 Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, NY, on
July 24, 1969; after starting out in musical theater as a child, at age 16 she
made her film debut in the little-seen My Little Girl, but her career
then stalled until she was tapped to become one of the dancing "Fly Girls" on
the television sketch comedy series In Living Color. A recurring role on
the TV drama Second Chances followed before Jennifer Lopez was thrust
into the limelight co-starring with Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in the
1995 feature film Money Train; smaller roles in pictures including My
Family/Mi Familia, Jack, and Blood and Wine followed before
she landed the title role in 1997's Selena, portraying the slain Tejano
singer. Co-starring opposite George Clooney in 1998's acclaimed Out of Sight,
Jennifer Lopez (the product of a Puerto Rican family) became the highest-paid
Latina actress in Hollywood history; the following summer, she returned to her
musical roots with her debut pop album, On the 6, scoring a major hit
with the infectious single "If You Had My Love." Jennifer Lopez didn't waste
time perfecting a sophomore effort, the appropriately titled J.Lo, which
was issued in early 2001. The following year Jennifer Lopez released J to tha
L-O!: The Remixes and This Is Me...Then, which spawned another hit
single, "Jenny From the Block." Although her high-profile romance with Ben
Affleck created more headlines than her recording career, her follow-up, 2005's
Rebirth, was also a success. ~ by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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