Biography of Jennifer Lopez
Birthname: Jennifer Lopez (Nickname: J Lo)
Date of birth: 1970-07-24
Birthplace: Castle Hill, The Bronx, New York, USA
Height: 5' 4"
Nationality: American
Profession: actress, singer
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American Golden Globe Award-nominated actress, Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the richest Latin American in Hollywood according to Forbes magazine.
Early years
Lopez was born and raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe RodrÃguez and
David Lopez. Lopez spent her entire academic career in Catholic schools. She also financed singing and dancing lessons for herself from the age of nineteen. After leaving a one semester-long career at Baruch College, Lopez divided her time between working in a legal office, dance classes, and dance performances in Manhattan clubs at night. After months of auditioning for dance roles, Lopez was selected as a dancer for various rap artists' music videos, and was given a guest spot on the
American Music Awards. After being rejected for the gig twice,
Ms.Lopez gained her first regular high-profile gig as a "
Fly Girl" dancer on the television comedy program
In Living Color in 1991. Soon after, Jennifer Lopez became a back-up dancer for famed singer Janet Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video "
That's the Way Love Goes". Scheduled and contracted to go on Janet's world tour, she asked the superstar to be let out of her contract to pursue her acting career.
