
| On July 24th 1969 Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born into this world. David, her father, was a computer technician. Her mother, Guadalupe, taught kindergarten. 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., 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 which gives her her unique Latino look. She took singing lessons and dance lessons from the age of 5. After high school she worked in a law office and at 18 she left home to start her career in show business. It was considered to be her big break when she was given a job as a fly girl on comedy 'In Living Color' in 1990. After being there for several years, she went on to dance for Janet Jackson in some of her videos and on her tours, and she can be seen in the video for "That's The Way Love Goes". Her first big film was 'My Family' in 1995 and her career blossomed after that. This includes her music career, her debut album went 6 x platinum. She is the only woman to have been voted the sexiest woman in the world twice in FHM, once in 2000 and then in 2001. She has also been ranked #76 in Premiere's 2002 annual Power 100 List and named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001". Does not drink alcohol, following many other celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Jordan and Gywneth Paltrow. She secretly married Marc Anthony on June 5th 2004; all the guests were invited to an "afternoon party", but they were never told that they were going to a wedding, that was a surprise! She wore a Vera Wang dress at the ceremony. She has created 2 perfumes, Glow by J.Lo and Still. Both of which sell tremendously well. She created her own fashion line called 'Sweetface', but due to the excessive amount of fur in the range, members of the PETA joined to protest against this. Heather Mills left a DVD in Jennifer Lopez's office that showed how brutally animals are murdered in order to get their fur. Currently to be found filming:America's Darlings (2006) and Cantante, El (2006). Also to be found settling down with her husband Marc Anthony in Bel-Air or their house in Long Island, New York. |