Jennifer Lopez, in full Jennifer Lynn Lopez, byname J.Lo, (born July 24, 1969, Bronx, New York, U.S.), American actress and musician who started appearing in films in the last part of the 1980s and quickly became one of the most generously compensated Latina actresses in the history of Hollywood. She later found hybrid success in the music industry with a progression of pop albums.

Lopez, who was born into a group of Puerto Rican plummet, took dance lessons throughout her experience growing up and since the beginning had aspirations of fame. She performed internationally in stage musicals, and at age 16 she made her film debut with a little job in My Daughter (1986).

Her television break came in 1990 when she was given a role as one of the "Fly Girls," artists who showed up on the comedy show In Living Tone. After she left the show, she turned her focus to acting, first in a few fleeting television series and afterward in film jobs.

Film success came quickly, and by the mid-1990s she was appearing with such eminent actors as Robin Williams (Jack, 1996) and Jack Nicholson (Blood and Wine, 1997). Lopez actually remained somewhat in the outskirts of the public vision, in any case, until she handled the lead job in Selena (1997), a biopic of the murdered Tejana singer. She proceeded to star in a number of thrillers and action shows, including Anaconda (1997), U Turn (1997), Out of Sight (1998), and The Cell (2000), and she gained broad recognition for The Wedding Planner (2001), her successful first endeavor at lighthearted comedy. That delivery was quickly trailed by the heartfelt show Angel Eyes in the center of the year.

In 1999 Lopez added pop craftsman to her rundown of titles with the arrival of her debut album, On the 6. To the surprise of numerous pundits, the album quickly went platinum and subsequently sold in excess of 8,000,000 duplicates around the world. Her second album, J.Lo (2001), sold in excess of 270,000 duplicates in its most memorable week. Lopez was involved in a progression of high-profile relationships — first with rapper and producer Sean ("Puff Daddy") Combs (later known as Diddy) and later with actor Ben Affleck — that subjected her to weighty scrutiny by the entertainment media. In 2003 she featured inverse Affleck in Gigli, which was generally panned by pundits, and a number of her subsequent movies were film industry disappointments. In 2004 Lopez wedded singer Marc Anthony, and the couple showed up in El Cantante (2006), the biopic of salsa musician Hector Lavoe. Her later albums included Resurrection (2005); the Spanish-language Como ama una mujer (2007), which arrived at the number one spot on Announcement's Latin album diagram; Brave (2007); Love? (2011), which featured the up-rhythm hit "On the Floor"; and A.K.A. (2014). In 2020 Lopez and Shakira performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. The following year Lopez sang at the U.S. official inauguration of Joe Biden.

In February 2008 Lopez brought forth twins, her most memorable kids and Anthony's fourth and fifth. She returned to the big screen in The Back-up Plan (2010), a rom-com in which she featured as a single lady who finds Mr. Perfect subsequent to becoming pregnant through managed impregnation. Lopez later served (2011-12, 2014-16) as a judge on the television ability show American Icon. Although she and Anthony isolated in 2011 (separated 2014), they cooperated as producers and hosts of the television program The Chosen (2012), an ability competition for Latin American performers. Lopez subsequently showed up in What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), a group comedy about parenting. In the thrillers Parker (2013) and The Boy Next Door (2015), she played, separately, a separated from businesswoman who participates in a heist and a lady who is brought into a sentiment with a teenager who then begins stalking her. Lopez likewise gave voices to the vivified films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Home (2015), and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).

Lopez assumed the starring job in the policing Shades of Blue (2016-18), portraying a conflicted police officer. In Second Act (2018) she took a comedic turn as a covetable lady position at a Manhattan firm after her companions decorate her résumé.