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Trivia
Birth name: Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Nickname: J. Lo, La Lopez
Date of birth: 24 July 1969
Place of birth: The Bronx, New
York, USA
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse: Marc Anthony (5 June 2004 - present),
Cris Judd (29 September 2001 - 26 January 2003) (divorced), Ojani Noa (22 February 1997 - 1 January 1998) (divorced).
Father David Lopez is a computer specialist
at Guardian Insurance in NYC.
Dated musician 'Sean 'P. Diddy Combs' .
[1999-2001]
Sisters are Linda López and Leslie Lopez.
Chosen by "People" magazine as one
of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
Her parents are from Puerto Rico.
At the movie wrap party for Selena (1997),
on October 28 1996 in San Antonio, the star played an unexpected love
scene when her boyfriend Ojani Noa grabbed a microphone and proposed to
her in the middle of the dance floor, presenting her with a large
marquis-cut diamond ring. She said, "Yes."
She was one of the "Fly Girls"
dancers on the TV comedy series "In Living Color" (1990).
In the gyms they called her "La
Guitarra" because her body curved like a guitar.
In her Bronx neighborhood they call her
"The Supernova."
She moved to Manhattan to learn how to dance
and used to sleep in the studio where she was practicing.
Rumored to have her body insured for $1
billion, and had her rear protected with a $300 million policy.
[December 1999]
Lopez and boyfriend musician 'Sean 'P. Diddy'
Combs' were arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting. Police
found them with a stolen gun. The charges against Lopez were dropped,
but the charges against Combs stayed. He was eventually tried and
acquitted. [December 1999]
Lopez worked with Janet Jackson in her
videos and on her tours, and can be seen in the video for "That's
The Way Love Goes".
Grew up in the Castle Hill section of the
Bronx. It was from this neighborhood that she took the local
"6" train to get to her auditions in Manhattan, as well as the
inspiration of her debut album "On the 6".
Mother is a schoolteacher in Westchester
County, New York.
Voted #1 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list.
[2001]
She and boyfriend Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs
announced that they had ended their relationship. [February 14, 2001]
Is the highest paid Latina(o) actress to
date for her performance in The Wedding Planner (2001). She was paid $1
million for her role in Selena (1997). [2001]
First actress to have a movie (The Wedding
Planner (2001)) and a music album hit number one in the same week.
Met her husband, Cris Judd, while filming
the music video for her single "Love Don't Cost A Thing". The
two were married in a small ceremony (about 170 guests) at a home in a
Los Angeles suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch. Judd is a dancer
and choreographer.
Is the only woman to have been voted the
sexiest woman in the world twice in FHM.
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers
of 2001".
Voted the #1 best female body in
"Celebrity Bodies" (UK) magazine. [October 2001]
She once hosted "Saturday Night
Live" (1975) and appeared in a sketch as a singer for the USO who
performs for soldiers during WWII. After the terrorist attacks of
9/11/01, she did this for real, performing in a USO concert at an
American Air Force base in Germany.
Debut album went 6 x platinum.
Attended Baruch College in New York.
Ranked #76 in Premiere's 2002 annual Power
100 List.
Opened a new Cuban restaurant called Madre's
in Pasadena, California.
Has relocated to Miami Beach after
purchasing an estate there worth $9.1 million. Her neighbors on both
sides of the house are Robin Gibb and Barry Gibb, and singer Ricky
Martin lives eight blocks away. [May 2002]
Was ranked 1st of the 100 Sexiest Women by
FHM Taiwan (2001).
Came in at #5 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002
poll, American edition. She had come in first in the 2000 & 2001
editions of the poll. [June 2002]
Grew up on Blackrock Avenue in the Bronx.
Released her third album, "This is
Me... Then," on November 26th 2002. The first single from the album
was the song "Jenny from the Block." Another track, "Baby
I Love You!", borrows heavily from the melody of John Barry's theme
for Midnight Cowboy (1969). Barry gets co-composer credit.
Engaged to Ben
Affleck. [October 2002]
Was the first Latina actress to be paid $1
million for a movie role (Selena (1997)).
Ranked #47 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power
100 List. Had ranked #76 in 2002.
Does not drink alcohol.
Voted the 4th Sexiest Female Movie Star in
the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
Her ex-husband Cris Judd and ex-fiancee Ben
Affleck share the same birthday. Ben is 3 years younger.
Ranked #5 in Maxim's Hot 100 List 2003,
behind Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) stars Drew
Barrymore, Lucy
Liu, & Cameron
Diaz, and Kristanna Loken, Shania Twain, and top-ranked Christina
Aguilera.
Ranked #5 on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the
World 2003 list, behind only Alyssa Milano, Carmen Electra, Britney
Spears, and Halle Berry.
Ranked #4 in the "Loveliest Latin
Ladies" section of Stuff's 125 Sexiest Women of the Year 2003,
along with Shakira, Salma
Hayek, Daisy Fuentes, Roselyn Sanchez, Penélope
Cruz, Eva
Mendes, Sofía Vergara, Lana Parrilla, Marieh Delfino, and
Sissi.
20 January 2004: Ended engagement to Ben
Affleck.
Struggles to converse in Spanish, even
though she was raised by Puerto Rican immigrants.
Wrote the song "Dear Ben" about
her fiancee Ben
Affleck and how much she loved him.
After four unsuccessful previous
nominations, she won the worst actress Razzie for Gigli (2003).
Wears a size 6 shoe.
Her mother won a $2.4-million jackpot at the
Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey in April 2004.
Grew up blocks away from actor, Mills
Pierre, where they both took classes at Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.
Sister Linda López is an Entertainment
Correspondent for WB Network Channel 11 News in New York.
Secretly married Marc Anthony on June 5th
2004; all the guests were invited to a "afternoon party", and
they were never told that they were going to a wedding.
Both her parents are of European ancestry.
Stated in interviews during her engagement
to Ben
Affleck that once married, she would go by the name Jennifer
Affleck both privately and professionally. This never came-to-be as she
and Affleck broke off their engagement in January 2004.
2004 Honoree for the Noche de Niños Gala (Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles)
Her new perfume is called "Still"
and is the second perfume she has released with her first being
"Glow"
Ranked #2 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
She was named one of People magazine's Fifty
Most Beautiful People for 1997
Owns a home in Old Westbury - Long Island,
New York.
Years before they married (or even became a
couple), she and Marc Anthony sang a song together called "No Me
Ames" which appeared on her album "On the 6"
Her favorite film is Deuce Bigalow: Male
Gigolo (1999)
There was some controversy around her
fashion line "Sweetface" due to the excessive use of fur for
the clothes. Members of PETA protested against her and famous PETA
member Heather Mills stormed with some reporters into Jennifer's office
in New York and expected an explanation from Jennifer, but the singer
wasn't there. Mills then left a DVD in Lopez' office, which shows how
brutally animals are murdered just to get their fur. Mills was then
asked to leave by Lopez' assistant. [September 2005]
Wore a Vera Wang gown to her June 2004
wedding to Marc Anthony
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