Life history of jenifer lopez

For the Record …. Jennifer Lopez appeared as an overnight sensation when she burst onto the entertainment scene in the mids. She was a talented, well-rounded modern woman, with pizzazz and good looks, plus singing, dancing, and acting accomplishments to her credit. A veteran of music videos, television, live stage shows, and commercial modeling, Lopez appeared in only a handful of minorfilm roles before she suddenly rocketed to stardom in the role of the murdered Tejano singing sensation Selena Quintanilla Perez.

After she traveled the globe in musical revues and drifted through video and commercial work, she settled into steady employment in television work before starting a career as a film actress. She appeared in six motion pictures between and and then took a one-year hiatus to re-address her musical career. David Lopez worked as a data processing manager for an insurance company and his wife was a kindergarten teacher.

The Lopez household was filled with music, good food, and fun.

Jennifer lopez education

Lopez was destined for stardom even as a youngster — she espoused Rita Moreno as her greatest heroine and took dancing lessons from the age of five. Over the years she studied ballet and jazz, flamenco, piano, and classical theater training. She also studied gymnastics, ran track, and played softball. Briefly while in high school, she entertained the possibility of becoming a professional beautician.

Her parents meanwhile dreamed that their daughter might go to college and law school.

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Before long, Lopez was on her own and living wherever she could afford the rent. Lopez made her first film appearance in the small role of Myra in My Little Girl in She secured her first steady acting role in when she embarked on a five-month European tour of a live stage production called. Record company — Sony, Madison Ave.