Name: Jennifer
Lopez
Nickname: J. Lo
Birthday: July 24, 1970
Birth Place: Bronx, New York, USA
Residence: Has homes in New York and Miami
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Height: 168cm (5'6")
Weight: 56kg (121 lbs)
Body Measurement: B86cm W58cm H87cm
Shoes Size: 7(US)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Ethnic Origin: Parents are from Puerto Rico
Claim to fame: as Selena Quintanilla in Selena (1997)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actress, Singer
Actress and pop singer.
Born July 24, 1970, in the Bronx, New York. Lopez began her
career as a dancer, appearing in stage musicals and various
music videos. In 1990, she won a national competition and earned
a spot dancing on the popular Fox comedy television series,
In Living Color, as one of the Fly Girls.
A series of small acting jobs followed, including parts in two
more series and a TV movie, Nurses on the Line: The Crash of
Flight 7, in 1993. Lopezs first feature film was the critically
acclaimed Mi Familia, or My Family, in 1995. She also appeared
in Money Train (1995), opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson,
and in Jack (1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring
Robin Williams.
Lopezs first
big break came in 1997, when she was chosen to play the title
role in Selena, a biopic of the Tejano pop singer Selena Quintillana
Perez, who was killed by a crazed fan in 1995. She earned widespread
praise for her performance, including a Golden Globe nomination,
and became the highest-paid Latina actress in history with her
paycheck of $1 million. That same year, Lopez starred in the
forgettable Anaconda and in Blood and Wine, opposite Jack Nicholson.
Her role as federal marshal Karen Sisco in Steven Soderberghs
Out of Sight, a film based on the Elmore Leonard novel and co-starring
George Clooney, further enhanced her image as a bankable movie
star.
Lopezs musical
career also began to take off, as she released her debut Latin
pop album, On the 6 in June 1999. The album, fueled by the success
of her hit single, If You Had My Love, went platinum
within two weeks, making Lopezalong with Ricky Martinone
of the most influential examples of the growing Latin cultural
influence in pop music.
Early in 2000, Lopez
was nominated for Best Dance Performance for her second hit
single "Waiting for Tonight," but lost the award to
veteran diva Cher. In the summer of 2000, she starred in the
science fiction-thriller The Cell, in which she plays a child
psychologist helping to track a terrifying serial killer.
The popularity of
the multi-talented Lopez reached new heights in early 2001,
as her new album, J. Lo debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts,
while her new film, the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner,
shot to the top spot at the box office in its first week of
release.
Lopez was briefly
married, in 1997, to Ojani Noa, a model and actor. She is currently
dating rap mogul Sean Puffy Combs. In December 1999,
Combs and Lopez were allegedly involved in a shooting incident
outside a New York City nightclub, in which three people were
injured. Combs was later charged with gun possession and bribery,
as prosecutors claimed he offered his driver, Wardel Fenderson,
$50,000 to say that the loaded gun police found at the scene
of the crime was Fenderson's. His trial, at which Lopez has
publicly stated she will agree to testify, begins in late January
2001. If convicted, Combs faces a possible 15 years in prison.
After repeatedly denying widespread rumors of a breakup, Combs
confirmed in mid-February that he and Lopez had separated.