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Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1970. Her
parents came to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico. She is
the middle of three sisters. At the age of 7, young
Jennifer went on her first tour - around New York City
with her dance class.At the age of 16 Jennifer got a
little break with a bit part in the film ''My Little
Girl'' (starring Mary Stuart Masterson). But Jennifer
Lopez'
first love was still dance, and when she read about a
scholarship to a dance school in Manhattan, she went
down and grabbed the opportunity.
At this time she was
taking a full time course load at Baruch, working in a
law office and taking her dance classes. Eventually this
would lead to a falling out with her mother, who didn't
want Jennifer to pursue dance as a career. When her
mother gave her the ever popular ''you live by my rules
as long as you live under my roof'' speech Jennifer took
that as her cue to break out on her own. Not having
anywhere else to live, she took up residence in the
building where she took her dance classes. A year and a
half of auditioning with no success brought Jennifer
Lopez to
the verge of a breakdown. But salvation would come in
the form of a tour that sent her dancing across Japan.
Before this, she had auditioned to be a ''Fly Girl'' for
the show ''In Living Color'' but she had been turned
down. Upon returning from Japan, she received a call
from ''In Living Color'' asking her to audition again.
This time she made the cut and it was off to Hollywood.
She didn't really enjoy her time on ''In Living Color'',
as she longed for an acting career that would put her in
the spotlight. Her first television job as an actress,
on the Fox series ''South Central'' came her way because
the producer of the show was married to one of the other
fly girls, and he took notice of Jennifer Lopez during a
special Fox aired about the Fly Girls. ''South Central''
only survived one season, but she quickly resurfaced on
television screens appearing as ''Melinda Lopez'' first
in the short lived ''Second Chances'' series, then
''Hotel Malibu.'' In 1995 she jumped onto the big screen
in her first major role, opposite Wesley Snipes and
Woody Harrelson in ''Money Train.'' She would go on to
work opposite such talents as Robin Williams and Jack
Nicholson, but it was her work with Gregory Nava, who
directed her in ''My Family, Mi Familia'' that would
lead her to the role that would make her a star.
After an extensive nationwide search, Jennifer Lopez was
chosen to play Selena Quintanilla Perez, in the official
biopic of the life of the fallen Tejano star. Taking
part in the production of ''Selena'' would impact
Jennifer's life in many ways. On the personal side,
Jennifer's fiancéé, Ojani Noa, proposed to her at the
wrap party for Selena. The couple had met in Miami while
Jennifer was filming ''Blood And Wine'' with Jack
Nicholson. Ojani, a Cuban immigrant, was an aspiring
model working as a waiter at Gloria Estefan's
restaurant, Larios On The Beach. They were married in
Miami on February 22, 1997, after knowing each other
less than a year. Jennifer's sudden rise to fame with
the release of ''Selena'' the following month would put
an excessive strain on the marriage, and the couple
filed for divorce just a little over a year after they
were married.
After news of the divorce made headlines, the gossip
papers quickly had Jennifer Lopez romantically linked to the likes
of rap impresario Sean ''Puffy'' Combs, Sony Music
President Tommy Mottola and Salsa singer Marc Anthony.
Jennifer herself remains tightlipped - and rightfully so
- on the subject of her personal life (although she has
recently admitted that she is in fact having a
relationship with Puffy). Back on the professional
level, her role as Karen Sisco in 1998's ''Out Of
Sight'', opposite George Clooney, has brought her into
the major leagues, making her the highest paying Latina
actress in history.
Playing Selena also brought back
Jennifer's interests in being the ''all around''
entertainer, and she decided to record a demo of her
singing, completely in Spanish. After a bidding war
among a number of record companies, Jennifer was signed
to Sony Music's Work Group label. Her first CD, a pop
album with a Latin flavor (although mostly in English)
was released June 1, 1999. Working with the likes of
Emilio Estefan, Rodney Jerkins and Sean ''Puffy'' Combs,
the music world is buzzing that Jennifer is ''the next
Gloria Estefan'' set to become the mainstream Latin
crossover star Selena herself surely would have been,
had she been given the chance. That early prediction
seems accurate, as her first single, ''If You Had My
Love'' shot to 1 on the Billboard chart, and has been
certified platinum (one million sales).
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