[416] J. D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun regards Lopez as having a "breathy" stylistic range, but lacking personality. [187] Lopez also starred in the independent drama film Lila & Eve, alongside Viola Davis. Wedding", "Why Jennifer Lopez Had Marc Cohn Surprise Ben Affleck with This Song at Their Wedding Celebration", "Jennifer Lopez & Michelle Obama Take a Selfie at 2014 LULAC Convention! She was born on August 28, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Gretchen (Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. "[69] Turan of the Los Angeles Times described Lopez as "an actress who can be convincingly tough and devastatingly erotic" and said the film solidified "her position as a woman you can confidently build a film around. Her father is Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. [93], The marketing for the romantic comedy Monster-in-Law (2005), in which Lopez starred opposite Jane Fonda, played up her "Gigli-and-tabloid tarnished image", and it became a box office success. I keep in touch periodically with her and have a lot of respect for her. "[474] In 1999, The Record newspaper observed that she was responsible for the introduction of a Latina presence in the film industry, which was a "whites-only preserve" for much of its history. [514] The images of Lopez wearing the dress became the most popular search query of all time at that point, and subsequently led to the creation of Google's image search. Lo Sets Off Tribeca 2022 Opening Night with New "HALFTIME" Doc", "Tribeca Festival Kicks Off With Celebratory Doc 'Halftime,' Low Key Presence By Star Jennifer Lopez", "Jennifer Lopez Doc 'Halftime' Premieres at Tribeca Festival", "Jennifer Lopez: Halftime Review: Empowering and Sensational", "All Jennifer Lopez Asked Was to Be Treated Like a White Man", "Jennifer Lopez-focused documentary "Halftime" offers a surprising chastisement for the entertainment industry which devours celebrity. She enjoys physical activities such as swimming, gymnastics, and bike riding. [403] A departure from her previous albums, This Is Me Then blends 1970s soul with "streetwise" hip hop. "[352] Lopez had wanted to create a charitable foundation for years,[353] but it wasn't until 2009 that she launched the Lopez Family Foundation (originally known as the Maribel Foundation) alongside her sister, Lynda. The film was a box-office bomb and is considered one of the worst films of all time. [165], Lopez returned to the big screen in 2012, starring alongside an ensemble cast in the film What to Expect When You're Expecting, which is based on the novel of the same name. [410], Some critics have considered Lopez's voice to be limited,[411][412] and overshadowed by the production of her music, while remaining "radio-friendly". Her family then relocated to New York City where her parents divorced when she was nine. [253], In mid-2021, Lopez signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce a range of films and television shows through Nuyorican Productions. [72], Lopez launched a music career in 1999 because, after Selena, she had missed "the excitement of the stage"[37] and was "really feeling [her] Latin roots". ", which raised over $35 million. [537] In 2017, she was awarded the Telemundo Star Award. [29] At the age of five, she began taking dance lessons at Ballet Hispnico on the Upper West Side. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Jennifer is "fair and smooth". Jennifer Lopez says the late Whitney Houston was a musical influence on her", "Jennifer Lopez, Skydance and Concord Team to Develop Musical Projects", "Jennifer Lopez on Working With Cardi B, Why Janet Jackson Is an Idol at Billboard Music Awards: Watch", "Jennifer Lopez on how she went to backing dancer to American Idol", "Jennifer Lopez Receives Star for Music on Hollywood Walk of Fame", "Once overrated, Jennifer Lopez is now underrated", "How Jennifer Lopez Turned Hitting 'Rock Bottom' Into A Memoir", "J.Lo Contemplates 'Love' (And Love?) She endorsed President Joe Biden in his 2020 presidential campaign and also performed at his 2021 inauguration in Washington, D.C.[382][383] In January 2022, became one of the Co-Chairs for Michelle Obamas When We All Vote. The songs were intended for her seventh studio album but failed to make an appearance on the Billboard charts, leading to her departure from Sony Music and Epic Records. As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. [448] In 2011, she was named "The Most Beautiful Woman" by People. [390] Dee Lockett, writing for the Chicago Tribune, stated that songs such as "Waiting for Tonight" made Lopez "arguably the leading artist in the dance-pop movement at the time". 1", "Jennifer Lopez to release 'Dance Again: The Hits' next month? [328], In April 2021, Lopez and Affleck were reported to be dating again,[329] with Lopez publicly confirming their rekindled relationship that July. [239][240] She also became executive producer of the two television series, Good Trouble and Thanks a Million. Because last time, we screwed it up", "Lopez, Affleck Postpone Weekend Wedding", "Ben Affleck once asked Jennifer Lopez if media criticism bothered her but the pop star said she 'expected this', "Jennifer Lopez on relationships and tabloids in the "Bennifer Era", "Jennifer Lopez Reflects on Relationship with Ben Affleck", "J.Lo: Dating Marc Anthony Was How I Dealt with Ben Affleck Split", "Jennifer Lopez Calls "No. [421] Since beginning her music career, Lopez has become known for her body-emphasizing music videos, which often include dance routines. Welsh Baby Names Meaning: In Welsh Baby Names the meaning of the name Jennifer is: Fair one. [316][317] Lopez occasionally performs with her daughter. [191][192] At the beginning of the residency, Lopez signed a multi-album deal with her former label Epic Records[193] but, instead of an album, she opted to release standalone singles including "Ain't Your Mama",[194][195][196] "Ni T Ni Yo",[197][198]"Amor, Amor, Amor",[199] "El Anillo"[200] and "Dinero", featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B. [63] While Joe Leydon of Variety found Anaconda "silly", he said the film deserved "a little credit" for being "the first movie of its kind to have a Latina and an African-American" as its stars. [93] David D'Arcy of Screen Daily found Lopez "unconvincing" as a journalist. Halftime ensures that the world remembers it. [370] Lopez is also an avid supporter of LGBT rights, and has raised millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS research. "[230] Lopez has cited Janet Jackson as a major inspiration for her own dance and videos, stating that she "probably started dancing" because of Jackson's music video for "The Pleasure Principle". 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J ennifer as a girls' name is pronounced JEN-ee-fer, JEN-if-er. It's also a variation of the name Gwenivere. Jennifer Coolidge. [27][26] West Side Story made a particular impression on the young Lopez and she wanted to be an entertainer from an early age. [532][533] In 2013, she was presented with the prestigious landmark 2,500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her musical contributions,[534] and Univision presented her with the World Icon Award in its Premios Juventud. [524], As of 2022[update], Lopez has sold more than 80 million records worldwide[8][525] and her films have grossed a cumulative total of US$3.1billion. 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[294][295] Her album This Is Me Then was dedicated to and inspired by Affleck. [47] For her first major movie role, in Gregory Nava's 1995 drama Mi Familia,[48] Lopez received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jennifer Lopez certainly knows how to pack a punch on screen. [430][431] Author Priscilla Pea Ovalle stated in Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex and Stardom (2011) that Lopez was one of the Latin stars who "used dance to gain agency as working performers with mainstream careers, yet many of their roles paradoxically racialized and sexualized their bodies". [22] Lopez has described her upbringing as "strict". David Edelstein of Slate remarked that the "imperious" Lopez was "trying to look waifishly expectant"[80] while Amy Taubin of The Village Voice noted that she appeared to be engaged "in some kind of pouting competition" "in lieu of acting. They can all coexist and be very authentic and real. [24] In school, Lopez ran track on a national level, participated in gymnastics and was on the softball team. [318][319][320][321], Lopez had an on-off relationship with her former backup dancer Casper Smart from October 2011 to August 2016. MTV Raps[38] and traveled around Japan for four months as a chorus member in Synchronicity. That's fucking baller. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,[99] with its lead single Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100. [234][235][236] She was announced as the global face of the Coach brand[237] and launched a collection of sunglasses with the brand Quay Australia. [106] Lopez fired both her personal manager Benny Medina and her publicist in mid-2003; The New York Times reported that movie executives had become frustrated by having their communications with Lopez "largely filtered" through Medina. [443] She has been credited with influencing a change in mainstream female body image. [8] [9] It dropped out of the top 10 in the United States in 1992 and out of the top 100 in 2009. Adding that, "I got a moniker of being 'the diva,' which I never felt I deserved which I don't deserve because I've always been a hard worker, on time, doing what I'm supposed to do, and getting that label because you reach a certain amount of success. She was the only member of the chorus not to have a solo and later characterized it as a pivotal moment where she realized the importance of a "tough skin" in the entertainment business. Through The Years", "Jennifer Lopez Reminds Us She's The "Same Girl" In Music Video Teaser: Watch", "J-Lo is the feminist celebrity icon you never knew you had", "Jennifer Lopez finds her voice on new album", "11 Of Pop's Most Iconic Dancers, Ranked", "Jennifer Lopez's 'On The Floor' Video Creates 'Dance Buzz', "Jennifer Lopez Interview for Shall We Dance? [30] As a teenager, she learned flamenco, jazz and ballet at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club[29] and taught dance to younger students, including Kerry Washington. Jennifer Lopez is still on cloud nine after marrying the love of her life Ben Affleck last summer, but she says blending their families together has been a bit of an emotional journey. Actress: A Mighty Wind. [74] Her debut album On the 6, named after the 6 Subway line which connected her childhood home in the Bronx to Manhattan,[75] was filled with what Ed Morales of the Los Angeles Times described as "state-of-the-art dance pop even if Lopez's vocals are largely anonymous. Actress: The Hunger Games. [520] Her first fragrance, Glow by JLo, has been credited with influencing the rise of celebrity fragrances in the 2000s,[521][522] with perfume critic Chandler Burr stating: "Elizabeth Taylor was one of the first [to have her own scent], but Glow kicked the whole thing into overdrive. lolavie.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged [52] David Rooney of Variety felt Lopez delivered in "juggling" the "smoldering and soulful sides" of the character[53] but Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly said she was "used as a place marker rather than as a real girl. [435][436][437] In a review of her Las Vegas residency All I Have, Los Angeles Times writer Nolan Feeney remarked that her dancing is "undoubtedly the centerpiece of the show". She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar. That's not what you do it for. [277][278], Lopez was in a nearly decade-long relationship with David Cruz, her high school boyfriend, until the mid-1990s. [242] In February 2020, Lopez co-headlined the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami, Florida alongside Shakira; the performance included an appearance by her child Emme Muiz. "[70] Her costar George Clooney noted of her performance, in November 2020: "Every actress in town read for that part, and part of it was that she had to be sexy, but you also had to believe that she could shoot you and kill you. From Gwenhwyfar, which also can mean "white waves". Lopez described it as "one of the world's most shocking and disturbing, underreported crimes against humanity". 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[512], In 2019, the Council of Fashion Designers of America presented her with its Fashion Icon Award for her "long-standing and global impact on fashion". Because over a decade ago, she was an anonymous background dancer on the second-rated sketch-comedy show. "[66], Lopez starred opposite George Clooney in the crime caper Out of Sight (1998), Steven Soderbergh's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name. The name Jennifer is originally a Cornish version of the Welsh name Gwynhwyfar, used for women of light complexion. "[280] She was married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa from February 1997 to January 1998. WebJennifer Lawrence. I really would. She appeared in the direct-to-video drama film Lost in the Wild (1993). "[367][368], Lopez has performed at charity concerts throughout her career. Jennifer Connelly, (born December 12, 1970, Catskill Mountains, New York, U.S.), American actress who won an Academy Award for her moving and complex portrayal of Alicia Nash, the wife of John Nash (played by Russell Crowe), a brilliant mathematician who won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics, in A Beautiful Mind (2001), a film that Viewers who knew only an attention-grabbing siren met a hardworking, self-made, empathetic single mother, who got emotional when contestants did well and when they failed." Jon Caramanica of The Village Voice was unimpressed by her studio-enhanced vocals and expressed bemusement as to how the "mega-millionaire Bronx-expat public-fantasy bombshell" was "making the least interesting music on the pop charts today. "[124] In 2006, she reunited with Gregory Nava, the director of both Mi Familia and Selena, to star in the crime drama Bordertown as a journalist investigating female homicides in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico. WebJennifer is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Brice Mack, starring Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Wesley Eure, Nina Foch, and John Gavin. The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, she began working as an actress at an more A Timeline Of Jennifer Aniston And Brad Pitt's Relationship #113 of 159 The Greatest Actresses Who Have Never Won an Oscar I've always wanted to be the best that I can be and I think that's more what they look to, y'know, 'She's up there. Even the relationship part. What does Jennifer mean? It's also a variation of the name Gwenivere. [478] In 2012, business magazine Forbes suggested that Lopez "may be the most powerful entertainer on the planet",[479] and named her "the world's most powerful Latino celebrity". "[83] Jessica Winter of The Village Voice found her "bewilderingly miscast" as a "buttoned down, celibate" woman, writing that the movie "achieves the dubious but perversely impressive feat, for its 90-minute duration, of neutering Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Hudson Soundtrack | Dreamgirls [45] She was scheduled to tour with Jackson on her Janet World Tour in late 1993 but opted to pursue an acting career instead. [23][22][29] Her parents were unhappy with her decision to leave college to pursue a dance career. lolavie.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged [336][337][338] On April 8, 2022, Lopez announced their second engagement, 20 years after the first proposal. Although the name was already on the rise, it shot to #1 and stayed there for fifteen years until 1985. [178][179] The album produced three singles: "I Luh Ya Papi", featuring French Montana, "First Love", and "Booty", featuring Iggy Azalea. WebWhat does Jennifer mean? Jennifer Coolidge is a versatile character actress and experimental comedienne, best known for playing Stifler's mom in American Pie (1999). In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series In Living Color, where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993. [305][20] During their marriage, they collaborated on music and performed together, as well as co-starring in El Cantante (2006). ", "LL Cool J, U2's Edge, More Join 'What's Going On' Project", "Complete list of 'El Ultimo Adios' artists", "Mexico's murdered women find a voice in 'Bordertown', "Jennifer Lopez Announces New Foundation Plans At Women's Conference", "Jennifer Lopez Aims to Improve Health Care Through Her Foundation", "J.Lo's Medical Scare with Baby Emme Leads Her to Charity", "Jennifer Lopez on Holiday Charity Drive and Jenni Rivera: 'It's a Wake-Up Call', "Jennifer Lopez debuts as B.C. [432] Troy Patterson of Entertainment Weekly also observed that she used her body for emphasis on stage, "She turned herself out as the fly girl hyperversion of postfeminist power, flaunting her control by toying with the threat of excess. In 2002 business ventures, Lopez opened Madre's, a Los Angeles restaurant serving Latin cuisine,[103] and released her first fragrance, Glow by JLo. [50] In 1996, Lopez had a supporting role opposite Robin Williams in the comedy Jack. Welsh Baby Names Meaning: In Welsh Baby Names the meaning of the name Jennifer is: Fair one. Her performance earned positive reviews, with Chicago Tribune commending the role for giving Lopez "an opportunity to be dramatic, romantic, funny, depressed, euphoric and violent. Filmmaker Jennifer Reeder at her home in Hammond, Indiana on Jan. 16, 2023. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar. [529] Her album J to tha L-O! Jennifer Lynn Affleck (ne Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. WebJennifer Lynn Affleck (ne Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. Lo 2.0 is an all-embracing, Oprahfied earth madre. [481] Writing for The Recording Academy, Brian Haack described her as the "breakout female star" of the Latin pop movement in American music. Jennifer Lopez has said that she was supposed to be part of Madonna and Britney Spears' iconic kiss at the 2003 Video Music Awards. [398] Her debut album On the 6 fuses the influence of Latin music with R&B and hip hop, which Lopez described as Latin soul. [297] They became engaged in November 2002,[298][299] but their planned wedding on September 14, 2003, was postponed with four days' notice because of "excessive media attention". [456][457] Lynn Hirschberg of W compared her glamorous public persona to that of Taylor. 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[477] Miriam Jimnez Romn stated in The Afro-Latin Reader: History and Culture in the United States (2009) that "[she] was able to traverse the difficult racial boundaries". In 2019, she garnered critical acclaim for her performance as a stripper in the crime drama Hustlers. Jennifer Lopez, American singer, dancer, actress, and Latina cultural icon, known for her highly successful songs and films as well as her appearances as a judge on American Idol Jennifer Lynch , American director and screenwriter, known for her films Boxing Helena and Surveillance ', "J.Lo tops list of most influential Hispanics", "Run The World: How Jennifer Lopez' Triple-Threat Superstardom Brought Latin Culture To Center Stage", "As we celebrate #LatinxHeritageMonth, take a look back at that one time @JLo sat down with us in 1999 to talk about uplifting her culture and being an inspiration to others as an entertainer! She's the real thing. [422] CNN's Holly Thomas noted that "Lopez's years of professional dance experience gave her a captivating, commanding presence in her videos. [322][323] She dated New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez from February 2017 to early 2021. "[441] Television presenter Ray Martin describes her as a "showbiz phenomenon". [145] Lopez's first theatrical role in three years was in the romantic comedy The Back-up Plan (2010). [10] Time listed her among their 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. In response to tabloid speculation about the state of their relationship, they released a statement in March 2021, saying they were "working through some things". Following test audiences' negative reactions to the onscreen couple, Lopez's screen time was halved. ", Lopez has been a tabloid fixture[452][453] and has admitted to having a "less-than-perfect" public image. The two Ben inspired songs "I'm Glad" and "Baby I Love U!" Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle considered it her "most mannered, least relaxed and least convincing performance to date". Tommy Mottola, the head of Sony Music's Work Group, signed her but suggested that she sing in English instead. [428], On stage, Lopez is recognized for her showmanship and sex appeal,[429] and often includes costumes such as bodysuits as part of her performance. Hurt Me!) [444] In Latin Sensations (2001), Hern Marquez wrote: "Because she wasn't rail thin, Lopez had broken the mold and allowed millions of women to feel good about their bodies. [73] Lopez's new manager Benny Medina sought to position her as "a brand name that will cross over into all media. [408] When explaining her seventh studio album Love?, Lopez stated: "There's still so much to learn and that's why the question mark. 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