Jennifer Lopez was born and raised in Castle Hill, a neighborhood located in the Bronx, New York. She is the daughter of Puerto Rican Guadalupe Rodríguez a kindergarten teacher, and David Lopez, a technician in computer science. Jennifer always wanted to dance, which left her mother countered. She has two sisters, Lynda and Leslie. Lopez spent her entire academic career in Catholic schools, finishing high school in school only for girls Preston High School, in the Bronx. She financed singing and dancing lessons for herself already from nineteen. After attending public university Baruch College for one semester, Lopez divided her time working in a legal office and making classes and dance performances in Manhattan night clubs.
She made a cameo in the 1987 film "My Little Girl". After months of auditioning for dance roles, Lopez was selected to be a dancer in several rap clips for a 1990 episode of the "Yo! MTV Raps" to be a dancer in support of the New Kids on the Block and song their "Games" at the American Music Awards 1991. He won his first significant work when he was a dancer "Fly Girl" dancer on the television comedy program in Living Color in 1990. Soon after, Lopez became Janet Jackson's backup dancer and made an appearance in her 1993 video for "That's the Way Love Goes" and danced next to Janet in the clip "If".
ARTISTIC CAREER
He appeared on television in a few programs such as South Central, Second Chances, and Hotel Malibu, and the film made for television Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. Lopez went to the big screens in 1995 in the drama My Family and then appeared to side deWesley Snipes in the action film Money Train. Also played a role in Jack, comedy 1996 Francis Ford Coppola, who starred with Robin Williams, and the 1997 thriller Blood and Wine with Jack Nicholson. In filmeSelena, 1997, he played the lead role of the eponymous singer, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress - Musical or Comedy" in 1998.
It became the first actress highest paid Latin, by getting a million dollars or more for a film role. Some of her other critically acclaimed films include Out of Sight, The Cell, An Unfinished Life, and Shall We Dance ?. Two independent films produced by Lopez were well-received at film festivals, El Cantante at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Bordertown at the Brussels Film Festival.
The performances of Lopez were not as well received in the financially successful films like The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, Monster-in-Law, and Enough, and Gigli, bombarded by critics, who served alongside American actor and former fiance Ben Affleck.
In April 2004 she was invited to star in the final chapter of the sixth season of Will & Grace, playing herself. This was the episode that received more audience since Elton John appeared in 2002, and Lopez appeared again in the first episode of the seventh season. In May 2006, MTV gave the green light on his reality show, DanceLife. The program follows the lives of six aspiring dancers struggling - literally - to be part of the competitive world of professional dance. Lopez, who took an active role in selecting program participants, harsh criticism to make guest appearances on the season and route features eight episodes, which began on January 15, 2007.
Lopez made an appearance as a mentor on American Idol on April 10, 2007. In the same program, was sworn in seasons 10,11,13,14,15.
Jennifer Lopez starred in the Gala of the New 7 Wonders of the World on July 7, 2007, held at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal.
It is an executive producer of a miniseries in Univisión, which has the same name as the title of her first Spanish album, Como Ama Una Mujer. Christian Borrero acts in the miniseries, along with Adriana Cruz.
FORTUNE
Lopez is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood history, although she has never had a movie with gross income in box office of $ 100 million in the United States. He appeared in the Guinness Book of Records 2007 as the most powerful actress. She was on the list of the top 10 highest-paid actresses of The Hollywood Reporter in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He received 15 million dollars for his role in The Mother in Law, and its best gross income in a movie is the Meeting love, which earned US $ 94,011,225; its international film more successful is We Dance ?, which grossed US $ 112,238,000 at the international box office.
According to Forbes his wealth was estimated at $ 110 million in 2007, making Jennifer was listed ninth in the list of the 20 richest women in entertainment. Currently, his fortune is estimated at more than $ 300 million.
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