Jennifer Lynn Lopez Rodríguez, (Jennifer Lopez, JLo) is an actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, entrepreneur, television producer, choreographer, and perfumer from the United States of Puerto Rican descent, born in New York City on July 24, 1969.
World-renowned 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 previously working in series and films that did not receive very favorable reviews. However, in 1995, while portraying María, a young Mexican immigrant in the movie My Family, she won 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 had already established herself as an actress in Hollywood when she released, in collaboration with Sony Music, the record label of Tommy Mottola, her first album, titled On the 6, which was a resounding success. Subsequently, the single for the Latin market called "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 successes as an actress and singer, simultaneously becoming, through her sophisticated and sensual image, a symbol of female empowerment.
On February 22, 1997, Jennifer Lopez married the Cuban Ojani Noa, from whom she divorced a year later. From that time, there is a video circulating on the internet showing JLo walking the streets of the Havana neighborhood of Jaimanitas when she was not yet famous, which is believed to have been her only visit to Cuba. The conflicts between López and Noa have lasted over 20 years due to the derogatory way 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, he collaborated with the Cuban-American singer Pitbull on the track "On The Floor," and in 2014 they teamed up again to sing the anthem for the World Cup, later both supported 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, 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 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 with over 117 million views on YouTube. Also included in that album is 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 left us all with a memorable performance alongside the Colombian Shakira at the Super Bowl.
