Born and brought up in The Bronx borough of New York City in 1969, Jennifer Lopez is a renowned American actress, singer, fashion designer, producer, and businesswoman. She is also known as J.Lo which is her nickname.
Jennifer’s parents were not so rich and she spent her childhood in a small apartment near Castle Hill with her siblings until her parents saved enough money to buy a two-story house. She hails from a very strict family who was completely against the consumption of alcohol.
She began taking singing and dancing classes when she was just 5 years old. While in the final year of her high school she got a chance to be a part of a low budget movie ‘My Little Girl’ in 1986. This was the time when she realized that she wanted to be a ‘Movie Star’. She put her thought in front of her parents about this when she joined Baruch College. But her parents completely rubbished it and considered this decision as ‘really stupid’ ones.
These differences of thoughts led Jennifer to leave her home and shift into an apartment in Manhattan. There she started her initial struggle and worked with various musical productions and did jobs, one include a job on the show ‘Synchronicity’ in Japan, where she worked as a dancer, singer, and choreographer.
She received her first break as an actor in 1993 for the film ‘Lost in the wild’. The first big role that was offered to her was in the American drama ‘My Family’ in 1995. For this role, Jennifer received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her performance. She is regarded as the most influential Latin entertainer in America.
Alongside all this, she is a businesswoman as well and her most successful venture has been fragrance since 2002. She also announced her shoe segment in 2016 in collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti.
Jennifer became a part of the Latin Pop movement in America with her debut studio album ‘On the 6’ in 1999. She became the first American woman to have a number one album and a film in the same week with the simultaneous release of her second album ‘J.Lo’ and the movie ‘The Wedding Planner’.
Forbes ranked her 38th in the list of most powerful women in the world in 2018. According to ‘Celebrity Net Worth’ Jennifer’s net worth is $400 million.
