Jennifer Lynn Lopez Rodríguez, (Jennifer Lopez, JLo) is an American actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, entrepreneur, television producer, choreographer, and perfumer of Puerto Rican descent, born in New York on July 24, 1969.
Globally recognized 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 movie Selena. She rose to fame in 1997 after working in series and films that had not received 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 starred in 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 launched, in partnership with Sony Music, the record label of Tommy Mottola, her first album, titled On the 6, which was a resounding success. Later, 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 success as both an actress and a 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 online, showing JLo walking through 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 disputes between Lopez and Noa date back over 20 years due to the derogatory way 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, she joined forces with Cuban-American singer Pitbull on the song "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 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 gala tribute to La Guarachera of Cuba, for whom she has always had great admiration.
In July 2017, the single "Ni tú ni yo" was released, part of the album Por primera vez, where it features the successful Cuban duo Gente de Zona with over 117 million views on YouTube. The 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.
