better known as Jennifer Lopez or J. Lo, is an American actress

Jennifer Lynn Lopez Rodriguez (born July 24, 1969), better known as Jennifer Lopez or J. Lo, is an American actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, entrepreneur, television producer, choreographer, and perfumer.

Her interest in achieving fame arose from having a Supporting Role in the film My Little Girl. In 1991, she got her first job as a dancer and in 1993 decided to devote herself to acting. She earned her first starring role in the film Selena, with which she became the first latina actress to win a million dollars and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. He also starred in the first installment of the film series Anaconda (1997). The following year, with the film Out of Sight (1998), he managed to collect two million USD2 and also performed one of the best performances of his career. In 1999 he debuted as a singer with his single If you had My Love which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and with his album On the 6 (1999), enjoying great success in the international market.3​

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With the simultaneous release of his second studio album, J. Lo, and his film The Wedding Planner in 2001, Lopez became the first person to hold the number one spot in the cinema and his album in the same week, Guinness Record that no one has taken away from him. His 2002 remix album, J to Tha L-o!: The Remixes, became the first in history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, and includes the number one single Ain't it Funny (Murder Remix). Later that year, he released his third studio album, This is Me... Then, which contains the singles Jenny from the Block and All I Have, and released his film happened in Manhattan (2002) which enjoyed a huge success at the box office.

After starring Gigli (2003) alongside Ben Affleck, a film that did not have the expected success, Lopez subsequently starred in the successful romantic comedies ¿Bailamos? (2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005). His fourth studio album Rebirth (2005) certified platinum in the United States and includes his hit Get Right which achieved good sales in several countries. Her fifth studio album, Como ama una mujer (2007) peaked at Number Ten on the Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Top Latin Albums chart which breaks records with the highest sales for an artist making his debut on an album in Spanish. After a relatively long break, in 2011 she managed to re-position herself as a World star, after joining as a judge on American Idol and releasing her most successful single to date On the Floor, which was the best-selling female artist theme of that year, ranking number 1 in more than 37 countries, she was also the first woman to reach 500 million views in the history of YouTube and to date has more than 1.15 billion views.4 until 2016, this single had sold over 11 million copies worldwide, being one of the best-selling digital singles in history.5 in June 2012 he made his first world tour called Dance Again World Tour, for his album Dance Again: The Hits, starting the tour in Panama City, toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and South America. In 2013 he announced that he would make a 3D film of his tour called Dance Again 3D that would include in addition to the concerts, how the tour was performed and how he faced his divorce with Marc Anthony.6 in 2013 López signed on as executive producer of the television series The Fosters. The series premiered on ABC Family in June 2013 and was quite successful in viewership for which it earned five seasons. In 2016 she starred and was the executive producer of the three-season series Shades of Blue and won a people's Choice Award for Best TV actress.7 that year began her first concert residency in Las Vegas called Jennifer Lopez: All I Have, Jennifer's gross ticket sales exceeded $100 million dollars, thus achieving being the fastest-reaching residency in history in that city, she also managed to be the Latin artist with the most lucrative residency in Las Vegas.8in 2017 she launched the hit TV dance competition show World Of Dance where she is a judge and executive producer, the show has already been three seasons and a fourth confirmed.9​

In 2011, Jennifer Lopez was chosen by People magazine as the most beautiful woman in the world, the following year she was named the most powerful celebrity on the planet according to Forbes magazine. She is also considered one of the most important artists of the millennium by different media and magazines dedicated to criticism.10in June 2013 she was awarded a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame for her collaboration in the world of music;1112 being this star number 2500.13 in 2014 Jennifer received the prestigious "Icon Award" of Billboard which is the maximum honor and recognition of the career of the artist., thus being the first woman to get it.14in 2015 the United Nations Organization "un" named Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez as the first female spokesperson and advocate for girls and women before this international entity.15forbes magazine announced the list of the best paid women of music 2016 in which Jennifer entered the top 10 occupying the position 7 with a profit 39,5 million dollars, which makes her the highest paid latina in music.16 same position he held in 2015 which had a profit of 28.5 million dollars.1718Lopez is the richest Latin superstar on the planet with an estimated fortune of dól 370 million, 2 and is the most influential Latin artist in the United States, according to People magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics".19 Time magazine named Jennifer one of the world's 100 Most Influential People of 2018, placing her in the "Icons" category, as well as being the cover of it. At the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, Jennifer was awarded the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award that rewards all of her impeccable two-decade musical videography, becoming the first latina artist in history to earn it.

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Lopez has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making her one of the artists with the highest record sales in history,20 and accumulates a total of 3,5 billion dollars at the world box office with all her films.21​

Among his greatest musical hits are "If you Had My Love", "No Me ames", "Love Don't cost a thing", "I'm Into you", "Jenny from the block", "Get Right", "Waiting for Tonight", "What did you do", "on the Floor" and "Dance Again".

Life and career
1969-1990: childhood and artistic beginnings
Jennifer Lopez Rodriguez was born in Castle Hill, in the Bronx, New York, on July 24, 1969.22 she was the second daughter of Puerto Rican parents David Lopez and Guadalupe Rodriguez; she has a younger sister named Lynda and an older one named Leslie.23his father worked at night as a security guard, and his mother was a teacher in a kindergarten. When Jennifer was born, the family lived in a small apartment, however, a few years later they were able to save to leave for a two-story house.24 at the age of five, Jennifer began singing and dancing. At the age of seven he traveled all over New York with his school.25 her parents introduced her three daughters in numerous performances, in which Jennifer danced and sang.26​27​

Castle Hill, Jennifer Lopez's hometown.
Jennifer spent most of her time in Catholic schools, finishing at Preston High School. At school he did gymnastics and was a member of the school's football team, excelling athletically, going on to compete in national championships. While attending her senior year in high school, Jennifer learned that there was a casting for a film that sought several teenagers for small roles, passed the audition and landed a role in my Little Girl2824 in 1986, a low-budget film co-written and directed by Connie Kaiserman. There she played the role of Myra, a young woman in a center for troubled youth who did not even have dialogues and appeared only in a small cameo. After finishing the filming of the film he realized that he wanted to become a "famous movie star".29​28​

To please her parents, Jennifer enrolled at Baruch College, though only to leave a semester later. That's when he told his parents that his dream was to become a movie star, but they insisted that it was a stupid idea and that latinos did not achieve anything in Hollywood. Differences of opinion between her and her parents caused Jennifer to become independent and move to Manhattan to study singing, dancing and acting.2425 during this period he participated in numerous local productions, in musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Oklahoma. From there, she was hired for a choir in a Broadway musical and toured Europe for five months. After leaving the choir because she was not happy with her role, as she was the only member who did not have a song as a soloist, she got a job on the series Synchronicity in Japan, where she performed as a dancer, singer and choreographer.30​

1991-1996: In Living Color and acting career