Noa at the Selena’s party. The couple married in 1997 but the marriage did not last very long. She also owns the title of 16th most beautiful people by the people Magazine in 1997. Lopez ended Jim Carrey’s Liar Liar's spring box office sovereignty with her movie Anaconda which she summarizes as "mayhem, madness and snakes". The noir film Blood & Wine was well-received where she starred opposite Jack Nicholson as his Cuban mistress. She revisited the same genre in the fall where she appeared opposite Sean Penn in Oliver Stone’s U-Turn. Lopez beats the A-list category actress to get role in Out Of Sight, where she plays alongside George Clooney as US Marshall. Most recently, Jennifer has starred in such films as, The Cell and The Wedding Planner--playing opposite Matthew McConaughey. She received many awards like Blimp Award in the year 2002, blockbuster entertainment award in the year 2001, MTV Movie Award in the year 2001(best dressed), ALMA Award in the year 198 for outstanding actress in the film Selena and many more.
Personality:
Jennifer's compelling personality is the main reason she has had the success she now enjoys. Despite all the reports of diva-like behavior (including her request to sleep in hotels that have an incredibly high thread count on their bed sheets), she remains Jenny from the block, and stardom hasn't made her forget her roots, though it won't stop her from making the occasional mistake (i.e. marrying Ojani Noa in 1997, and Cris Judd in 2001, almost marrying Ben Affleck in 2003, and finally marrying Marc Anthony in 2004).
