Jennifer Lopez went on to star in Anaconda and Out of Sight, and established herself as the highest-paid Hispanic actress in Hollywood.
126 Facts About Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lopez produced and served as a judge on World of Dance.
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Jennifer Lopez is considered a Latin pop culture icon, and is often described as a triple threat entertainer.
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Jennifer Lopez was born on July 24,1969, in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, and raised in its Castle Hill neighborhood.
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Jennifer Lopez's parents, David Lopez and Guadalupe Rodriguez, were born in Puerto Rico and met in New York City.
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Jennifer Lopez is a middle child; she has an older sister, Leslie, and a younger sister, Lynda.
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Jennifer Lopez was raised in a Roman Catholic family; she attended Mass every Sunday and received a Catholic education, attending Holy Family School and the all-girls Preston High School.
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In school, Jennifer Lopez ran track on a national level, participated in gymnastics and was on the softball team.
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Jennifer Lopez danced in school musicals and played a lead role in a production of Godspell.
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Jennifer Lopez's parents were unhappy with her decision to leave college to pursue a dance career.
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Jennifer Lopez's mother asked her to move out of the family home and they stopped speaking for eight months.
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Jennifer Lopez moved to Manhattan, sleeping in the dance studio's office for the first few months.
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Jennifer Lopez was the only member of the chorus not to have a solo and later characterized it as a pivotal moment where she realized the importance of a "tough skin" in the entertainment business.
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At the New York audition, the show's choreographer, Rosie Perez, noticed that Jennifer Lopez had "star quality" and "did not complain, not once" when asked to repeatedly perform the dance routine.
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Jennifer Lopez moved to Los Angeles in late 1991 for the job; she filmed In Living Color during the day and attended acting classes taught by Aaron Speiser at night.
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Jennifer Lopez was scheduled to tour with Jackson on her Janet World Tour in late 1993 but opted to pursue an acting career instead.
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Jennifer Lopez's first professional acting job was a small recurring role on the television show South Central.
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Jennifer Lopez was invited to audition for the pilot by a casting director who had seen her speak to camera during a behind-the-scenes In Living Color segment.
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Jennifer Lopez then acquired an agent and was cast in the CBS show Second Chances and its spin-off Hotel Malibu.
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Jennifer Lopez appeared in the direct-to-video drama film Lost in the Wild.
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Jennifer Lopez then starred in the action comedy Money Train.
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In 1996, Jennifer Lopez had a supporting role opposite Robin Williams in the comedy Jack.
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Jennifer Lopez next starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the neo-noir thriller Blood and Wine.
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Jennifer Lopez was excited by the rare opportunity to "actually star" in a movie "in the title role" but expressed disappointment that other Latina actors were not being afforded the same opportunities.
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Jennifer Lopez received her first Golden Globe nomination for the performance.
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Jennifer Lopez starred opposite George Clooney in the crime caper Out of Sight, Steven Soderbergh's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.
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Also in 1998, Jennifer Lopez provided the voice of Azteca in the animated film Antz.
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Jennifer Lopez launched a music career in 1999 because, after Selena, she had missed "the excitement of the stage" and was "really feeling [her] Latin roots".
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Jennifer Lopez returned to the big screen in 2000, starring in the psychological thriller The Cell.
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Lo by Jennifer Lopez, and starred opposite Jim Caviezel in the romantic drama Angel Eyes.
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Jennifer Lopez doesn't push, just thinks, and her thoughts and emotions burn into the film.
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The romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan, in which Jennifer Lopez starred opposite Ralph Fiennes, became the highest-grossing film of her career.
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An overworked Jennifer Lopez suffered a nervous breakdown in 2001 while filming it.
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In 2002 business ventures, Jennifer Lopez opened Madre's, a Los Angeles restaurant serving Latin cuisine, and released her first fragrance, Glow by JLo.
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Jennifer Lopez became the subject of widespread media criticism in 2003 due to her public relationship with Affleck and the tabloid depiction of her as a demanding diva.
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Jennifer Lopez fired both her personal manager Benny Medina and her publicist in mid-2003; The New York Times reported that movie executives had become frustrated by having their communications with Jennifer Lopez "largely filtered" through Medina.
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Jennifer Lopez starred opposite Affleck in the romantic comedy Gigli, which was a box-office bomb and is considered one of the worst films of all time.
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Jennifer Lopez had a minor role opposite Affleck in the film Jersey Girl.
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The marketing for the romantic comedy Monster-in-Law, in which Jennifer Lopez starred opposite Jane Fonda, played up her "Gigli-and-tabloid tarnished image", and it became a box office success.
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Jennifer Lopez released her fourth studio album, Rebirth, in early 2005.
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Jennifer Lopez returned the Billboard Hot 100 the following year, at number four, when she was a featured artist on "Control Myself", the lead single from LL Cool J's twelfth studio album.
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Jennifer Lopez starred alongside Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman in the drama An Unfinished Life.
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Jennifer Lopez later expressed particular pride in her work in the film.
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Jennifer Lopez created, produced and was featured in the MTV show DanceLife.
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Jennifer Lopez accepted the job at a time when she was "not getting offered a whole bunch of movies" and the show returned her to prominence.
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Jennifer Lopez became a brand ambassador for L'Oreal, Venus and Fiat, and launched the Jennifer Lopez Collection, a clothing and homeware line with Tommy Hilfiger for Kohl's.
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Jennifer Lopez launched the Dance Again World Tour, her first headlining concert tour, in mid-2012.
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Jennifer Lopez returned to the big screen in 2012, starring alongside an ensemble cast in the film What to Expect When You're Expecting, which is based on the novel of the same name.
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Jennifer Lopez voiced Shira, a saber tooth tiger, in the animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth film in the Ice Age franchise.
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In 2013, Jennifer Lopez starred alongside Jason Statham in the crime thriller Parker, in which she played Leslie.
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Jennifer Lopez became the chief creative officer of nuvoTV and founded the mobile phone retail brand Viva Movil.
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Jennifer Lopez was an executive producer of the television series The Fosters.
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Also that year, Jennifer Lopez released "We Are One ", the official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup along with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte.
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Jennifer Lopez partnered with Endless Jewelry on a range of jewelry and released a book, True Love, which became a New York Times best-seller.
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Jennifer Lopez had a voice role in the animated feature Home and contributed the single "Feel the Light" to the film's official soundtrack.
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From 2016 to 2018, Jennifer Lopez had a residency concert show, All I Have, at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater in Las Vegas.
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Jennifer Lopez performed 120 shows during the three-year run, grossing over $100 million in ticket sales.
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In collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti, Jennifer Lopez designed a capsule collection of shoes and jewelry and, with Inglot Cosmetics, launched a limited-edition makeup collection.
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From 2016 to 2018, Jennifer Lopez produced and starred in NBC's crime drama series Shades of Blue as Detective Harlee Santos, a single mother and police detective in New York City who goes undercover for the FBI to investigate her own squad.
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Jennifer Lopez was executive producer and judge on NBC's successful series World of Dance.
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Jennifer Lopez reprised her voice role as Shira in the animated film Ice Age: Collision Course.
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In 2018, Jennifer Lopez was named one of Times 100 most influential people in the world, and starred in the comedy film Second Act, directed by Peter Segal; she produced the film, and recorded the single "Limitless" for its soundtrack.
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Jennifer Lopez starred in the film Hustlers, for which she served as an executive producer, and which grossed over US$100 million in North American box office receipts alone.
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Jennifer Lopez was announced as the global face of the Coach brand and launched a collection of sunglasses with the brand Quay Australia.
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Also in September 2019, Jennifer Lopez modeled an updated version of her Green Versace dress at Milan Fashion Week; her appearance generated $31.8 million in total media impact value.
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Jennifer Lopez became executive producer of the two television series, Good Trouble and Thanks a Million.
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In 2019, Jennifer Lopez embarked on an international concert tour, It's My Party, to celebrate her 50th birthday; the tour grossed an estimated $54.7 million from thirty-eight shows.
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In February 2020, Jennifer Lopez co-headlined the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami, Florida alongside Shakira; the performance included an appearance by her child Emme Muniz.
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In January 2021, Jennifer Lopez launched her skincare line, JLo Beauty.
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In mid-2021, Jennifer Lopez signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce a range of films and television shows through Nuyorican Productions.
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Jennifer Lopez starred opposite Owen Wilson and Maluma in the romantic comedy Marry Me, which was filmed in late 2019 and released in February 2022.
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Jennifer Lopez released a soundtrack for the movie, which generated the singles "On My Way" and "Marry Me".
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In October 2022, Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez released a children's book, Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure, which became a New York Times best-seller.
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The action-comedy Shotgun Wedding, a movie that was filmed from February to April 2021 in the Dominican Republic, and in which she stars opposite Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Lopez Coolidge, was scheduled to release directly on Amazon Prime Video on January 27,2023.
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In October 2021 and March 2022, Jennifer Lopez was on location in Canada and Gran Canaria for the action feature The Mother, directed by Niki Caro, and which was scheduled to be released on Netflix in May 2023.
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Jennifer Lopez filmed the sci-fi thriller Atlas from September to November 2022.
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Jennifer Lopez has several projects in the works as a producer, and a forthcoming studio album called This Is Me.
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Jennifer Lopez was in a nearly decade-long relationship with David Cruz, her high school boyfriend, until the mid-1990s.
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Charges against Jennifer Lopez were dropped within an hour while Combs was acquitted of all charges at trial in early 2001.
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Jennifer Lopez was married to singer Marc Anthony from June 2004 to June 2014; they had previously worked together and dated for a few months in the late 1990s.
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Jennifer Lopez gave birth to fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, on Long Island in February 2008.
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In 2009, Anthony and Jennifer Lopez purchased a stake in the Miami Dolphins.
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Jennifer Lopez had an on-off relationship with her former backup dancer Casper Smart from October 2011 to August 2016.
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Jennifer Lopez dated New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez from February 2017 to early 2021.
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In February 2007, Jennifer Lopez was honored with the Artists for Amnesty prize by the human rights organization Amnesty International, for her work in the film Bordertown, which shed light on the hundreds of feminicides in Ciudad Juarez.
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Jennifer Lopez described it as "one of the world's most shocking and disturbing, underreported crimes against humanity".
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Since early in her life, she has been passionate about supporting children; For example, her album Rebirth is dedicated to Paige Peterson, an eleven-year-old cancer patient whom Jennifer Lopez befriended during visits to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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In December 2012, Jennifer Lopez held a charity drive that would affect her three favorite charities: the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles as well as the American Red Cross, mainly benefiting victims of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of her hometown, New York City.
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In September 2017, following Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, Jennifer Lopez announced that she would be donating $1 million from the proceeds of her Las Vegas residency to humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico.
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Jennifer Lopez was among various artists featured on Lin-Manuel Miranda's charity single "Almost Like Praying" which benefits Puerto Rico.
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In 2022, Jennifer Lopez headlined the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's star-studded 6th Annual Blue Diamond Gala.
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Jennifer Lopez is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and has a long history of backing Democratic candidates for public office.
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In July 2016, Jennifer Lopez released a single entitled "Love Make the World Go Round", a collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, which benefits victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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Jennifer Lopez was featured on the song "Hands" along with numerous other artists, benefiting those affected by the Orlando shooting.
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Jennifer Lopez endorsed President Barack Obama in his 2012 presidential campaign, speaking in television advertisements and attending a fundraising event for Obama in Paris.
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Jennifer Lopez endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, headlining a free concert in Florida in support of her that October.
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In June 2020, Jennifer Lopez attended a Black Lives Matter movement protest in Los Angeles, in connection with the broader George Floyd protests.
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Jennifer Lopez has been an active advocate for the Time's Up movement.
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Jennifer Lopez endorsed President Joe Biden in his 2020 presidential campaign and performed at his 2021 inauguration in Washington, DC In January 2022, became one of the Co-Chairs for Michelle Obama's When We All Vote.
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Jennifer Lopez inspired me to want to sing, to dance, to work hard.
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Jennifer Lopez was "hugely inspired in her youth" by Rita Moreno's performance in the 1961 musical film West Side Story, noting that she "was Puerto Rican" like herself at a time when that was rare in Hollywood.
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Jennifer Lopez has said that she looks to the careers of Cher and Diana Ross, and has been influenced by younger artists such as Lady Gaga.
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Jennifer Lopez makes a little va-va and a whole lot of voom go a long way.
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JD Considine of The Baltimore Sun regards Jennifer Lopez as having a "breathy" stylistic range, but lacking personality.
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Jennifer Lopez felt an emotional connection to dance since her youth, when she specialized in ballet, jazz and flamenco.
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Jennifer Lopez's career commenced on the variety television sketch comedy series In Living Color, where she was a part of an ethnically diverse dance group known as the Fly Girls.
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Since beginning her music career, Jennifer Lopez has become known for her body-emphasizing music videos, which often include dance routines.
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Jennifer Lopez's provocatively choreographed music video for "If You Had My Love" allowed Lopez to become a dominant figure on MTV networks worldwide.
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Jennifer Lopez managed the perilous transition from actress to music star without ever seeming to pick either as a primary gig.
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Jennifer Lopez has been credited with influencing a change in mainstream female body image.
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Jennifer Lopez has been a tabloid fixture and has admitted to having a "less-than-perfect" public image.
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Jennifer Lopez's style was described by Billboards Lauren Savage as "scantily clad".
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Jennifer Lopez is regarded as the most influential Latin entertainer of all time, credited with breaking ethnic barriers in the entertainment industry.
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In 2012, business magazine Forbes suggested that Jennifer Lopez "may be the most powerful entertainer on the planet", and named her "the world's most powerful Latino celebrity".
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Jennifer Lopez was featured on the cover of the first issue of Latina magazine in 1996, with editor Galina Espinoza stating in 2011 that there is "no recounting of modern Latina history without Jennifer".
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Around the time her career began to burgeon, the emphasis on Jennifer Lopez's curvaceous figure grew; scholar Sean Redmond wrote that this was a sign of her role and social power in the cultural changes occurring in the United States.
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Jennifer Lopez is considered a global icon, and is often described as a triple threat performer.
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Jennifer Lopez has been cited as an influence or inspiration by a range of entertainers, including Jessica Alba, Adrienne Bailon, Kat DeLuna, Mike Doughty, Fifth Harmony, Becky G, Selena Gomez, Ryan Guzman, Kelly Key, Q'orianka Kilcher, Demi Lovato, Normani, Rita Ora, Pitbull, Ivy Queen, Francia Raisa, Naya Rivera, Bebe Rexha, Rosa Salazar, Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift, Stooshe, and Kerry Washington.
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The Green Versace "Jungle Dress" that Jennifer Lopez wore at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000 was voted the fifth most iconic red carpet dress of all time in a poll run by The Daily Telegraph.
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The images of Jennifer Lopez wearing the dress became the most popular search query of all time at that point, and subsequently led to the creation of Google's image search.
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Jennifer Lopez's style has influenced a range of celebrities, including Kelly Rowland, Kim Kardashian, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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Jennifer Lopez remains the only female entertainer to have a number one album and film simultaneously in the United States.
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Lo, Jennifer Lopez became the first female solo recording artist under Epic Records to achieve a number one album in the United States since its inception in 1953.
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In 2010, Jennifer Lopez was honored by the World Music Awards with the Legend Award for her contribution to the arts.
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In 2018, Jennifer Lopez received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, making her the first Latin performer to claim the prize since its introduction in 1984.
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Jennifer Lopez has written a memoir and co-written one children's book so far.