Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New
York on July 20, 1970. She is the
daughter of a computer specialist
Kindergarten teacher. Lopez always knew se
wanted to be a performer. She
started her showbiz career by appearing in the
chorus of dancer, singer and
choreographer Hinton Battle’s Synchrocinicity
musical in Japan. Jennifer
Lopez got her shot at acting in Connie Kaiserman’s
My Little Girl where
she perform a little part as Myra. She was selected as one
of choreographer
Rosie Perez’s fly girls after she won a national competition
of about 2,000
contestants. Lopez whose hip-hop dance numbers commanded a loyal
audience in
Fox’s in living color, parlayed her new visibility into roles on
various T.V
series and movies. In Living Colors was the first step for Lopez.
Lopez
was still living in New York and had to move to L.A. Lopez followed the
shows
producer Keenan Ivory Wayans "You’ll have more money and more
experience"
advise to stick with the show. While she was shaking her booty
during
commercial on Living Color, one of her co-workers whose husband was
writing
and producing South Central for Fox suggested her for a part. Lopez was
seen
as a recurring character here. The show was practically over before
it
started. Melinda Lopez character which Lopez portrayed in CBS second
chance
co-starring Connie Selleca and Megan Fallows was so popular that it
was
continued on Aaron Spelling series Malibu Road. She refused the
development deal
which was offered by CBS because she wanted a film career.
Lopez introduced her
talent to top film-makers with the movie Mi Famillia.
Following this movie she
jumped on Joseph Ruben’s Money Train. Although,
senator Bob Dole urged
Americans to boycott the film and the co-stars
Woody Harrison and Wesley Snipes
were trashed by critics. Lopez left the
train with victory where she got on as
"Grace Santiago". Later on Lopez
co-starred as Robin Williams latina teacher
in the movie Jack. Despite having
previously worked in Mi Famillia, Gregory Nava
asked Lopez to audition as a
part of nationwide search in Selena. No stranger to
the pressures of audition
the former dancer came in, nailed her mark and won the
role. Jennifer Lopez
thrust into spot light with her performance in this movie
and increased her
Hollywood stock considerably. The film succeeded despite some
grumbly in the
Mexican-American community that Lopez was of Puerto Rican decent.
5’6"
Lopez who has a yen for pizzazz from childhood has made a terrific
start as
star-crossed Selena with donning plenty of sequins and spandex. Selena
marked
a new beginning for Lopez in more than just career terms. In the wrap
party
of the movie In San Antonio, Lopez’s boyfriend Ojani Noa took the
microphone
and proposed on the dance floor. The couple married in early 1997.
Lopez
found out for sure that she had achieved stardom when false rumors of
her
divorce where printed in mainstream newspapers after only two months
of
marriage. But, they divorced after a year in fact. Jennifer Lopez ranked
16th on
the People Magazine’s 1997’s 50 most beautiful people list. Lopez
ended Jim
Carrey’s Liar Liar’s spring box office sovereignty with her
movie Anaconda.
She revisited the same genie in the fall where she
appeared opposite Sean Penn
in Oliver Stones U-Turn.. Lopez beat out a bevy
of A-list actresses to land a
role in Out of Sight. Lopez who had signed a
lucrative deal with Sony music
after an intense bidding war will be next seen
in Ants.