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Jennifer Lopez
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Born:
July 24, 1969 in Castle Hill, Bronx, NY
Biography:"Jennifer Lopez"'s first serious screen role in "Gregory Nava"'s 1995 Latino melodrama "My Family" followed years of training in television movies and series. Like "Rosie Perez", Lopez began her career as a Fly Girl -- a dancer on the sketch comedy series, In Living Color -- and appeared in music videos by "Puff Daddy" and "Janet Jackson". Her big break came in 1997 when she appeared in the title role of Nava's "Selena", the story of the successful Tejano singer who was tragically murdered in 1995.

Lopez was at first cast as a femme fatale -- due in no small part to her classic Latina beauty (she was born in the Bronx to parents of Puerto Rican descent) -- and worked almost exclusively with acclaimed directors: "Francis Ford Coppola" ("Jack", 1996), "Oliver Stone" (U-Turn, 1997), and "Bob Rafelson" ("Blood and Wine", 1996). In 1998, she had one of her most acclaimed roles, starring opposite "George... Full Biography

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