Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez was born in New
York City, on July 24, 1969. The daughter of David, a computer
programmer, and Guadalupe, a kindergarten teacher, the young Lopez
always dreamed of becoming a performer.
With talents in singing and dancing, Jennifer began performing in
stage musicals, dancing in a European tour of Golden Musicals of
Broadway, a Japanese tour of Synchronicity and local productions of
Oklahoma and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Jennifer Lopez on in living color
The young girl from the Bronx finally became more recognized when
she was cast as one of the Fly Girl dancers on FOX's In Living Color
in 1993. What Lopez was really itching to do was act, but she stuck
around on In Living Color for a short while, following producer
Keenan Ivory Wayans' advice.
Jennifer's Fly Girl role led to more roles on the small screen. She
landed a recurring role on FOX's short-lived series South Central
(1994) and the TV series Second Chances (1993). Her portrayal of the
part was so impressive that big-league producer Aaron Spelling
wanted to continue the role on another one of his series, Malibu
Shores. After appearing in a few episodes, Jennifer refused to
develop the deal further (the show was axed anyway) with the hopes
of taking her talents to the silver screen.
