BIO
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Jennifer Lopez whose larger-than-life presence propelled
her from television to film roles, is the highest-paid Latina actress
with $1 million she is asking per film. Lopez was born in the Bronx, New
York on July 24, 1970. The daughter of a computer specialist and kindergarten
teacher, Lopez always knew she wanted to be a performer. She started her
professional career by appearing in the chorus of dancer, singer and choreographer
Hinton Battle’s Synchrocinicity musical in Japan. She had also appeared
in Golden Musicals of Broadway on a European tour, along with regional
productions of Oklahoma and Jesus Christ Superstar. Jennifer Lopez got
her shot at acting in Connie Kaiserman’s My Little Girl where she performed
a little part as Myra. She was selected as one of choreographer Rosie
Perez’s “Fly Girls”, after she won a national competition of about two
thousand contestants. Lopez, whose hip-hop dance numbers commanded a loyal
audience in Fox’s In Living Color, parlayed her new visibility into roles
on various TV series and movies. In Living Color was the first step for
Lopez. Lopez was still living in New York and had to move to LA But, Lopez
followed the show’s producer Keenan Ivory Wayans’ “You’ll have more money
and more experience” advice, to stick on with the show. While she was
shaking her booty during the commercial intervals on In Living Color,
one of her coworkers whose husband was writing and producing South Central
for Fox, suggested her for a part. Lopez was seen as a recurring character
here, where she portrayed Lucy, who worked in the co-op market. The show
which was practically over before it started, pave the actress’s way into
a two more short lived series. “Melinda Lopez” character which Lopez portrayed
in CBS’s Second Chances costarring Connie Selleca and Megan Fallows was
so popular that it was continued on Aaron Spelling's series, Malibu Road.
Jennifer Lopez refused
the development deal which was offered by CBS, because she wanted a film
career. Lopez effectively brought her television career to end with the
heroic nurse Rosie in Nurses on the Line : The Crash of Flight 7 on 1993.
The siren call of big screen couldn’t be ignored for her. Lopez was appeared
in Gregory Nava’s critically acclaimed Mi Famillia, on 1995 which Nava
focusses on the lives of Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles from the 1930s
to the present. Lopez introduced her talent to top filmmakers with this
movie. Following this movie, she jumped on Joseph Ruben’s Money Train.
Although senator Bob Dole urged Americans to boycott the film, and the
costars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes were trashed by critics, Lopez
left the train with victory where she got on as “Grace Santiago”. Later
on, Lopez costarred as Robin Williams’ latina teacher in Francis Ford
Coppola’s Jack, after beating up actresses like Ashley Judd and Lauren
Holly. Despite having previously worked in MI Famillia Gregory Nava asked
Lopez to audition as a part of nationwide search in Selena, the life of
slain Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. No stranger to the pressures
of auditioning, the former dancer came in, nailed her mark and won the
role. Jennifer Lopez thrust into spotlight with her performance in this
movie, and increased her Hollywood stock considerably. The film was succeeded,
despite some grumbling in the Mexican-American community that Lopez was
of Puerto Rican decent. The similarities between the actress and singer
who was poised for breakout stardom at the time of her death were unmistakable.
5’ 5’’ Lopez, who has had a yen for pizzazz from childhood has made a
terrific start as star-crossed Selana with donning plenty of sequins and
spandex, and a healthy application of Chanel Brick lipstick, and proved
that her rise to stardom didn’t happen overnight.
While Selena costar
Edward James Olmos was saying “She has a tremendous amount of glamor,
which I’vent seen in an actress for years”, the director Nava put it more
succinctly: “She’s just a complete wow!” Lopez drew some lessons from
Selena’s life: “I used her an example when I was making this movie. She
was very good with her fans. She was always very gracious, and always
took time to talk to them. She realized that her fans were the most important
thing.” Selena marked a new beginning for Lopez in more than just career
terms. In the wrap party of the movie in San Antonio, Lopez’s boyfriend
Ojani Noa took the microphone and proposed her on the dance floor. The
couple married in early 1997. They later filed for divorce. Lopez found
out for sure that she had achieved stardom, when false rumors of her divorce
were printed in mainstream newspapers after only two months of marriage.
But they divorced after a year in fact. Jennifer Lopez ranked 16th on
the People Magazine’s 1997’s Fifty Most Beautiful People list. Lopez ended
Jim Carrey’s Liar Liar's spring box office sovereignty with her movie
Anaconda which she summarizes as “mayhem, madness and snakes”. The noir
film Blood & Wine was well-received where she starred opposite Jack Nicholson
as his Cuban mistress. She revisited the same genre in the fall where
she appeared opposite Sean Penn in Oliver Stone’s U-Turn. Lopez beat out
a bevy of A-list actresses, to land a role in Out Of Sight, in which she
stars alongside George Clooney as a US Marshall who was taken hostage
by the prison runaways. The only drawback to celebrity? She can no longer
go to spas for a restorative massage. “I can’t be naked in public. I would
read in the tabloid about how I have a mole on my back.” Lopez says. She
solved the style problem, by hitting LA. boutiques, with her model ex-husband
Noa in tow. We’ll see what will she do in the future.
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Filmography Pluto
Nash (2000)
Thieves (1999)
Out of Sight (1998) .... Karen Sisco
Antz (1998) (voice) .... Azteca
U Turn (1997) .... Grace McKenna
Anaconda (1997) .... Terri Flores Selena
(1997) .... Selena Quintanilla
Blood and Wine (1997) .... Gabriela
Jack (1996) .... Miss Marquez
Money Train (1995) .... Grace Santiago
My Family (1995) .... Maria Sanchez
"Hotel Malibu" (1994) TV Series .... Melinda Lopez
"Second Chances" (1993) TV Series .... Melinda Lopez
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993) (TV) .... Rosie
"In Living Color" (1990) TV Series .... Fly Girls
My Little Girl (1986)
.... Myra Lyrics to waiting to tonight
Lyrics
"waiting
for tonight" - On The Six
Verse 1
Like a movie scene , In the sweetest dreams , Have pictured us together
Now to fell your lips , On my finger tips , I have to say is even better
Than i ever thought it couold possibly be Its perfect , its passion ,
its setting me free From all of my sadness , The tears that i've cried
, I have spent all my life
Chorus
Waiting for tonight , Oh When you would be here in my arms Waiting for
tonight , Oh I've dreamed of this love for so long Waiting for tonight
Verse 2
Tender words you say , Take my breath away , Love me now , leave me no
never Found a sacred place , lost in your embrace , I want to stay in
this forever I think of the days when the sun used to set , On my empty
heart , All alone in my bed Tossing and turning emotions were strong ,
I knew I had to hold on.
Chorus(2x's)
Gone are the days when the sun used to set , On my empty heart all alone
in my bed Tossing and turning , Emotions were strong I knew I had to hold
on.
Chorus
"If you had my love" - On The Six
Verse 1
Now if I give you me, this is how it's got to be First of all I won't
take your cheating on me Tell me who can I trust if I can't trust in you
And I refuse to let you play me for a fool You said that we could possibly
spend eternity See, that's what you told me, that's what you said But
if you want me you'll have to be fulfilling all my dreams If you really
want me baby
CHORUS
If you had my love and I gave you all my trust would you comfort me Tell
me baby And if somehow you knew that your love would be untrue would you
lie to me And call me babyYou say you want my love and you got to have
it all But first there are some things you need to know If you wanna live
with all I have to give I need to feel true love or it's got to end, yeah
I don't want you tryin' to get with me and I end up unhappy I don't need
the hurt and I don't need the pain So before I do give myself to you I
have to know the truth If I spend my life with you
CHORUS
CHORUS
"My
Love Don't Cost A Thing" - J-Lo
Chorus
You think you gotta keep me iced You don't You think I'm gonna spend your
cash I won't Even if you were broke My love don't cost a thing Think I
wanna drive your Benz I don't If I wanna floss I got my own Even if you
were broke My love don't cost a thing
Verse
When you rolled up in the Escalade Saw that truck you gave to the valet
Knew that it was game when you looked at me Pulling up your sleeve so
I could see the Rolley bling Saw you later in the corner booth Raising
up a toast so I would notice you But your heart's a mess Think you outta
know Doesn't matter if you're balling out of control All that matter's
is That you treat me right Give me all the things I need That money can't
buy yeah
Chorus
Verse
When I took a chance Thought you'd understand Baby credit cards aren't
romance So you're tryna buy what's already yours What I need from is not
available in stores Seen a side of you that I really feel Doing way too
much, never keep it real If it doesn't change, gotta hit the road Now
I'm leaving, where's my keys? I've got to go All that matter's is That
you treat me right Give me all the things I need That money can't buy
yeah
Chorus
A thing, a thing, a thing Yeah, yeah, yeah You think the money that you
make Can substitute the time you take Take the keys here to my heart Then
you can win my heart, and get what's in my heart I think you need to take
some time To show me that your love is true There's more than dollar signs
in you Then you can win my heart, and get what's in my heart
Chorus