Jennifer Lopez was born in New York City, on July 24th, 1970. 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 started to perform 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, the multi-talented superstar, actress and singer, who hails from New York City's Castle Hill section of the Bronx, has busted onto the scene in a manner that has left a lot of folks speechless. Getting her break when she was chosen to play the lead role in Selena , the 1997 big screen biopic of the slain Tejano singer, Lopez earned more film credits in the 1997 summer thriller Anaconda, Oliver Stone's U Turn, Jack , with George Clooney in Out of Sight and The Cell .

She will be premiering her new single "Love Don't Cost A Thing" from her upcoming album JLO at the MTV Europe Awards. Almost as well known for her fashion sense and her relationship with Combs as she is for all of her accomplishments, Lopez was presented with the 2000 Versace Award at this year's VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards. The award was "given to the person who best continues to represent the energy, creativity, and daring" that the late designer represented. With a new album and movie due out in the New Year, we can expect that Lopez is well underway to an outstanding career.