Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section of the South Bronx on July 24, 1969. The middle of three musically inclined sisters, Leslie, a homemaker and Lynda, an entertainment consultant for New York’s Channel 11, Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. Jennifer’s parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez were both born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the second largest Puerto Rican city. The two were then brought to the United States in their childhoods, and eventually met while living in New York City. While Jennifer is of Puerto Rican descent her paternal grandmother’s parents were Europeans who settled on the island of Puerto Rico. As a child Jennifer 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 age five, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Aside from being a budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight years at an all-girls catholic high school named Holy Family, located in the Bronx, before graduating from Preston High School after a four- year stay. At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and field and tennis. At age eighteen Lopez moved out of her parent’s home. During this time Lopez worked at a law firm while she took dancing jobs 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 than 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 over-drive when she portrayed slain Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla Perez in 1997’s Selena (1997).
In February 1997, Jennifer married Ojani Noa - they were divorced in January 1998. In September 2001 she married dancer Cris Judd and the marriage lasted until January 2003. Jennifer is now married to singer/actor Marc Anthony. They were married June 5, 2004 and are the parents of twins Max and Emme, who were born February 22, 2008.
Jennifer is 5′6″
Dated musician ‘Sean ‘P. Diddy Combs’. [1999-2001]
Chosen by “People” magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
In the gyms they called her “La Guitarra” because her body curved like a guitar.
In her Bronx neighborhood they call her “The Supernova.”
Lopez and boyfriend musician ‘Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs’ were arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting. Police found them with a stolen gun. The charges against Lopez were dropped, but the charges against Combs stayed. He was eventually tried and acquitted. [December 1999]
Lopez worked with Janet Jackson in her videos and on her tours, and can be seen in the video for “That’s The Way Love Goes”.
First actress to have a movie (The Wedding Planner (2001)) and a music album hit number one in the same week.
Is the only woman to have been voted the sexiest woman in the world twice in FHM.
Engaged to Ben Affleck. [October 2002]
Does not drink alcohol.
Her new perfume is called “Still” and is the second perfume she has released with her first being “Glow”
Gave birth to fraternal twins, Emme Maribel Muñiz, at 12:12am, weighing 5lbs 7oz and Maximillian “Max” David Muñiz, at 12:13am, weighing 5lbs 13oz, on February 22, 2008 on Long Island, New York by C-section.