Jennifer Lynn Lopez (New York City, July 24, 1969) is an American singer, actress, dancer, designer and fashion icon. She also like J.Lo through life. She is of Puerto Rican descent but grew up in the Bronx in New York.
Lopez's parents, computer technician David Lopez and Guadalupe Rodriguez preschool teacher, are from the same village in Puerto Rico. They met each other but only when they both know to Castle Hill in New York moved. The two got together three daughters: Lynda, Leslie and Jennifer. The children underwent a Catholic upbringing, no classes were missed and were encouraged as much as possible in English to communicate, so that later they would have more chance of a good job. Rodriguez turned home often salsa and latin music. She encouraged Jennifer to take dance lessons.
Lopez funded her 16th on its own dance and singing lessons and quit high school. She worked at first at a law firm where she was successful, but went after work more often to her singing / dancing / acting classes. Later she went not so much to her work and she was often at night on the path through night clubs to dance. Lopez's mother had by this and was afraid she would be subjected to improper influences. She gave Lopez a choice: leave home or stay and not go to nightclubs and dance go. She left home and slept in different places, they thought it was a rottijd until they could move in with her dance teacher. She got through the many offers to work in dance clubs as a background dancer in music videos to play, including a clip of MC Hammer.
In the live comedy program In Living Color The came a spot as a dancer. They had to fly to Los Angeles to shoot the show. She was arguing with one of the dancers and went away after the second season. Then she took a musical tour through Europe. She was offered roles in sitcoms such as South Central, Second Chances, Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 and Hotel Malibu. Her career when she jumped in 1995 by Janet Jackson as a background dancer was asked in her video That's The Way Love Goes. She was then on a world tour, but she said it because she was offered a film role.
She began her film career in 1995 with the Spanish film Mi Familia (My Family). It was not very successful. She also played at the beginning of her career with Wesley Snipes in Money Train. Then she played in 1996 and Jack with Jack Nicholson in Blood And Wine. They broke through in the film Selena, where the final days of the Mexican singer were filmed. Lopez played the title role and her salary was $ 1,000,000 of the highest paid Latin actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe, but got the prize. Then she starred in the movie Out of Sight with George Clooney. Peaked in the late 90s both her music and movie career.
Lopez played at the beginning of the 21st century include The Cell, Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner. Her salary is considerably over the years have gone up. She is still the highest paid Latin actress in terms of salary and she sits on a comparable level with Julia Roberts for example. In 2003, the films Gigli and Jersey Girl from, both with Ben Affleck, which she had a relationship. These films flopped in the U.S. and received much criticism. In the Netherlands, the film Gigli by poor sales only on DVD from. Shall We Dance? (Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon) and An Unfinished Life (Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman) get reasonable reviews.
They also reached another blockbuster with Monster-in-Law (2005), along with Jane Fonda and Michael Vartan. Lopez then played in Bordertown and El Cantante. Plays Lopez with Marc Anthony: he and the deceased salsa singer Hector Lavoe and she as his wife Puchi. Lopez co-produced both of the previous films. There are rumors about a new movie, (Bridge And Tunnel) with Richard Gere, which is produced by Jack Nicholson. And Feel The Noise, a film about a boy singer / rapper will be played by R & B singer Omarion. This film would be produced by Lopez.
Previously Lopez danced on the table in her home and she was crazy about salsa music, but also on other styles. Because of her fame as an actress she was despite her limited singing skills a recording contract with Epic / Sony, which resulted in many number 1 hits and millions of fans. In 1999 her first album On the 6 from. This album was co-produced by Cory Rooney, who later also other albums Lopez would produce. The first single released If You Had My Love, which immediately shot to the first of many charts around the world, including in the U.S.. Also next few singles, such as Waiting For Tonight and Let's Get Loud, became hits.
Early in 2001 her second album J.Lo came out. The name of the album was made by fans. On this album were the singles Love Do not Cost A Thing, Play, I'm Real and Is not It Funny. Lopez was in her glory period but that she herself was not enough. In 2002, a remix album, titled J To The LO: The Remixes. Of the singles from her previous album I'm Real and Is not It Funny Lopez did remixes through Murder Inc. .. By Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lopez himself, both the lyrics and the melody completely changed, just like other songs from her two previous albums. The remixes were dance hits and Lopez took on a number of new fans.
In December of 2003 came the album This is Me ... Then off. The album consisted entirely of soul, hip hop and R & B. The first single was released the controversial single Jenny From The Block, where the singer says she just went. The album include All I Have by LL Cool J. Further, the singles and I'm Glad Baby I Love U! out.
After a break of Lopez in the music industry came at the beginning of 2005 from the album Rebirth. Worked on this album producers like Rich Harrison (Beyonce Crazy In Love) and with Timbaland. The whole album had a jazzy vibe, like the first single Get Right in several countries reached number 1. Despite this success, the album was not a success worldwide. Two million units sold. The subsequent single with Fat Joe (Hold You Down) flopped, something the sales of the album not doing well. Rebirth is seen as Lopez's least appreciated album to date.
On 27 March 2007 was the release of Como Ama una Mujer place in Europe. A Spanish-language album, co-produced by Emilio Estefan, Julio Reyes, Marc Anthony and Lopez himself. Also worked Argentinean Latin rock artist Fito Páez to the single Hiciste Que. The single and the album focused on its Latin American audience, but were also promoted in the rest of the world. In February 2007, Que Hiciste broadcast stations in America and slowly rose to number 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, as her album. The single was also a success in South America and the southern parts of Europe. The music video was directed by Michael Que Hiciste Hausmann. The Spanish album Lopez self funded and is included from 2004 to 2006. The new album also features tracks with music by the London Symphony Orchestra.
On 9 October 2007, her new English album, Brave off. In September 2007, the first single "Do It Well 'with video, directed by David La Chapelle. After Do it well was the second single Hold it do not drop it. Lopez and Anthony began on 29 September with their tour America called 'ING Presents Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony and Concierto. "From each ticket sold is a dollar to the ING Run for Something Better' fund, which in primary schools in deprived areas running clinics are funded.
In 2011, broke the track On the Floor with the rapper Pitbull internationally and stood in the Netherlands at number 7 in the top 40.
Besides her work as singer and actress Lopez businesswoman. Through her successful career she saw at the beginning of the 21st century commercial opportunities.
In 2001 she started a clothing line, along with her husband Deleu Tanguy, who later would be taken by his brother Tommy Hilfiger. The clothing was mainly meant for her fans. The clothing line titled "J.Lo By Jennifer Lopez" was characterized by 'street glamor (how Lopez called her type of clothing). Her clothing line was over the years expanded to include accessories such as sunglasses, hats, shoes, bags and watches. She also next to her "J.Lo" stores in America, a shop in Moscow. 2007 was the sign of the new junior clothing line under the J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez line, which is called Just Do (?).
In 2001, Jennifer Lopez opened her own restaurant Madres in Pasadena, California. The restaurant has a Spanish style and a time was managed by her ex-husband Ojani Noa.
Also owns her own production company "Nuyorican Productions". It has its own among other films such as Maid In Manhattan, El Cantante, Bordertown and The Cell produced. Also, "Nuyorican Productions" and produced the soap opera South Beach on 19 January 2007 on the American MTV 'Dance Life' to see. This program follows a group of individual dancers to see what life is like a dancer.
In 2001, besides the clothing line J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez Lopez of a new perfume called "Glow". She set a trend, because after Glow discussed included Celine Dion, Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears with their own perfume.
In 2003, Lopez launched a new perfume Still on the pretext that they still remained normal. There was also an apt slogan used: "In the eye of the storm I am still Jennifer Lopez". In 2004 there was another version of Glow, Miami Glow.
In 2005, Live, her fourth fragrance. She came again with an extension of line with the perfume Glow Love At First Glow and Glow After Dark in 2006. Lopez had in 2006 the start of an extension of another new fragrance line called Live. The extension called Live Luxe.
Lopez explained in an interview that she fairly earns her perfume and her own projects to finance, as her Spanish album and films like El Cantante and Bordertown. This makes them less dependent on film production, such as New Line Cinema and production records, such as Lopez's label Epic. Therefore Lopez plant in early 2007 another perfume called Deseo (Desire). In total, they released eight different kinds of perfumes.
After the successes of her first clothing line and perfume Lopez wanted a new clothing line with higher prices and better quality. In 2005 New York Fashion Week ended with her own fashion show and she presented her new clothing line Sweetface. The big fashion show was held in one of the largest tents of the New York Fashion Week.
There was also a making of the fashion show broadcast by MTV. The fashion show had several good and bad reviews from fashion experts. But he also received bad publicity from animal rights organization PETA. Who protested against the fur used in clothing.
In the fashion week in New York in 2006, Lopez returned to her Sweetface clothing line, this time the fashion show was not as grand but kept himself under Lopez and many critics was the clothing line with leaps and bounds. Especially by the elegant styles from the '50s and '60s. Also in 2007 all fur disappeared from her clothing lines. The JLo By Jennifer Lopez line had no fur
Lopez is 3 times separated. In 1998 she divorced her first husband, Ojani Noa, after a marriage of less than two years. In 2001-2002 she was married to Chris Judd, a former background dancer. Between the two marriages she had a relationship with P. Diddy and nightclub owner Chris Paciello and after her last marriage to Ben Affleck. The proposed marriage to Affleck on 13 September 2003, at the last moment and not in January 2004, the duo finally split up.
Then she got something with Latin singer Marc Anthony, where in 1999 a duet ("No Me Ames" on her album "On the 6" state) it had done. They married in secret on June 5, 2004. The wedding was discredited by Anthony shortly before his marriage separation imparted to his then wife, former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. On 22 February 2008 the couple had twins, a son and a daughter. In July 2011 put the couple to end their marriage of seven years.
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