Jennifer Lynn Lopez Rodríguez, (Jennifer Lopez, JLo) is an actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, businesswoman, television producer, choreographer, and perfumer from the United States of Puerto Rican descent, born in New York on July 24, 1969.
Known worldwide for major musical hits such as "If You Had My Love," "No Me Ames," "Waiting for Tonight," "El Anillo Pa Cuando," "On the Floor," and "Dance Again," Jennifer Lopez has sold over 80 million records and became the first Latina actress to earn a million dollars for her role in the film Selena, which catapulted her to fame in 1997 after working in series and movies that did not receive very good reviews. However, in 1995, portraying María, a young Mexican immigrant in the film My Family, she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. Following her success with Selena, she took part in other titles such as Anaconda, U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone, and Out of Sight, a film by Steven Soderbergh.
By 1999, Jennifer Lopez was already establishing herself as an actress in Hollywood when she released, in collaboration with Sony Music, the record label of Tommy Mottola, her debut album, titled On the 6, with tremendous success. Subsequently, the single for the Latin market titled "No me ames," a duet with Marc Anthony, reached number one on the Billboard Latin Tracks for ten consecutive weeks.
In the following years, Jlo would continue to achieve great success as an actress and singer, simultaneously becoming a symbol of female empowerment through her sophisticated and sensual image.
On February 22, 1997, Jennifer Lopez married the Cuban Ojani Noa, from whom she divorced a year later. A video from that time circulates on the internet, showing JLo walking through the streets of the Jaimanitas neighborhood in Havana when she was still not famous, which is believed to be her only visit to Cuba. The disputes between Lopez and Noa have lasted over 20 years due to the derogatory manner and discredit with which the Cuban continues to refer to the Diva, who published a book in 2006 claiming that Noa had assaulted her. The following year, they went to trial, and Lopez was awarded $545,000.
In 2011, she teamed up with Cuban-American singer Pitbull on the song "On The Floor," and in 2014 they collaborated again to perform the anthem for the World Cup, later both supporting Back It Up by Prince Royce.
In the video for the song "I'm Into You," López was accompanied by Cuban actor William Levy, which sparked media speculation about a possible relationship between the two actors.
At the 2013 American Music Awards ceremony, she performed three songs by Celia Cruz ("Kímbara," "La vida es un carnaval," and "Bemba Colorá") in a tribute gala to La Guarachera de Cuba, for whom she has always felt great admiration.
In July 2017, the single "Neither You Nor I" was released, part of the album For the First Time, where it features the successful Cuban duo Gente de Zona, which has over 117 million views on YouTube. That same album includes the song Amnesia, written by Yotuel Romero from Orishas.
In 2020, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her leading role as Ramona in the film Hustlers and left us all with a memorable performance alongside the Colombian Shakira at the Super Bowl.
