Short biography:

Jennifer Lopez exploded on the scene with Selena, about the slain Tejana singer, earning her critical raves and unexpected pleasure. "In every movie they want you to look as thin as you can look. In Selena, it was the other way round." At the movie's wrap party, her boyfriend Ojani Noa, proposed to her in front of everyone (sadly, their marriage only lasted a year).

Jennifer faced a media feeding frenzy when she and boyfriend, Puff Daddy, were arrested outside a New York nightclub in 1999. There had been some gunfire, and Puffy allegedly tried to bribe his driver by offering him a $40,000 ring Jennifer had just bought him. She spent the night in jail, sobbing inconsolably, and charges against her were dropped the next morning.

Jennifer's behind has received a lot of admiring attention. She's joked, "I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge." She's supposedly had it insured for a staggering $300 million.

Facts about Jennifer Lopez:

An actress, a model, a dancer and a singer, Lopez has carved out an extraordinary niche which could give her career the longevity of a Madonna or a Cher.

Her debut album, On The 6, went six times platinum in USA.

Jennifer Lopez has bought the film rights to a manuscript called ''Dirty Girls Club,'' for a film she'd produce and star in from the novel with the same title.

In 2000 she released a DVD featuring her music videos, live performances, interviews, pictures and more; the title is "Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good".

Has dropped the final part of the invasion-of-privacy lawsuit she filed in May 2001 when she learned that Suge Knight Films, Inc. was planning to release a videotape that included scenes of her and a former boyfriend performing sex acts.

Lopez says that playing an abused wife in her film ENOUGH has been a tough and intense experience.

Affleck gave Lopez a diamond bracelet for her birthday gift when he took her for a birthday lunch in Manhattan.

She and Ben Affleck are fuelling reports of romance by ignoring their sushi in favor of a snuggle. The pair, who grew close while filming GIGLI, denied all reports of intimacy while J.Lo worked out her divorce settlement with Cris Judd.

In THE WEDDING PLANNER (2001) at the first wedding, her character Maria comforts the bride by complimenting her great thighs. This may be a small reference to the huge media focus on Jen's big thighs when she first began her singing career.

It is rumored that the marriage between J.Lo and Cris Judd was in fact a publicity stunt, as the Latino star was in dire need of good publicity after P. Diddy's gunshot trials.

Jennifer Lopez is the first Latina actress to get paid 9 million for a movie (Angel Eyes). She is also the first artist to have a number one movie (The Wedding Planner) and album (J.Lo) in the same week.

Is spicing up her already hot career in music, film and fashion by venturing into the restaurant business in this city not far from L.A.

Is thrilled with her current level of fame - because she wasn't very popular at school.

Has delighted the readers of men's magazine FHM by agreeing to her most revealing photo spread ever.

Has her sights set on playing a Bodyguard-type role for her next big screen project.

Keeps her trademark bottom round by eating junk food.

Part of Lopez makeup to appear more like Selena Quintanilla included padding for her rear (SELENA-1997).She knew she wanted to be a performer from the get-go, so her parents enrolled her in dance classes. She beat out 2,000 girls in a national dance competition to become one of Rosie Perez's "Fly Girls" on the Wayans Brothers' TV comedy series In Living Color.

She and Selena both had the same measurements. So all of her wardrobe were made from the original pattern that Selena used to make the originals.

She appeared in the Janet Jackson's video 'That's The Way Love Goes'. She was the one dancing with the cute, bald guy.

Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith are reportedly planning the ultimate collaboration - they'll star together in a movie and do a joint soundtrack.

She won't be wearing tight-fitting clothes in her next film, SHRINK, in which she'll play a psychologist to superheroes.

Her character used to be a superhero but a traumatic incident made her decide to stop.

Lopez and Ben Affleck are becoming such close friends they even shop for groceries together.

She is sued over her “Glow” perfume by a Los Angeles-based fragrance manufacturer, Glow Industries, who claims it owns the rights to the fragrance’s name.

In the lawsuit, Glow--a Los Angeles manufacturer of lotions, soaps and other pretty-scented things--says Lopez and her perfume partner, Coty Inc., infringed on its trademark by going with the glow. The complaint seeks to bar J.Lo from invoking the intransitive verb for her eau de toilette. It also seeks unspecified damages.

Glow Industries' Glow perfumes (established 1999) are sold nationwide in department stores such as Nordstrom. Glow by J.Lo, launched with a blow-out Trump World Tower bash last month, is due to be rolled out in September.

 Salary:

Gigli (2003)	$12,000,000
Enough (2002)	$10,000,000
The Wedding Planner (2001)	$9,000,000
Angel Eyes (2001)	$9,000,000
The Cell (2000)	$4,000,000
Out of Sight (1998)	$2,000,000
Selena (1997)	$1,000,000

Personal quotes:

In every movie they want you to look as thin as you can look. In Selena, it was the other way around: "How can
we shoot her butt so it looks like Selena's?"
- Jennifer Lopez

"This film certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along with my songs" 
- Jennifer Lopez talking about The Cell (2000)

"Hey -- I liked the dress, I wore it, I went out. I'd already seen it on Donatella (Versace) at the Met Costume Ball, so I didn't think it was a big deal. Underneath, it's like a bathing suit -- green, with a full panty. There was no danger of the dress falling off, believe me."
- Jennifer Lopez about that Grammy dress

"People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite"
- Jennifer Lopez

"I swear to God, I don't remember anything [Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work." Movieline.

"Do I think she's a great performer? Yes. Do I think she's a great actress? No." [on Madonna] Movieline.

"He wouldn't talk to me for two months. I was like, 'What an as**ole.' Actors are used to getting their way and to treating women like objects." [on Wesley Snipes after she reports he made unreturned passes at her]

"In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love her.'" [on Winona Ryder] Movieline.

"It makes me laugh when she says she got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing." [on Salma Hayek]

"A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she would have done more with." [on Cameron Diaz]

"My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing."