55 JENNY FROM THE BLOCK TO J.LO: A BRIEF TIME LINE 1991 Becomes a “Fly Girl” on In Living Color
1995 Stars alongside Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in Money Train
1997 Paid $1 million for her starring role in Selena, making her the highest-paid Hispanic actress ever
1999 Releases first album, On the 6; debut single “If You Had My Love” soars to No. 1 on Billboard chart
2001 Becomes the first woman ever to have a No. 1 album and No. 1 film simultaneously
2004
Trae Patton courtesy NBC (2)
Sean “Puffy” Combs to her brief second marriage to backup dancer Cris Judd and crash-and-burn engagement to Ben Affleck, Lopez was a tabloid staple for two decades. Fortunately, her familial roots kept her grounded enough to deal with the scrutiny that comes with celebrity. “You realize you have no anonymity,” she says when asked about the most difficult aspect of fame. “People are looking at everything you do, judging you and talking about you. It’s one thing to be in high school and have that happen, but it’s another thing on this global level for people to be scrutinizing you in that way. It’s very difficult to deal with that, plus the pressures of making your next record, your next movie, your next thing. There’s
Her clothing line and fragrances rake in over $300 million, making her the 19th wealthiest person under 40
2007 Releases Como Ama una Mujer, her first Spanish-language album
2008 Gives birth to twins, son Maximilian David and daughter Emme Maribel, with husband Marc Anthony
2011 Debuts as a judge on American Idol, marking her return to the spotlight
2012 Forbes names her “the world’s most powerful Latino celebrity”
tremendous pressure that comes in this business, and as an artist, you want people to like what you do.” Lopez has never had more people liking more of her work than she does right now.
Variety, “talking about what I love and doing the thing that I do best… You start off
With the success of her new album and Shades of Blue, and World of Dance taking her back to her “Fly Girl” roots, it seems as if J.Lo’s career has finally come full circle. As a woman who has enough clout in the industry to pay it forward, she seems to delight in helping the next generation of
as a dancer, and the only reason you do it is because you love to dance. You don’t do it for the money. You don’t do it because you’re going to be famous one day. That’s not what dance is about. So to create a platform and an opportunity where you actually could do well? To me, that was
talent. “It’s a perfect fit for me,” she told
super exciting.”
2015 Announces her Las Vegas residency show, All I Have, which will include 120 performances over three years
2016 Shades of Blue gives NBC its most-watched Thursday night premiere in seven years
2017 Releases second Spanish-language album, produced by ex-husband Marc Anthony HILTON MOMENTS