JENNIFER LYNN LOPEZ:
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. It was while attending her final year in high school that she learned about a film casting looking for teenage girls for small roles. She auditioned and was cast in “My Little Girl”. This is how she realized that she wanted to become a “famous movie star”.
As of 2018, Lopez has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, including 40 million albums, and her films have grossed a cumulative total of US$2.9 billion.
She remains the only female entertainer to have a number one album and film simultaneously in the United States.
Lopez is regarded as the most influential Hispanic performer in the United States, credited with breaking racial barriers in the entertainment industry and the highest-paid actress of Hispanic descent in history.
In 2009, Lopez launched the Lopez Family Foundation (originally known as the Maribel Foundation) alongside her sister, Lynda. The nonprofit organization seeks to increase the availability of healthcare for underprivileged women and children, offering a telemedicine program supported by a partnership with the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The foundation has led to the expansion of medical facilities in Panama and Puerto Rico, and created the Center for a Healthy Childhood at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.