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Trivia
Father David Lopez is a computer specialist at Guardian
Insurance in NYC.
Dated musician
'Puff Daddy' [1999-2001]
Sisters are
Lynda and Leslie.
Chosen by
"People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the World. [1997]
Her parents
are from Puerto Rico.
At the movie
wrap party for Selena (1997), on Oct. 28 1996 in San
Antonio, the star played an unexpected love scene when
her boyfriend Ojani Noa grabbed a microphone and proposed
to her in the middle of the dance floor, presenting
her with a large marquis-cut diamond ring. She said
'yes'.
Jennifer
was one of the "Fly girls" dancers on the
"In Living Color" TV Show.
In the gyms
they called her "La Guitarra" because her
body curved like a guitar.
In her local
Bronx they call her "The Supernova."
She moved
to Manhattan to learn how to dance and used to sleep
in the studio where she was practicing.
Rumored to
have her body insured for $1 billion, and had her rear
protected with a $300 million policy. [December 1999]
Lopez and
boyfriend musician "Puffy" were arrested in
connection with a night club shooting. Police found
them with a stolen gun. Police dropped charges originally
pressed against Jennifer Lopez and released her from
jail. [December 1999]
Lopez worked
with Janet Jackson in her videos and on her tours, and
can be seen in the video for "That's The Way Love
Goes."
Sister Linda
Lopez is an Entertainment Correspondent for WB Network
Channel 11 News in New York.
Grew up in
the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. It was from this
neighborhood that she took the local "6" train
to get to her auditions in Manhattan, as well as the
inspiration of her debut album "On the 6".
Mother is
a schoolteacher in Westchester County, New York.
Voted #1
in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list. [2001]
She and boyfriend
Sean "Puffy" Combs announced that they had
ended their relationship. [February 14, 2001]
Is the highest
paid Latina(o) actress to date for her performance in
Wedding Planner, The (2001). She was paid $1 million
for her role in 'Selena'. [2001]
First actress
to have a movie (Wedding Planner, The (2001)) and a
music album hit number one in the same week.
Met her husband,
Cris Judd, while filming the music video for her single
"Love Don't Cost A Thing". The two were married
in a small ceremony (about 170 guests) at a home in
a Los Angeles suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch.
Lopez' husband is a dancer and choreographer.
Is the only
woman to have been voted the sexiest woman in the world
twice in FHM.
Named one
of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".
First Latina
actress to have lead role in a major Hollywood film
since Rita Hayworth.
Voted the
#1 best female body in "Celebrity Bodies"
(UK) magazine. [October 2001]
She once
hosted "Saturday Night Live" and appeared
in a sketch as a singer for the USO who performs for
soldiers during WWII. After the terrorist attacks of
9/11/01, she did this for real, performing in a USO
concert at an American Air Force base in Germany.
Debut album
went 6 x platinum.
Attended
Baruch College in New York.
Ranked #76
in Premiere's 2002 annual Power 100 List.
Opened a
new Cuban restaurant called Madre's in Pasadena, California
and hired her ex-husband Ojani Noa, who has several
years of experience in the restaurant business, to run
it.
Opened a
new restaurant called "Madre" run by ex- husband
Ojani Noa in Pasadena
Has relocated
to Miami Beach after purchasing an estate there worth
$9.1 million. Her neighbors on both sides of the house
are Robin and Barry Gibb, and singer Ricky Martin lives
eight blocks away. [May 2002]
Was ranked
1st of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Came in at
#5 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition.
She had come in first in the 2000 & 2001 editions
of the poll. [June 2002]
Grew up on
Blackrock Avenue in the Bronx.
Release her
third album, 'This is Me... Then,' on November 26th
2002. The first single from the album will be the song
"Jenny from the Block." Another track, 'Baby
I Love You!', borrows heavily from the melody of 'John
Barry' (qv's) 'Midnight Cowboy' theme. Barry gets co-composer
credit.
Engaged to
Ben Affleck. [October 2002]
Was the first
Latina actress to receive $1 million dollars as pay
for her role in Selena.
Ranked #47
in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked
#76 in 2002.
Does not
drink alcohol.
Voted the
4th Sexist Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire
Magazine September 2002.
Became only
the third actress to enter the $20 Million club, after
Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.
Her ex-husband
Cris Judd and ex-fiancee Ben Affleck share the same
birthday. Ben is 3 years younger.
Ranked #5
in Maxim's Hot 100 List 2003, behind Charlie's Angels:
Full Throttle (2003) stars Drew Barrymore, 'Lucy Lui'
, & Cameron Diaz, and Kristanna Loken, Shania Twain,
and top-ranked Christina Aguilera.
Ranked #5
on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2003 list, behind
only Alyssa Milano, Carmen Electra, Britney Spears,
and Halle Berry.
Ranked #4
in the "Loveliest Latin Ladies" section of
Stuff's 125 Sexiest Women of the Year 2003, along with
Shakira, Salma Hayek, Daisy Fuentes, Roselyn Sanchez,
Penélope Cruz, Eva Mendes, Sofía Vergara,
Lana Parrilla, Marieh Delfino, and Sissi.
20 January
2004: Ended engagement to Ben Affleck.
Struggles
to converse in Spanish, even though she was raised by
Puerto Rican immigrants.
Wrote the
song "Dear Ben" about her fiancee Ben Affleck
and how much she loved him.
Personal quotes
"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge."
"When I'm not prepared, which is almost never."
-when asked if she ever feels insecure."
"I was
always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to
be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing."
"This
film certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along
with my songs" (about Cell, The (2000)"
"You
laugh it off, you get upset for a little while, you're
human and you let it go." - on the "outrageous"
tabloid stories she hears about herself, at a press
conference to discuss her movie, Cell, The (2000) in
August 2000"
"I thought
she'd offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't
you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this
business, so you better toughen up!' And I did."
- to Redbook magazine August 1999, on the lesson in
tough love she got from her mother."
"He
[Wesley Snipes] wouldn't talk to me for two months.
I was like, 'What an ass**le.' Actors are used to getting
their way and to treating women like objects."
"People
equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because
I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running
around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's
just the opposite."
"Divorce
means heartache or it means relief, freedom or joy."
"I could
serve coffee using my rear as a ledge."
"I thought
she'd offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't
you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this
business, so you better toughen up!' And I did."
- to Redbook magazine August 1999, on the lesson in
tough love she got from her mother."
"You
laugh it off, you get upset for a little while, you're
human and you let it go." - on the "outrageous"
tabloid stories she hears about herself, at a press
conference to discuss her movie, Cell, The (2000) in
August 2000"
"This
film certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along
with my songs" (about Cell, The (2000)"
"I was
always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to
be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing."
"Nail
Polish" (upon being asked what she got on her SAT's)"
"When
I'm not prepared, which is almost never." -when
asked if she ever feels insecure"
"A lucky
model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just
wish she [Cameron Diaz] would have done more with."
"I swear
to God, I don't remember anything [Gwyneth Paltrow]
was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard
more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about
her work."
"In
Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars,
but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my
friends say, 'Oh, I love her [Winona Ryder]."
"It
makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered
Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she
does to get herself publicity than that's her thing."
"My
parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think
I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the
jury singing."
"This
film [the Cell] certainly is not meant for the girls
who sing along with my songs."
"Sex
with Jennifer Lopez last 10 minutes and it`s nothing
special. - Ben Afflick "
Jennifer Lopez - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Jersey Girl (2004) .... Gertrude Steiney
Gigli (2003) .... Ricki
Maid in Manhattan (2002) .... Marisa Ventura
... aka Made in New York (2002) (USA: poster title)
Enough (2002) .... Slim Hiller
Angel Eyes (2001) .... Sharon Pogue
Wedding Planner, The (2001) .... Maria 'Mary' Fiore
... aka Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant
(2001) (Germany)
TRL Super Bowl (2001) (TV) .... Performer
Cell, The (2000) .... Catherine Deane
Antz (1998)
(voice) .... Azteca
Out of Sight (1998) .... Karen Sisco
U Turn (1997) .... Grace McKenna
... aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (1998) (France)
Anaconda (1997) .... Terri Flores
... aka Anaconda (1997) (Peru)
Selena (1997) .... Selena Quintanilla
Blood and Wine (1996) .... Gabriela
... aka Blood & Wine (1997) (video box title)
Jack (1996) .... Miss Marquez
Money Train (1995) .... Grace Santiago
My Family (1995) .... Maria Sanchez (in the '20s)
... aka Cafe con leche (1995)
... aka East L.A. (1995) (UK: video title)
... aka My Family, Mi Familia (1995)
"Hotel Malibu" (1994) TV Series .... Melinda
Lopez
"South Central" (1994) TV Series .... Lucille
"Second Chances" (1993) TV Series .... Melinda
Lopez
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993) (TV)
.... Rosie Romero
My Little
Girl (1986) .... Myra
Jennifer Lopez - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986)
playing "Herself" 29 January 2004
"4Pop" (2003) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Suuri Hollywood-elokuvaspesiaali"
(episode # 2.14) 30 November 2003
"Extra" (1994) playing "Herself"
15 October 2003
"Entertainment Tonight" (1981) playing "Herself"
13 October 2003
"It's Good to Be" (2003) playing "Herself"
(archive footage) in episode: "It's Good to Be
Ben Affleck" (episode # 1.3) 31 August 2003
"Project Greenlight 2" (2003) playing "Herself"
3 August 2003
"Tinseltown.TV" (2002) playing "Herself"
2 August 2003
"Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (2002)
playing "Herself" (episode # 2.9) 8 March
2003
"Richard and Judy" (2001) playing "Herself"
26 February 2003
"Wetten, dass..?" (1981) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Wetten, dass..? aus Berlin" (episode
# 1.141) 23 February 2003
"Mad TV" (1995) playing "Herself"
(uncredited) in episode: "At the 'Daredevil' Premiere"
15 February 2003
"Love Chain" (2003) playing "Herself"
(archive footage) in episode: "Jennifer Lopez"
(episode # 1.5) 2003
"Revealed with Jules Asner" (2001) playing
"Herself" in episode: "Jennifer Lopez"
11 December 2002
"Rank" (2001) playing "Herself"
in episode: "The 25 Most Powerful People in Entertainment"
8 October 2002
"Leute heute" (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Cannes Festival 2002" 22 May
2002
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
17 May 2002
"Parkinson" (1971) playing "Herself"
24 November 2001
"Verstehen Sie Spaß?" (1980) playing
"Performer" 24 November 2001
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 17 May 2001
"Rove Live" (2000) playing "Herself"
(episode # 2.2) 27 February 2001
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host/Musical
Guest" (episode # 26.11) 10 February 2001
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Musical
Guest" (episode # 25.11) 5 February 2000
"TFI Friday" (1996) playing "Herself"
14 May 1999
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing
"Herself" 20 March 1997
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