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Marc Anthony and Lopez were secretly married on June 5, 2004. Guests were invited to an afternoon party without knowing it was a wedding.
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She began her career as a dancer for Janet Jackson.
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She has four stepchildren: Arianna, Alex, Cristian, and Ryan, from ex-husband Marc Anthony.
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She moved to Manhattan to learn how to dance and slept in the studio where she practiced.
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She is the first actress to have a movie The Wedding Planner, 2001 and a music album hit number one in the same week.
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She and ex-husband Marc Anthony are celebrity part-owners of the Miami Dolphins with Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams since 2009.
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She once hosted Saturday Night Live and performed in a sketch as a USO singer; after 9/11 she actually performed for troops in Germany.
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Marc Anthony filed for divorce in April 2012 after a 9-month separation.
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One of her first dancing gigs was for New Kids on the Block at the American Music Awards in the late 1980s, dancing in a ponytail and cap.
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Her mother won a $2.4 million jackpot at Borgata Casino in Atlantic City in April 2004.
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Lopez and boyfriend Sean Diddy Combs were arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting. Charges against her were dropped, and Combs was tried and acquitted.
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She worked with Janet Jackson in videos and tours, appearing in the video for ‘That’s the Way Love Goes’.
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She said co-star Josh Lucas from An Unfinished Life is her favorite on-screen kiss.
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She has twin children, Emme and Max, born February 22, 2008 with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
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Her mother Guadalupe Lopez is a schoolteacher in Westchester County, New York.
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She is the highest-paid Latina actress to date for The Wedding Planner, paid $1 million for Selena.
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Her debut album On the 6 went 6x platinum.
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She named her twins Max and Emme after characters from Dragon Tales.
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She originally wanted to be a lawyer.
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She grew up in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx, inspiration for her album title On the 6.
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She is of Puerto Rican descent and speaks fluent Spanish with a slight accent.
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In gyms she was called La Guitarra because her body curved like a guitar.
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She competed in track and field in high school.
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In April 2006 she filed a request for injunction against first husband Ojani Noa to prevent him from publishing disparaging materials.
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She won the worst actress Razzie for Gigli in 2003 after four unsuccessful nominations.
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She wrote the song Dear Ben about Ben Affleck for her album This Is Me… Then, and dedicated the album to him.
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She opened a Cuban restaurant called Madre’s in Pasadena, California in April 2002.
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PETA protested her fashion line Sweetface for excessive use of fur. Heather Mills left a DVD in her office showing animal cruelty.
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According to Forbes, her movies averaged $9 of gross income for every dollar she was paid.
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She returned to work 15 months after giving birth to start filming The Back-up Plan.
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The green Versace dress she wore at the 42nd Grammy Awards inspired the creation of Google Images.
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She is the only woman voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World twice.
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She was one of the Fly Girls dancers on In Living Color.
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Her Cuban restaurant Madre’s is designed after her mother’s kitchen.
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She grew up on Blackrock Avenue in the Bronx.
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By 2004 she had amassed a fortune of $255 million from singing, acting, and co-owning Sweetface Fashions.
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Her parents were disappointed she didn’t finish her education.
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Highest paid Latina actress of all time.
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She met ex-husband Cris Judd while filming the music video for ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing’. They married in a small ceremony with 170 guests.
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At the wrap party for Selena in 1996, boyfriend Ojani Noa proposed on the dance floor with a diamond ring.
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She and Marc Anthony sang No Me Ames together on her debut album On the 6, years before they married.
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She received the 2,500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 20, 2013, attended by family, Jane Fonda, and Keenen Ivory Wayans.
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She is close friends with Leah Remini.
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Her sister Lynda Lopez is an entertainment correspondent for WB Network in New York.
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She was engaged to Alex Rodriguez from March 9, 2019 to April 15, 2021.
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In 2012 she took the #1 spot on Forbes’ most powerful female celebrities, dethroning Oprah Winfrey.
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She and her twins appeared on the cover of People magazine on March 11, 2008, with People paying $6 million for the photos.
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In her Bronx neighborhood she is called The Supernova.
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Ex-husband Cris Judd and husband Ben Affleck share the same birthday, with Ben three years younger.
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She was engaged to Ben Affleck from November 2002 to January 2004, then reunited in April 2021 and got engaged again in April 2022.