Jennifer Lynn Affleck, also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress, and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series In Living Color, where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993.
Jennifer Lopez Net Worth 2023
| Net Worth: | $400 Million |
| Salary: | $40 Million Per Year |
| Date of Birth: | Jul 24, 1969 (53 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.64 m) |
| Profession: | Singer, Record producer, Television producer, Entrepreneur, Actor, Songwriter, Music Video Director, Presenter, Dancer, Fashion designer |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
Early Life
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in Bronx, New York on the 24th of July, 1969. Both of Lopez’s parents are from Puerto Rico, and she has two sisters; Leslie and Lynda. Lopez grew up with her parents and sisters in a poor neighboorhood in Castle Hill. At the age of five, she began to take dancing and singing lessons. Lopez’s parents wanted Jennifer and her sisters to do their singing and dancing performances at home to “stay out of trouble” from the poor streets. Lopez spent her academic career at Preston High School. When she reached her last year in High School she learned about film casting. In 1986 she auditioned in the low budget movie My Little Girl, a movie which was written and directed by Connie Kaiserman.
Personal Life
Lopez has had a number of high profile relationships. She’s dated Sean Combs, Ben Affleck, and backup dancer Casper Smart. She’s been married three times. Lopez married Ojani Noa in 1997. They divorced in 1998. Next she married a backup dancer named Cris Judd in 2001, only to divorce in 2003. She married singer Marc Anthony in 2004. The couple has fraternal twins (a son and a daughter) born in 2008. In 2011, Lopez announced that she was filing for divorce from Anthony. She began dating retired baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017. They got engaged in March 2019 but ultimately broke up. In July 2022 Jennifer married her former flame Ben Affleck.
Highlights
Here are some of the best highlights of Jennifer Lopez’s career:
Discography
- J.Lo (2001)
- Rebirth (2005)
- Love? (2011)
- Brave (2007)
- Por Primera Vez (2018)
Filmography
- Gigli (1993)
- Selena (1997)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- The Cell (2000)
- The Wedding Planner (2001)
- Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- The Boy Next Door (2015)
Awards
- Alma Awards (Outstanding Actress In A Feature Film “Selena” 1998)
- MTV Awards (Best Dressed, 2001)
- MTV Europe Music Awards (Best Female Artist, 2001)
- People Magazine (World’s Beautiful Woman, 2011)
- Forbes Magazine (Most Powerful Celebrities In Entertainment, 2012)
Dancing Career
After that one college semester, Lopez moved out of her parents’ house and into an apartment in Manhattan over disagreements about her desire to pursue a career in dance and acting. She soon appeared in regional productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Oklahoma!. She was then hired for the chorus of Golden Musicals of Broadway, which toured Europe for five months. From there she got a job as a dancer, singer, and choreographer on the show Synchronicity in Japan. In 1991, she was a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block and performed with them at the 18th Annual American Music Awards. Not long after that, she landed her job as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color. She beat out 2,000 applicants and moved to Los Angeles for the job. JLo remained a regular cast member through 1993 when she decided to pursue an acting career.
Career
Jennifer Lopez started her career as a dancer, appearing in various music videos and in stage musicals. In 1990 she earned a spot as a Fly girl in Fox comedy In Living Color. Lopez worked as a backup dancer in 1993 and went on tours with Janet Jackson. In 1997 she starred in the thriller Blood and Wine, and in March the same year, she had the role in Selena. In April the same year, she starred in the horror movie Anaconda alongside Jon Voight and Ice Cube. Later on that year Lopez starred in Out of Sight alongside George Clooney. Lopez’s debut single “If You Had My Love” was released 1999, and after that, she made her first album On The 6 She was the first one to be on the 100 hottest Billboard after Britney Spears released her single “Baby One More Time””.
A week after her second album dropped she starred in a movie with Matthew McConaughey The Wedding Planner. This big success made Lopez the first woman to have a number one album and movie in the U.S. In 2001, Lopez started her own fashion brand, where she specialized her clothes to women with all shapes.
J.Lo is the best selling album of Lopez’s career, and it has sold over 3.8 million copies in the U.S and over 12 million worldwide to date. Since then Lopez has been a very successful singer and actor, and she has been working with celebrities like Sean Penn, George Clooney, and Woody Harrelson. She has an upcoming project with her make up collection with Inglot Cosmetics, and she will also star as drug lord Griselda Blanco in a television movie for HBO.