Jennifer Lopez born 24 July 1969.She is an American actress, businesswoman, dancer and recording artist.
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. Lopez's 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.
Lopez's 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 Lopez—along with Ricky Martin—one 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 same year, she starred in Enough, a portrayal of spousal abuse.
The popularity of the multi-talented Lopez reached new heights in early 2001, when her album, J. Lo debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts, while her film, the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner, shot to the top spot at the box office in its first week of release. In December 2002, she performed another one-two punch with the release of the record This Is Me ... Then and a starring role in the comedy Maid in Manhattan, which was a box office hit, if not a critical one. In 2003, she co-starred with Ben Affleck in the box office bomb, Gigli. Other projects included Jersey Girl (also with Affleck) and An Unfinished Life, in which she played a single mom taken in by her father-in-law played by Robert Redford. She also starred opposite Richard Gere in Shall We Dance?, a remake of the top-grossing Japanese flick.
Lopez is equally known for her love life and personal life as well as her career. Lopez dated David Cruz from 1984 to 1994. Her first marriage was to cuban-born Ojani Noa; they were married in 1997 and divorced in 1998.They have further had legal problems with him being fired from her family restaurant, and a book he wanted to publish about her.Lopez next dated rap mogul Sean Combs for 17 months; they split in January 2001 after his involvement in a nightclub shooting. Following this, she married her back-up dancer, Cris Judd, who she divorced in January 2003.From 2002 to 2004, She dated and later engaged actor Ben Affleck, and their relationship lasted for eighteen months; dubbed as "Bennifer" their relationship ended due to media attention In 2004, she married Latin pop star Marc Anthony. She was confirmed pregnant in November 2007, and gave birth to fraternal twins Emme Maribel Muñiz, and Maximilian "Max" David Muñiz in February 2008. She separated Anthony on July 15, 2011.Recently, media has focused on her relationship with back-up dancer Casper Smart.
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