Jennifer Lopez Research Paper

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JENNIFER LOPEZ
Bronx, New York born Jennifer Lopez is also known by her name J Lo. J Lo was born on July 24, 1969. Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, actress and fashion designer. She was born in a Puerto Rican family to Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez. J Lo has an older sister Leslie and a younger sister Lynda who is a journalist. David Lopez use to work at the night ship with an insurance company and later on he became a computer technician whereas Guadalupe was a home maker. At the time when Jennifer Lopez was born, the family was living in a small apartment. Few years later, her parents saved up some money and purchased a double story house which was actually a big deal for a relatively poor family.
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She gave the audition and got selected for the film My Little Girl (1986). It was a low budget film co-written and directed by Connie Kaiserman. After finishing the role in My Little Girl, Jennifer realized that she could be a great movie star and pursue her carrier as an actress in order to make a better fortune. To make her parents happy, she enrolled in Baruch College, only to drop out after one semester. She informed her parents about her dream of becoming a movie star on which they said that it’s stupid and ‘No Latino did this’. The difference in their opinion led Jennifer to move into an apartment in Manhattan. During this time, Jennifer performed in the regional production of the Musicals ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘Oklahoma’. From there, she was hired to do the chorus in a ‘Golden Musicals of Broadway’ which was also toured in Europe for five months. Later on, she got a job in a Japanese show ‘Synchronicity’ where she acted as a dancer, choreographer and …show more content…

The album fueled by her success of hit single “If you had my love” went platinum within 2 weeks and made Lopez one of the most influential examples of the growing Latin cultural influence in pop music alongside Ricky martin. In early 2000, Jennifer was also nominated for best dance performance for her hit ‘Waiting for tonight’ and unfortunately lost the award to the veteran diva char. The popularity of the Jennifer Lopez reached the new milestone when she released her album ‘J Lo’ in 2001 which was debuted no. 1 on the pop chart. Maintaining the decorum, she keeps on touching the new heights with her outstanding performances in films and

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