Biography - Jennifer Lopez

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Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez certainly lives life to the full. The lovely Latina never ceases to amaze, be it with her film career, her music, or her fragrance line.

She grew up in the Bronx, with her Puerto Rican family, taking dance and singing lessons which won her several parts in musicals. She was noticed by agents and made her first film, 'My Little Girl', in 1986. Less than ten years later, she was acting in US sitcoms 'My Family', 'Money train' and 'Jack'.

Her career began to take off in 1997 with her role in 'Selena', which lead to parts in 'Anaconda' and 'Out of Sight', opposite George Clooney, and two years later she embarked on a career in music, with the hit 'If You Had my Love' from her first album, 'On the Six'.

She has been married several times, her first marriage, at the age of 15 to David Cruz, a production assistant, lasted a matter of months. In 1998 she walked up the aisle a second time, with model Ojani Noa. Her best-known relationships with Puff Daddy and Ben Affleck both ended in disaster, more recently she married third husband Marc Anthony.

She has had more luck in her career however, juggling acting, with films such as 'The Cell' and 'The Wedding Planner', and singing, releasing a second album, entitled 'J.Lo' in 2001. Her biggest hits were duets with Ja-Rule ('I’M Real', 'Ain’t it Funny'), but success also came with tracks such as 'Love Don’t Cost A Thing' and 'Play'. More recently, she filmed ' Angel Eyes' and 'Maid in Manhatten' in 2002, releasing an album, 'This Is Me…Then' in the same year. Her hit ' Jenny From The Block' set dance floors on fire in 2003.