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 with Puerto Rican heritage, born in New York on July 24, 1969.
Known worldwide for hit songs like "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 on series and movies that had not received much critical acclaim. However, in 1995, portraying María, a young Mexican immigrant in the film My Family, she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her success with Selena was followed by other titles such as Anaconda, U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone, and Out of Sight, a film by Steven Soderbergh.
By 1999, Jennifer López was already a rising actress in Hollywood when she released, in collaboration with Sony Music, the record label of Tommy Mottola, her debut album titled On the 6, which was a resounding success. Later, the single for the Latin market, "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. From that time, a video circulates on the internet showing JLo walking through the streets of the Havana neighborhood of Jaimanitas when she was still not famous, which is believed to have been her only visit to Cuba. The conflicts between Lopez and Noa date back over 20 years due to the contemptuous way in which the Cuban continues to refer to the Diva, who published a book in 2006, claiming that Noa abused her. The following year, they went to trial, and Lopez was awarded $545,000.
In 2011, he collaborated with the Cuban-American singer Pitbull on the track "On The Floor," and in 2014 they teamed up again to perform the anthem for the World Cup, and later both supported Back It Up by Prince Royce.
In the video for the song "I'm Into You," López was joined 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 of Cuba, for whom she has always had great admiration.
In July 2017, the single "Ni tú ni yo" was released from the album Por primera vez, featuring the successful Cuban duo Gente de Zona, which has over 117 million views on YouTube. The same album includes the song Amnesia written by Yotuel Romero of Orishas.
In 2020, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her leading role as Ramona in the film Hustlers and gave us all a memorable performance alongside Colombian Shakira at the Super Bowl.
