Recently it was the 55th birthday of Jennifer Lopez, whom to describe as a superstar seems insufficient as she has conquered the worlds of music, acting and fashion to an outstanding level. She has sold 80 million records with the World Music Awards defining her as a Legend, and Billboard as an Icon) and gained plaudits as an actress and producer and influential Latin entertainer, with 73 award wins and 195 nominations. By 2004, she was worth $255 million; in 2011 she earned $25 million, 2012 $52 million, 2016 $39.5 million, and has her rear end insured for $27 million. She has had two Barbie dolls made in her likeness, is a part-owner of Miami Dolphins, and opened a Cuban restaurant Madre’s in Pasadena California 2002 -08, and has perfumes released in her name – Still and Glow and Miami Glow. Born in The Bronx New York City to parents who met having been brought to New York from Puerto Rico, she is immensely proud of those antecedents. Growing up she enjoyed a variety of musical genres:- Afro-Caribbean, salsa, meringue & bachata and mainstream like pop, hip-hop & R&B, her biggest early influence being Anita in West Side Story (Rita Moreno); she learned dancing and singing as she grew, and was also accomplished as an athlete in track and field, gymnastics and tennis. Had a Catholic upbringing, growing up on Blackrock Avenue, Castle Hill neighbourhood of the Bronx, where she is called the Supernova, graduating from Preston High School. As she became known, she worked as a dancer for New Kids on the Block and Janet Jackson, and she moved to Manhattan as she trained before her own career took off, with her mother teaching in Westchester County, New York. She has 30 screen credits as a producer, and 139 as an actress; became the highest paid Latina actress for The Wedding Planner 2001, with other notables:- U Turn 1997, Out of Sight 1998, The Cell 2000, Maid in Manhattan 2002, Jersey Girl & Shall We Dance ? 2004, Monster-in-Law 2005, Parker & The Boy Next Door 2015, Shades of Blue 2016-18, Marry Me 2022 & was infamous for Gigli 2003 with Ben Affleck. Has a mansion on Miami Beach and owns a home in Old Westbury, Long Island, New York and a penthouse apartment in New York City, and a home in Bel Air in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains in California and has lived in Beverly Hills CA and Fisher Island & Coral Gables, South Florida. She is a Global Advocate for Girls and Women for the United Nations Foundation. It has certainly been a journey from “Jenny from the Block” to being known simply worldwide as J.Lo.
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