Jennifer Lopez is an American actress, dancer, and entrepreneur. She first became interested in the entertainment industry at age sixteen when she was cast in a minor role in My Little Girl (1986) to her Puerto Rican parent’s disapproval who believed it would be an unrealistic career route for Hispanic females.
Jennifer Lynn Muñiz (née Lopez; born July 24th, 1969), also known by her stage name J-Lo or Jenny From The Block is an American Actress from New York City with Latin roots that helped shape how Jennifer grew up on welfare living around drugs and violence but through hard work secured roles such as Selena Quintanilla which garnered national attention catapulting into superstardom launching herself onto Forbes list of highest-paid women in the world.