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Jennifer Lopez

Age: 40
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, USA
Born: Jul. 24th, 1969

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Jennifer Lopez's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
In Living Color	Fly Girl (5)
Celebrities Uncensored	Jennifer Lo…
DanceLife	Jennifer Lo…
Hotel Malibu	Melinda Lopez
Second Chances	Melinda Lopez

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jennifer was born on July 24, 1969, in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. Her father, David, was a computer technician. Her mother, Guadalupe, taught kindergarten. Jennifer is the middle of three daughters. Her elder sister, Leslie, is a housewife who sings opera. Her younger sister, Lynda, is a DJ on New York's WKTU, a VH1 VJ, and a morning news show correspondent on New York's Channel 11. Jennifer's parents were born in Puerto Rico, but did not meet until both came to America. Her mother's parents were Europeans who settled in Puerto Rico. She says that it was her parents' work ethic that made a difference in her life. Jennifer took singing and dancing lessons from age 5. She attended 12 years of Catholic school, including an all-girl high school. She played softball and tennis in high school and was a gymnast.

After high school, she briefly worked in a law office. During this time, she continued dance classes at night. At 18, she left home because her mother was scared by her decision to pursue show business. With casting on "In Living Color" (1990) in 1990, she moved to L.A., but initially hated it. Finally her boy friend, David Cruz, moved to be with her there and she learned to accept her new environment. Her career took off from her "Living Color" stint and reached new peaks with her portrayal of slain Latino singer Selena (1997).

TRIVIA:

(June 2002) Came in at #5 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. She had come in first in the 2000 & 2001 editions of the poll.
In her Bronx neighborhood they call her "The Supernova."
Did not return to work until over a year (15 months) after giving birth to twins Max and Emme in order to begin filming _The Back-Up Plan (2010)_ (qv).
Was the first Latina actress to be paid $1 million for a movie role (_Selena (1997)_ (qv)).
Secretly married 'Marc Anthony (I)' (qv) on June 5th 2004; all the guests were invited to a "afternoon party", and they were never told that they were going to a wedding.
In the gyms they called her "La Guitarra" because her body curved like a guitar.
She was one of the "Fly Girls" dancers on the TV comedy series _"In Living Color" (1990)_ (qv).
First actress to have a movie (_The Wedding Planner (2001)_ (qv)) and a music album hit number one in the same week.