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Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lopez

Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Lopez

Nickname: J.Lo

Date of Birth: 24th. July, 1969

Place of Birth: South Bronx, New York, US

Father: Puerto Rican, David Lopez, a computer specialist.

Mother: Puerto Rican, Guadalupe Rodríguez, a kindergarten teacher.

Siblings: Lynda and Leslie

Schooling: Lopez spent her entire academic career in Catholic schools, finishing at the all-girls Preston High School.

Career:

Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Lopez subsequently ventured into acting, appearing in numerous successful films including The Cell (2000), The Wedding Planner (2001), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005). She has won ALMA Awards for outstanding actress for her work in Selena (1997), Out of Sight (1998) and Angel Eyes (2001). She parlayed her media fame into a fashion line and various perfumes with her celebrity endorsement.

In 1999, Lopez released her debut studio album, On the 6. She followed it up with two number one albums on the Billboard 200, J.Lo (2001) and J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002). Her third studio album, This Is Me... Then (2002) peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 as well as her fourth studio album, Rebirth (2005). In 2007, Lopez released two albums including her first full Spanish-language album, Como Ama una Mujer and her fifth English studio album Brave. She won the 2003 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and the 2007 American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist. She has sold over 48 million albums worldwide.

Business: Lopez launched a clothing line in 2003. Named JLO by Jennifer Lopez, the line included different types of clothing for young women, including jeans, T-shirts, coats, belts, purses, and lingerie, a jewelry line, and an accessory line that includes hats, gloves, and scarves.

On April 12, 2002, Lopez opened a Cuban restaurant in the South Lake district of Pasadena, California named Madre's.

Lopez ventured in the perfume industry with her debut "Glow by J.Lo".

Lopez owns the film and television production company Nuyorican Productions.

Personal Life:

She has had high-profile relationships with Ojani Noa, Cris Judd, Sean Combs, Ben Affleck, and Marc Anthony. Starting 1984, when Lopez was 15 and in High school, she started dating David Cruz. They split in 1994, and still enjoys a close relationship with him ten years after they split, Lopez said in 2004: "He's a friend and he probably knows me better than anyone else".

Lopez's first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997. They divorced in January 1998.

Her second marriage was to her former backup dancer, Cris Judd. They were officially divorced in January 2003.

Following her divorce, Lopez began dating actor Ben Affleck. Her relationship with actor Affleck was highly publicized, with the media dubbing the couple "Bennifer." Lopez announced her engagement to Affleck in November 2002, after Affleck gave her a six-carat pink diamond ring worth a reported $1.2 million. Lopez promised interviewers that Affleck was indeed "the one", and that they would soon have a family. The marriage, planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California, was called off just hours before the event.

Shortly after her break-up with Affleck, Lopez was seen with singer Marc Anthony, a longtime friend with whom she had worked in music videos. They had briefly dated in the late 1990s, before his first marriage and her second. Lopez and Anthony married in a quiet home wedding on June 5, 2004, four days after his divorce from Torres was final. Their ceremony was private and unpublicized. Lopez's guests had been invited to an "afternoon party" at Lopez's house and had not been made aware that they were actually going to her wedding. On December 29, 2008, Daily News reported that Lopez and Anthony planned to announce their divorce on Valentine's Day. This allegation was put to rest by her publicist stating that "There is no merit to the article".

Discograghy:

Studio albums in English:

1999: On the 6

2001: J.Lo

2002: This Is Me... Then

2005: Rebirth

2007: Brave

2010: Love?

Studio albums in Spanish:

2007: Como Ama una Mujer

 

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