Jennifer Lopez : bio, relation, networth
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in The Bronx, New York City, New York to teacher Lupe López & David Lopez, a computer technician. The two Puerto Ricans were brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and, eventually, met while living in New York City. Their daughters would have a stable, middle class upbringing.
Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar.
As a child, she enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean
rhythms like salsa, merengue and bachata, and mainstream music like pop,
hip-hop and R&B. Although she loved music, the film industry also intrigued
her. Her biggest influence was the Rita Moreno musical, West Side Story (1961).
At 5, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Aside from being a
budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight
years at a Catholic elementary school named Holy Family, located in The Bronx,
before graduating from an all-girls prep school, Preston High School after a four-year
stay. At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and
field and tennis. She spent most of her upbringing in a two-story house in the
Castle Hill neighborhood. At 18, Jennifer moved out of her parent's home.
During this time, Lopez worked at a law firm while she took dancing jobs at
night.
After high school, she briefly worked in a law office. During
this time, she continued dance classes at night. At eighteen, she left home
because her mother was scared by her decision to pursue show business. Her big
break came when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox's hit comedy In
Living Color (1990). After a two-year stay at In Living Color (1990) where
actress Rosie Perez served as choreographer, Lopez then went on to dance for famed
singer-actress Janet Jackson. Her first major film was Gregory Nava's My Family
(1995), and her career went into over-drive when she portrayed late Tejana
singer, Selena in Selena (1997).
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