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Jennifer Lopez in The Greatest Love Story Never Told (2024)

Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome in Unstoppable (2024)

Jennifer Lopez in This Is Me... Now (2024)

Jennifer Lopez, Jack Nicholson, and Stephen Dorff in Blood and Wine (1996)

Jennifer Lopez and Lucy Paez in The Mother (2023)

Jennifer Lopez and Omari Hardwick in The Mother (2023)

Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Jersey Girl (2004)

Jennifer Lopez and Tyler Posey in Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube in Anaconda (1997)

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, and Mel Bouzad in Gigli (2003)

Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Scoggins in Shades of Blue (2016)

Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in The Back-up Plan (2010)

Jennifer Lopez and Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Jennifer Lopez in The Back-up Plan (2010)

Jennifer Lopez, Rachel Dratch, Jerry Minor, and Tracy Morgan in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Jennifer Lopez, Ana Gasteyer, and Maya Rudolph in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Jennifer Lopez, Alberto Isaac, and Selena Tan in Shotgun Wedding (2022)

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding (2022)

Jennifer Lopez and Callie Hernandez in Shotgun Wedding (2022)

George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)

Jennifer Lopez, Woody Harrelson, and Wesley Snipes in Money Train (1995)

Jennifer Lopez and Wesley Snipes in Money Train (1995)

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in The Bronx, New York City, New York to teacher Lupe López and computer specialist David López. The two Puerto Ricans were brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and eventually met while living in New York City. Their daughters would have a stable, middle-class upbringing.

Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. As a child, she enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean rhythms like salsa, merengue, and bachata, and mainstream music like pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Although she loved music, the film industry also intrigued her. Her biggest influence was the Rita Moreno musical, West Side Story (1961). At 5, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Aside from being a budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight years at a Catholic elementary school named Holy Family, located in The Bronx, before graduating from all-girls prep school Preston High School after a four-year stay. At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and field and tennis. She spent most of her upbringing in a two-story house in the Castle Hill neighborhood.

At 18, Jennifer moved out of her parents' home. After high school, she briefly worked in a law office and took dance classes at night. During this time, she continued dance classes at night. Her big break came when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox's hit comedy In Living Color (1990). After a two-year stay at In Living Color (1990) where actress Rosie Perez served as choreographer, Lopez then went on to dance for famed singer-actress Janet Jackson. Her first major film was Gregory Nava's My Family (1995), and her career went into overdrive when she portrayed late Tejana singer Selena in Selena (1997).

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