FREE ESSAY ON JENNIFER LOPEZ

JENNIFER LOPEZ

Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the
United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican
and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a
computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents
recognized Jennifer's talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the
enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said "Jennifer always loved to sing, but she
was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her." With
the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very
close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the
role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer's
talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer
made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very
disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported
her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her
education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law
school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star. Her
parents who at that time could not understand the choices she made are very happy for
their daughter and what she has accomplish. When she left her home at the middle of a
fight and never went back. She said," I had to make my own way" and then lived in a
Manhattan dance studio where she was training. Then she got an apartment with some
friends in Manhattan Hell's Kitchen. Since the time she move out of her home she started
her showbiz career as a dancer in stage musicals and most notably in her tour to Golden
musicals of Broadway and in a Japanese tour. Then she audition to be a fly girl in Fox's
hit comedy "In living Colors," she beat out 2,000 other contenders in a nation wide
competition. Then she cracked into Hollywood and she wanted to make a transition to
acting, but she followed Color producer Keenan Ivory Wayans advice to stay with the show
for a while before making any attempt to move on. After a couple of seasons spent in
Living Colors, Jennifer got her shot at acting when a co-worker, whose husband was
writing and producing a pilot called South Central for Fox, suggested her for the part.
Jennifer brought her television career to an end in 1993, with the role as a heroic
Nurses on the line: The crash of Flight 7; the siren call of the big screen could not be
put on hold for any longer. In 1995, Jennifer appears in Gregory Nava's critically
acclaimed Mi Familia, a film that introduced the actress's talent to top film makers. In
1996, she beat out Ashley Judd and Lauren Holly for the supporting role of Robin
Williams's teacher in the Francis Ford comedy Jack. The movie was embarrassing for
Jennifer but she was still hot and from there she started in "Money Train" and then
Smelling like roses." In 1997 at a wrap party for the film in San Antonio, Jennifer
Boyfriend, Ojani Noa, took the microphone and propose to her on the dance floor. Then
after one year the couple got divorce. But then in People Magazine Lopez was named one of
the Fifty Most Beautiful people for 1997. 1997 was a good year for Jennifer Lopez she
started Blood and Wine, and Oliver Stone's U-Turn and she beat out a bevy of a A-list
actresses to the land the female lead in Steven Soderbergh's steany 1998 crime film Out
of Sight. Then she got ant-imated, in the Dreamworks tale Antz. Lopez now has a brand new
project, a music album and with the success of the movie Selena, it gave her inspiration
to make a music album. Her album went number one and this will probably start her second
success story. Life has not been easy for Jennifer because she had to work hard to make
her dream come true. Her philosophy is that there is only one way to get where you wanted
to go and those is being aggressive and persistent and believe you could do anything you
wanted to do and competing with the best. In the end hard work truly pays off and one
example is how Jennifer made her dream come true. Once Jennifer said that she's the best,
maybe somewhat arrogant but who can fault her for feeling this way. Jennifer has
accomplished a lot and she open doors for other people who want to go into show business.