She started with the CBS's show as " Melinda Lopez " character which portrayed her in Second Chances costarring Connie Selleca and Megan Fallows was so popular that it was continued on Aaron Spelling's series, "Malibu Road".

She refused the development deal which was offered by CBS , because she wanted a film career. After that show, she effectively brought her television career to end with the nurse Rosie in " Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 " on 1993. The siren call of big screen couldn't be ignored for her. Lopez was appeared in Gregory Nava's critically acclaimed " Mi Famillia " , on 1995 which Nava focusses on the lives of Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles from the 1930s to the present. Soon after, she jumped on Joseph Ruben's "Money Train". Although senator Bob Dole urged Americans to boycott the film , and the costars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes were trashed by critics , Lopez left the train with victory where she got on as " Grace Santiago ". Later on , Lopez costarred as Robin Williams' latina teacher in Francis Ford Coppola's " Jack ".

Despite having previously worked in Mi Famillia, Gregory Nava asked Lopez to audition as a part of nationwide search in "Selena", the movie about the life of singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. Jennifer Lopez thrust into spotlight with her performance in " Selena " , and increased her Hollywood stock considerably. The film was succeeded , despite some grumbling in the Mexican-American community that Lopez was of Puerto Rican decent.

"Selena", marked a new beginning for her in more than just career terms. In the wrap party of the movie in San Antonio, Lopez's boyfriend Ojani Noa took the microphone and proposed her on the dance floor. The couple married in early 1997. but divorced within a year.

Jennifer Lopez ranked 16th on the People Magazine's 1997's Fifty Most Beautiful People list. Lopez ended Jim Carrey's " Liar Liar " spring box office sovereignty with her movie " Anaconda " which she summarized as "mayhem, madness and snakes". Lopez then beat out a bevy of A-list actresses , to land a role in " Out Of Sight ", in which she stared alongside George Clooney.

After Selena, and working on other Hollywood blockbusters, she received a rejuvenated interest in music and performing , which led the way to a recording contract. Her first CD , " On the 6 " , a pop album with a latin flavor, was released June 1 , 1999 and has since gone platinum, and sold over 2.5 million copies.

These days , she is linked romantically with Ben Affleck, popular movie star. She is 33, living between LA & NY.