Jennifer
Lopez was born on July 24, 1970.
Her parents came to New York from
Ponce, Puerto Rico. She is the middle of three sisters. At
the age of 7, young Jennifer went on her first tour - around New
York City with her dance class.At the age of 16 Jennifer got a
little break with a bit part in the film ''My Little Girl'' (starring
Mary Stuart Masterson). But Jennifer's first love was still dance,
and when she read about a scholarship to a dance school in Manhattan,
she went down and grabbed the opportunity. At this time she was
taking a full time course load at Baruch, working in a law office
and taking her dance classes. Eventually this would lead to a falling
out with her mother, who didn't want Jennifer
Lopez to
pursue dance as a career. When her mother gave her the ever popular
''you live
by my rules as long as you live under my roof'' speech Jennifer
took that as her cue to break out on her own. Not having anywhere
else to live, she took up residence in the building where she took
her dance classes. A year and a half of auditioning with
no success brought Jennifer Lopez to the verge of a breakdown.
But salvation would come in
the form of a
tour that sent her dancing across Japan. Before this, she had auditioned
to be a ''Fly Girl'' for the show ''In Living Color'' but she had
been turned down.
Upon returning from Japan, she received a call
from ''In Living Color'' asking her to audition again. This time
she made the cut
and it was off to Hollywood. She didn't really enjoy her time on
''In Living Color'', as she longed for an acting career that would
put her in the spotlight. Her first television job as an actress,
on the Fox series ''South Central'' came her way because the producer
of the show was married to one of the other fly girls, and he took
notice of Jennifer during a special Fox aired about the Fly Girls.
''South Central'' only survived one season, but she quickly resurfaced
on television screens appearing as ''Melinda Lopez'' first in the
short lived ''Second Chances'' series, then ''Hotel Malibu.'' In
1995 she jumped onto the big screen in her first major role, opposite
Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in ''Money Train.'' She would go
on to work opposite such talents as Robin Williams and Jack Nicholson,
but it was her work with Gregory Nava, who directed her in ''My Family,
Mi Familia'' that would lead her to the role that would make
her a star.
After an extensive nationwide search, Jennifer
Lopez was chosen to play Selena Quintanilla Perez, in the
official biopic of the life of the
fallen Tejano star. Taking part in the production of ''Selena'' would
impact Jennifer's life in many ways. On the personal side, Jennifer's
fiancéé, Ojani Noa, proposed to her at the wrap party
for Selena. The couple had met in Miami while Jennifer was filming
''Blood And Wine'' with Jack Nicholson. Ojani, a Cuban immigrant,
was an aspiring model working as a waiter at Gloria Estefan's restaurant,
Larios On The Beach. They were married in Miami on February 22, 1997,
after knowing each other less than a year. Jennifer's sudden rise
to fame with the release of ''Selena'' the following month would
put an excessive strain on the marriage, and the couple filed for
divorce just a little over a year after they were married.
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Natasha
Bedingfield Musician
Natasha is an English singer and
songwriter who has performed in the genres of contemporary
Christian and pop music. Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield
share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings
to have had solo number-ones in UK chart history.
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Gwen Stefani
Gwen's brother Eric started the band No Doubt with his friend John Spence
in 1987, and asked the always effervescent Gwen to join on as co-vocalist
with Spence. Tony Kanal joined the group a little later, and the trio
began to gain popularity by playing at local parties.
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Diana
Krall Jazz Pianist and Singer
At the age of seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International
Jazz Festival to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In Nanaimo,
her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown and
drummer Jeff Hamilton.
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Shania
Twain Country Music Artist
Shania Twain often grabbed a guitar and retreated to the solitude of her
bedroom singing and writing until her fingers ached. "I grew up listening
to Waylon, Willie, Dolly, Tammy, all of them," she recalls. "But
we also listened to the Mamas and the Papas, The Carpenters, The Supremes
and Stevie Wonder.
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Stacy
Ferguson Singer and Songwriter
As a child actress, Stacy Ferguson
was actually on the television program Kids Incorporated
for several years with her TV sister Renee Sands, who became
a fellow member of Wild Orchid. On the show, she sang Whitney
Houston's "One Moment In Time".
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Julianne
Hough Musician and Dancer
Julianne Hough began working almost
immediately upon arriving in Los Angeles. She was featured
in two television commercials and was a "dancing" extra
in an episode of Cold Case. She was one of the "Million
Dollar Dancers" in the short lived network television
game show Show Me the Money starring William Shatner.
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Miley
Cyrus Musician and Actress
Cyrus landed the lead role of Hannah
Montana, a teen pop star who leads a double life as an
average schoolgirl. Her dad, Billy Ray, was then chosen
to play her widowed father in the TV series, and the entire
Cyrus family moved from Nashville to southern California
to encourage Miley's career. Miley
Cyrus Bio and Pictures |
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