Jennifer Lopez - Biography
Jennifer Lopez was born in Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970.
Jennifer has two sisters;
Maria and Leslie. Maria is also an actress, but her career was pretty much over
after the
1987 film "The Rosary Murders".
Jennifer got her start in showbiz by appearing in the chorus of Hinton Battle's
Synchrocincity musical in Japan. She was also in Golden Musicals of Broadway
on a
European tour, along with regional productions of Oklahoma and Jesus Christ
Superstar.
She got her start in films from her part in the 1987 movie "My Little Girl".
Jennifer was in,
and won a competition with about 2,000 contestants to become one of choreographer
Rosie
Perez's Fly Girls. Fox's In Living Color was a step in the right direction,
she shortly moved
from New York to L.A. While on In Living Color one of her co-worker's husband
was
writing and producing South Central for Fox.
Jennifer was seen a few times as the playing Lucy, a woman who worked in a co-op.
The
series was shortly after cancelled. Jennifer Lopez was then selected to play
Melinda Lopez
on CBS's Second Chances. The series co-starred Connie Selleca and Megan Fallows,
it was
so popular that it continued on the Aaron Spelling's Hotel Malibu.
Jennifer soon left television to pursue a career as a film
actor. She landed in a role on the
made for TV 1993 movie Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 as Rosie a
heroic
nurse. In 1995 Jennifer appeared in Gregory Nava's Mi Famillia, which focuses
on the lives of
Mexican immigrants from the 1930's through today. Her talent was seen for the
first time
for many film makers. After this she starred in the movie "Money Train"
next to Woody
Harrelson and Wesley Snipes and in "Jack" next to Robin Williams.
But her real
big break was as singer Selena in the same movie. She portrayed the life of
the murdered
Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. After being seen in Selena she had made
a place
for herself in Hollywood. During the wrap party for Selena in San Antonio, Jennifer's
boyfriend Ojani Noa proposed to her on the dance floor. The couple was soon
married in
1997, but they were soon divorced about a year later.
As much as she likes making movies she even more likes making music and in 1999
she
made the album "On the 6". It was a huge success and had several hit
singles from the
album. The first single released was "If you had my love" and reached
in a lot of
countries the top of the charts.
She has a relationship with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs.
And she has recently finished
her second album "J. Lo", with the hitsingle "My love don't cost
a thing".