:Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, and raised in its Castle Hill neighborhood.{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/puffy/docs/duty-caps_3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209202541/http://www.courttv.com/trials/puffy/docs/duty-caps_3.html|archive-date=February 9, 2008|title=Duty Captain's Report|access-date=October 29, 2006|publisher=Court TV |date=January 17, 2001}}{{harvnb|Gallick|2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-lopez-9542231|title=Jennifer Lopez: Actress, Reality Television Star, Dancer, Singer (1969–)|website=Biography.com|publisher=A&E Networks|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313084042/https://www.biography.com/people/jennifer-lopez-9542231|url-status=live}} Her parents, Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez, were born in Puerto Rico and met in New York City.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jenniferlopez0000cart|url-access=registration| title=Jennifer Lopez|first=Cherese |last=Cartlidge|page=[https://archive.org/details/jenniferlopez0000cart/page/13 13]| publisher=Lucent Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1420507553|quote=Jennifer Lynn Lopez's parents, David and Guadalupe, were both born in Ponce, the second-largest city in Puerto Rico.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-opens-about-her-dad-he-was-just-proud-t99971|title=Jennifer Lopez opens up about her dad: 'He was just proud of me'|work=Today|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2019|first=Randee|last=Dawn|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012641/https://www.today.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-opens-about-her-dad-he-was-just-proud-t99971|url-status=live}} After serving in the Army, David worked as a computer technician at Guardian Insurance Company.{{cite magazine |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Giovanni René |title=JLo's Dad Lends A Hand In Silicon Valley |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2013/09/22/jlos-dad-lends-a-hand-in-silicon-valley/?sh=444ffbb75c34 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |magazine=Forbes |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606205159/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2013/09/22/jlos-dad-lends-a-hand-in-silicon-valley/?sh=444ffbb75c34 |url-status=live }} Guadalupe was a homemaker for the first ten years of Lopez's life and later worked as a Tupperware salesperson{{cite news |title=J.Lo Opens Up About Her Parents' Divorce |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez_n_3569932 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |work=HuffPost |date=July 10, 2013 |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606201446/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez_n_3569932 |url-status=live }} and a kindergarten and gym teacher.{{Cite news|last=Molloy|first=Joanna|title=It's nice Jennifer Lopez wants to give kids free health care, but why not help out your old block|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/09/24/its-nice-jennifer-lopez-wants-to-give-kids-free-health-care-but-why-not-help-out-your-old-block/|access-date=November 6, 2021|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=September 24, 2010 }} They divorced in the 1990s after 33 years of marriage.

Lopez is a middle child; she has an older sister, Leslie, and a younger sister, Lynda.{{cite web|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a28325461/jennifer-lopez-sisters/|title=Jennifer Lopez's Sisters Still Think of Their Middle Sister as a "Goofball"|work=OprahDaily|first=Celia|last=Fernandez|date=June 22, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814061616/https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a28325461/jennifer-lopez-sisters/|url-status=live}} The three shared a bedroom.{{cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez: Dream Girl |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover |access-date=June 7, 2021 |magazine=W |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711103336/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2013/07/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover |url-status=live }} Lopez has described her upbringing as "strict".{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Lisa |title=Jenny Back on the Block |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714073057/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |url-status=live }} She was raised in a Catholic family; she attended Mass every Sunday and received a Catholic education, attending Holy Family School and the all-girls Preston High School, a private school.{{Cite episode|title=Jennifer Lopez|series=Inside the Actors Studio|date=October 10, 2004|url=https://www.ovationtv.com/watch/playlist/UUIZm45D/inside-the-actors-studio-jennifer-lopez/|network=Ovation TV|season=11|number=153|last=Lipton|first=James (host)|access-date=March 29, 2023|archive-date=March 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329180651/https://www.ovationtv.com/watch/playlist/UUIZm45D/inside-the-actors-studio-jennifer-lopez/|url-status=live}} In school, Lopez ran track on a national level, participated in gymnastics and was on the softball team.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=14}} She danced in school musicals and played a lead role in a production of Godspell.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=21}} She described herself as a "tomboy" and "very athletic".{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=8}}

There was "lots of music" in the typically Puerto Rican household,{{cite magazine |last1=Meyers |first1=Kate |title=Jennifer Lopez on her burgeoning film career |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/12/01/jennifer-lopez-her-burgeoning-film-career/ |access-date=July 6, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 1, 1995 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190247/https://ew.com/article/1995/12/01/jennifer-lopez-her-burgeoning-film-career/ |url-status=live }} and Lopez and her sisters were encouraged to sing, dance, and create their own plays for family events.{{cite web |url=http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/619/The-Triple-Threat-Jennifer-Lopez-is-Born.html |title=The Triple Threat: Jennifer Lopez is Born |publisher=Evan Carmichael |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226091637/http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/619/The-Triple-Threat-Jennifer-Lopez-is-Born.html |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }} West Side Story made a particular impression on the young Lopez, who wanted to be an entertainer from an early age. As a teenager, she learned flamenco, jazz, and ballet at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and taught dance to younger students, including Kerry Washington.{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Kerry Washington Reflects on Her Bronx Childhood, Dishes on Husband's Hilarious Met Gala Antics |last1=McRady |first1=Rachel |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/216634_exclusive_kerry_washington_reflects_on_her_bronx_childhood_dishes_on_husband_s_hilarious_met_gala_antics |date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=June 11, 2021 |work=Entertainment Tonight |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611064959/https://www.etonline.com/news/216634_exclusive_kerry_washington_reflects_on_her_bronx_childhood_dishes_on_husband_s_hilarious_met_gala_antics |url-status=live }} After graduating from high school, she had a part-time secretarial job at a law firm and studied business at New York's Baruch College for one semester.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=18–22}}{{cite news |last1=Kochman |first1=Ben |title=Former employer raffles J.Lo concert tix to help pop star's old school |url=https://www.bxtimes.com/former-employer-raffles-j-lo-concert-tix-to-help-pop-stars-old-school/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |newspaper=Bronx Times-Reporter |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611223139/https://www.bxtimes.com/former-employer-raffles-j-lo-concert-tix-to-help-pop-stars-old-school/ |url-status=live }} At age 18, she enrolled as a full-time student at Manhattan's Phil Black Dance Studio, where she had already taken night classes in jazz and tap dance. Her parents were unhappy with her decision to leave college to pursue a dance career. According to Lopez, her parents felt it was "foolish" because "no Latinas did that". Her mother asked her to move out of the family home and they stopped speaking for eight months.{{cite news |title=Jennifer Lopez credits Barry Manilow with saving relationship with mom |url=https://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2011/05/10/jennifer-lopez-credits-barry-manilow-with-saving-relationship-with-mom/ |access-date=June 12, 2021 |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=May 10, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612065928/https://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2011/05/10/jennifer-lopez-credits-barry-manilow-with-saving-relationship-with-mom/ |url-status=dead }} Lopez moved to Manhattan, sleeping in the dance studio's office for the first few months.

Lopez's first professional job came in 1989 when she spent five months touring Europe with the musical revue show Golden Musicals of Broadway. She was upset at being the only member of the chorus not to have a solo, and later characterized it as a pivotal moment where she had to "try harder and become that much more committed".{{harvnb|Tracy|2008|p=7}} In 1990, she danced alongside MC Hammer in an episode of Yo! MTV Raps,{{cite news |title=Jennifer Lopez left red-faced! |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-left-red-faced/story-45GFPXACpySC1FPPAFpXcI.html |access-date=June 15, 2021 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=April 25, 2010}} and traveled around Japan for four months as a chorus member in Synchronicity. When she returned to the United States, she was hired as a backup dancer for New Kids on the Block's performance of "Games" at the 1991 American Music Awards.{{cite news|last=Perricon|first=Kathleen|title=Jennifer Lopez dances with New Kids on the Block in 1991 video clip|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jennifer-lopez-dances-new-kids-block-1991-video-clip-article-1.141080|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=May 10, 2011|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185649/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jennifer-lopez-dances-new-kids-block-1991-video-clip-article-1.141080|url-status=live}} She also traveled around America with regional productions of the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and Oklahoma!.{{cite news |title=Jennifer Lopez The Crossover Dream Comes True |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/19991101jennifer_lopez_jennifer_lopez_the_crossover_dream_comes_true |access-date=June 12, 2021 |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |date=October 31, 1999 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612064233/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/19991101jennifer_lopez_jennifer_lopez_the_crossover_dream_comes_true |url-status=live }} During this period, Lopez also danced in music videos including Doug E. Fresh's "Summertime", Richard Rogers' "Can't Stop Loving You", EPMD's "Rampage",{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Shaheem |title=Is that really LL Cool J in EPMD's "Rampage" video? Parrish addresses an urban legend |url=https://www.revolt.tv/2017/9/28/20820481/is-that-really-ll-cool-j-in-epmd-s-rampage-video-parrish-addresses-an-urban-legend |access-date=June 15, 2021 |publisher=Revolt |date=September 28, 2017 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922045036/https://www.revolt.tv/2017/9/28/20820481/is-that-really-ll-cool-j-in-epmd-s-rampage-video-parrish-addresses-an-urban-legend |url-status=dead }} and Samantha Fox's "(Hurt Me! Hurt Me!) But the Pants Stay On".{{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Jaclyn |title=Samantha Fox Reveals She Discovered Jennifer Lopez, Cast Her In Video |url=https://okmagazine.com/p/samantha-fox-reveals-discovered-jennifer-lopez-casting-music-video/ |website=OK! |access-date=February 25, 2024 |date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225014333/https://okmagazine.com/p/samantha-fox-reveals-discovered-jennifer-lopez-casting-music-video/ |url-status=live }} Lopez stated: "I'd dance in a piece-of-garbage rap or pop video for 50 bucks and make the money last a whole month."{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=23}}

Her most high-profile job as a professional dancer was as a Fly Girl jazz-funk dancer on the sketch comedy television series In Living Color. The show's choreographer, Rosie Perez said she chose Lopez because "she had that look that I knew the audience would tune in to".{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=27}} Lopez moved to Los Angeles in late 1991 for the job; she filmed In Living Color during the day and attended acting classes taught by Aaron Speiser at night. Lopez felt ostracized by the other Fly Girls because of her "voluptuous figure", and also clashed with Perez. The head of Virgin Records considered signing The Fly Girls as a girl group to rival the Spice Girls, but the deal fell apart. After appearing as a Fly Girl in seasons three and four of In Living Color, Lopez left to work as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and appeared in the music video for "That's the Way Love Goes". She was scheduled to tour with Jackson on her Janet World Tour in late 1993 but opted to pursue an acting career instead.{{cite news|title=Living Single|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621010705/https://books.google.com/books?id=gCYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2020|work=Vibe|access-date=July 6, 2012|page=100|date=May 2001}} Lopez hired In Living Color producer Eric Gold as her manager. He advised Lopez to lose weight if she wanted to succeed as an actress.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=29}}

Lopez's first professional acting job was a small recurring role on the television show South Central (1994). She was invited to audition for the pilot by a casting director who had seen her speak to camera during a behind-the-scenes In Living Color segment. She then acquired an agent and was cast in the CBS show Second Chances; the series was quickly cancelled, but her popularity with viewers led to her being cast in its spin-off Hotel Malibu.{{harvnb|Woog|2020|p=28}} She subsequently appeared in the television film Lost in the Wild (1993).{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=30}} For her first major movie role, in Gregory Nava's 1995 drama Mi Familia, Lopez received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=36}} She then starred in the action comedy Money Train (1995). The film was not a box office success, though her performance was reviewed positively,{{harvnb|Marquez|2001|p=54}} which led to her being further noticed in Hollywood.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=38}} In 1996, Lopez had a supporting role opposite Robin Williams in the comedy Jack, which director Francis Ford Coppola cast her in after seeing her performance in Mi Familia. She next starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the neo-noir thriller Blood and Wine (1996), where David Rooney of Variety felt she delivered in "juggling" the "smoldering and soulful sides" of the character.{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=Blood and Wine |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/blood-and-wine-1200446651/ |access-date=July 7, 2021 |work=Variety |date=September 24, 1996 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190122/https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/blood-and-wine-1200446651/ |url-status=live }}

With her casting as the singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the biopic Selena (1997), Lopez became the first Latina actress to earn $1 million. She described her salary for the film as a "statement to the world",{{cite news |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |title=Why Wasn't Jennifer Lopez Nominated for an Oscar for 'Selena'? |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jennifer-lopez-interview-selena-1203313803/ |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=Variety |date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016012222/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jennifer-lopez-interview-selena-1203313803/ |url-status=live }} but expressed disappointment that other Latina actors were not being afforded the same opportunities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/medium-news-footage/560673133|title=Medium|website=Getty Images|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=April 28, 2022|archive-date=October 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001195355/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/medium-news-footage/560673133|url-status=live}} Despite having previously worked with the film's director Gregory Nava on Mi Familia, Lopez participated in an intense auditioning process and spent time with the late singer's family in Corpus Christi, Texas before filming began.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Lopez gets Selena role|newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=June 14, 1996}}{{cite magazine |last=Cobo |first=Leila |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-selena-film-anniversary-interview-7728858/ |title=Jennifer Lopez on Playing Selena: 'She Had a Sense of Living in the Present & Following Her Heart' |magazine=Billboard |date=March 21, 2017 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226181704/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-selena-film-anniversary-interview-7728858/ |url-status=live }} Selena was a box office hit, and Lopez's performance received critical acclaim.{{harvnb|Marquez|2001|p=56}}{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=57–58}} Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times described it as "a star-making performance" and wrote: "She has the star presence to look convincing in front of 100,000 fans."{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Selena movie review & film summary (1997) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/selena-1997 |access-date=September 26, 2021 |work=RogerEbert.com |archive-date=October 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012013852/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/selena-1997 |url-status=live }} Lopez received her first Golden Globe nomination for the performance. Nava asked the heads of Warner Bros. to fund an Academy Award campaign for Lopez but was told the Academy would "never nominate a Latina."{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-jennifer-lopez-oscar-campaign-selena-never-got-off-the-ground-184500166.html|title=Why J.Lo's Oscar campaign for 'Selena' never got off the ground|work=Yahoo Entertainment|first=Gisselle|last=Bances|date=May 19, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608163806/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-jennifer-lopez-oscar-campaign-selena-never-got-off-the-ground-184500166.html|url-status=live}} Later in 1997, Lopez starred opposite Ice Cube in the horror film Anaconda, which received negative reviews from critics but was a box office success.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=49}} Joe Leydon of Variety found the film "silly" but said it deserved "a little credit" for being "the first movie of its kind to have a Latina and an African-American" as its stars.{{cite magazine |last=Leydon |first=Joe |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/anaconda-1117341403/ |title=Anaconda |magazine=Variety |date=April 20, 1997 |access-date=October 1, 2021}} In the crime film U Turn (1997),{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=61}} Lopez appeared topless in a sex scene that was added by director Oliver Stone during filming. Speaking in 2003, Lopez said it was not something "I would have chosen to do" and that she and Stone fought over it: "It's hard being the only woman on a set."

Lopez starred opposite George Clooney in the crime caper Out of Sight (1998), Steven Soderbergh's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard 1996 novel.{{harvnb|Woog|2020|p=42}} Cast as a deputy federal marshal who falls for a charming criminal, she won rave reviews for her performance.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=65–66}} Janet Maslin of The New York Times described it as her "best movie role thus far, and she brings it both seductiveness and grit; if it was hard to imagine a hard-working, pistol-packing bombshell on the page, it couldn't be easier here."{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/062698sight-film-review.html |title='Out of Sight': A Thief, a Marshal, an Item |date=June 26, 1998 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012094004/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/062698sight-film-review.html |url-status=live }} Turan of the Los Angeles Times described Lopez as "an actress who can be convincingly tough and devastatingly erotic" and said the film solidified "her position as a woman you can confidently build a film around."{{cite news |last=Morales |first=Ed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42339-story.html |title=It's Not La Vida Loca to Her |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 30, 1999 |access-date=August 8, 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220447/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42339-story.html |url-status=live }} In 2021, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian named Lopez and Clooney's partnership as one of the best examples of on-screen chemistry in cinema history.{{cite news |title=From Brangelina to Bogart and Bacall: the best on-screen chemistry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/06/from-brangelina-to-bogart-and-bacall-the-best-on-screen-chemistry |access-date=September 26, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 6, 2021}} Also in 1998, Lopez provided the voice of Azteca in the animated film Antz, and ventured into product endorsement, becoming a national spokesperson for Coca-Cola and L'Oréal.{{cite journal |last1=Kleinhans |first1=Chuck |author1-link=Chuck Kleinhans |title=Selena ¡Siempre Selena! |journal=Jump Cut |date=December 1998 |issue=42 |pages=28–31 |url=https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC42folder/Selena.html |access-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513012310/http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC42folder/Selena.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Susman |first1=Gary |title=Ben Affleck follows J. Lo to L'Oreal |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/28/ben-affleck-follows-j-lo-loreal/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 28, 2024 |date=May 28, 2003 |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229012759/https://ew.com/article/2003/05/28/ben-affleck-follows-j-lo-loreal/ |url-status=live }}

Lopez decided to pursue a music career after working on Selena, realizing that she had missed "the excitement of the stage".{{cite news|last=Morales|first=Ed|title=It's Not La Vida Loca to Her|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42339-story.html|access-date=March 11, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 30, 1999|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220447/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42339-story.html|url-status=live}} Her new manager Benny Medina sought to position her as "a brand name that will cross over into all media." Lopez, who was "really feeling [her] Latin roots",{{harvnb|Mendible|2007|p=150}} recorded a Spanish-language demo for circulation among prospective labels. With Lopez being a high-profile personality, a bidding war ensued.{{harvnb|Bruns|2008|p=299}} Tommy Mottola, the head of Sony Music's Work Group, signed her but suggested that she sing in English instead.{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27 | page=27 | magazine=Billboard | volume=119 | issn=0006-2510 | number=5 | title=On the Down Lo | date=February 3, 2007 | access-date=July 1, 2012 | archive-date=September 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914071216/https://books.google.com/books?id=TxIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27 | url-status=live }} Her record deal with Sony was described as "lucrative", having outbid other offers from Capitol Records and EMI Latin.{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|p=138}} While Lopez worked on her debut album, Sony "began a major push" to feature her with other high-profile entertainers, leading her to appear in the Sean Combs music video "Been Around the World" (1997).

Her debut album, On the 6 (1999), named after the 6 Subway line which connected her childhood home in the Bronx to Manhattan,{{cite news|title=Puff Daddy out on bail|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/579912.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=July 3, 2012|date=December 28, 1999|archive-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424000819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/579912.stm|url-status=live}} was met with positive reviews and further propelled her public profile.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=2}}{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez's Biggest Hits, From Her Best Hip-Hop Collaborations To The Dance Floor Classics |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/jennifer-lopez-songs-jlo-biggest-hits-this-is-me-now-album |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213080123/https://www.grammy.com/news/jennifer-lopez-songs-jlo-biggest-hits-this-is-me-now-album |url-status=live }} The album was a success and Lopez's debut single, "If You Had My Love", topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, with another single, "Waiting for Tonight", reaching number eight and becoming a celebratory anthem for the new millennium. Other singles from the album included "Let's Get Loud", which became one of Lopez's signature songs, and "No Me Ames", a duet with future husband Marc Anthony. In July 1999, she performed "If You Had My Love" and "Let's Get Loud" at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup closing ceremony. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide, exposing Lopez's music career to a larger international audience.{{Cite episode |title=Jennifer Lopez |series=TV Moments |network=VH1 |date=May 2002}}

In February 2000, Lopez and then-boyfriend Sean Combs attended the Grammy Awards, with Lopez wearing a plunging green Versace silk chiffon dress.{{cite book|editor1-last=Phillips|editor-first=Kim M.|editor2-last=Reay|editor2-first=Barry|title=Sexualities in history: a reader|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cz3bPMw_7h4C&pg=PA407|last=Barrera|first=Magdalena|chapter=Hottentot 2000: Jennifer Lopez and Her Butt|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415929356|page=407|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825111622/https://books.google.com/books?id=Cz3bPMw_7h4C&pg=PA407|url-status=live}} The dress generated worldwide attention and became the most popular search query in Google's history, leading to the creation of Google Images,{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/04/08/j-los-infamous-green-grammys-dress-is-the-reason-google-images-exists/77568210/|title=J.Lo's infamous green Grammys dress is the reason Google Images exists|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211230041/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/04/08/j-los-infamous-green-grammys-dress-is-the-reason-google-images-exists/77568210/|url-status=live}} while boosting Lopez's album and movie ticket sales.{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Michelle|title=Fashion victim: our love-hate relationship with dressing, shopping, and the cost of style|url=https://archive.org/details/fashionvictim00mich|url-access=registration|access-date=May 16, 2011|date=February 11, 2003|publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=978-0-7679-1048-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/fashionvictim00mich/page/122 122]}} Later that year, Lopez starred in the psychological thriller The Cell, for which she received a $4 million salary. The film, where Lopez played a psychologist who uses radical experimental therapy to enter the mind of a killer, received mixed reviews but was a box office success.{{cite web |last1=Linder |first1=Brian |title=Weekend Box Office: Hype vs. Quality |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/21/weekend-box-office-hype-vs-quality |website=IGN |access-date=February 27, 2024 |date=August 21, 2000}} David Edelstein of Slate remarked that the "imperious" Lopez was "trying to look waifishly expectant"{{cite news |last=Edelstein |first=David |url=https://slate.com/culture/2000/08/depth-psychology.html |title=Depth Psychology |work=Slate |date=August 18, 2000 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 9, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209033614/http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=88389 |url-status=live }} while Amy Taubin of The Village Voice noted that she appeared to be engaged "in some kind of pouting competition" "in lieu of acting."{{cite news |last=Taubin |first=Amy |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2000/08/22/boiling-points/ |title=Boiling Points |work=The Village Voice |date=August 22, 2000 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001215005/https://www.villagevoice.com/2000/08/22/boiling-points/ |url-status=live }}

Lopez became the first woman to have a number-one film and album simultaneously in January 2001, with the release of her second album, J.Lo, and her romantic comedy The Wedding Planner, which co-stars Matthew McConaughey.{{cite news|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2008201_2008200_2008207,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301064251/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1093638%2C00.html |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |title=Jennifer Lopez |first=Josh |last=Tyrangiel |access-date=January 13, 2007 |magazine=Time |date=August 13, 2005 |url-status=live |author-link=Josh Tyrangiel }} The Wedding Planner received highly negative reviews but became a box office success. Jessica Winter of The Village Voice found Lopez miscast as a "buttoned down, celibate" woman in the film.{{cite news |title=Bride for Your Sins |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/01/30/bride-for-your-sins/ |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=The Village Voice |date=January 30, 2001 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005192241/https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/01/30/bride-for-your-sins/ |url-status=live }} Lopez titled her album J.Lo after the nickname which her fans and the media had been increasingly referring to her as. She also adopted J.Lo as her stagename. J.Lo received polarized reviews from critics but became the most successful album of her career, selling 12 million copies worldwide.{{harvnb|Woog|2020|pp=55–56}} It included the singles "Love Don't Cost a Thing", which reached number one in various countries, "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule, which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite web|last1=Azzopardi|first1=Chris|title=Jennifer Lopez's 'I'm Real' 15 Years Later: How the Rule-Breaking Duet With Ja Rule Prevented a Sophomore Slump|url=http://www.etonline.com/features/196835_jennifer_lopez_im_real_oral_history/|website=ETonline|publisher=CBS Studios, Inc.|access-date=November 23, 2016|date=September 1, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123201702/http://www.etonline.com/features/196835_jennifer_lopez_im_real_oral_history/|url-status=live}} "Ain't It Funny", and "Play". In support of the album, Lopez performed two-concert residency in Puerto Rico, which was later broadcast in November 2001 as an NBC special, Jennifer Lopez in Concert. It was one of the most-watched concert specials of the year in the United States, with an audience of almost 12 million.{{cite magazine |last1=Hay |first1=Carla |title=Music & Showbiz |magazine=Billboard |date=January 19, 2002 |volume=114 |issue=3 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825111631/https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}

In other 2001 work, Lopez launched her first business venture, the clothing line J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez. The line catered to women of all sizes, as Lopez felt "the voluptuous woman [was] almost ignored" in the fashion industry. She also founded her production company, Nuyorican Productions, with manager Benny Medina. Her next film was the romantic drama Angel Eyes, starring opposite Jim Caviezel.{{cite news |title=Lopez is simply out of sight in 'Angel Eyes'|newspaper=The Detroit News |date=May 18, 2001}} Lopez's performance was well-reviewed,{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Angel Eyes movie review & film summary (2001) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/angel-eyes-2001 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=RogerEbert.com |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003191836/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/angel-eyes-2001 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=FILM REVIEW; Is He or Isn't He? It's a Haunting Question |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/movies/film-review-is-he-or-isn-t-he-it-s-a-haunting-question.html |access-date=October 16, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=May 18, 2001 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016073613/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/movies/film-review-is-he-or-isn-t-he-it-s-a-haunting-question.html |url-status=live }} though the film was a critical and commercial disappointment.{{harvnb|Woog|2020|p=55}} She was slated to star alongside Ricky Martin in a remake of Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas, but this did not eventuate.{{cite magazine |last1=Ashcer-Walsh |first1=Rebecca |title=J. Lo and Ricky Martin may update Viva Las Vegas |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/03/26/j-lo-and-ricky-martin-may-update-viva-las-vegas/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 26, 2001 |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825111628/https://ew.com/article/2001/03/26/j-lo-and-ricky-martin-may-update-viva-las-vegas/ |url-status=live }}

{{quote box|width=300px|align=right|quote=There was a time when I was very overworked and I was doing music and movies and so many things. I was suffering from a lack of sleep ... I was like — I don't want to move, I don't want to talk, I don't want to do anything. It was on that movie, Enough ... I had a nervous breakdown.|source=—Lopez, discussing the "height of her fame"}}

Lopez released two albums in 2002. The first was J to tha L–O! The Remixes, which became the first remix album in history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200.{{cite book|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT931|edition=5|year=2003|publisher=Crown|isbn=9780823076772|page=922}} Its singles included "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" and "I'm Gonna Be Alright", which reached number one and ten on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.{{cite magazine |last1=Letkemann |first1=Jessica |title=Jennifer Lopez's Top 10 Biggest Billboard Hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-biggest-billboard-hits/|magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 26, 2021|date=May 15, 2014 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623051957/https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6091769/jennifer-lopez-top-10-songs-biggest-billboard-hits}} Lopez's third studio album, This Is Me... Then, was released in late 2002, and was heavily influenced by her relationship with then-fiancé Ben Affleck. It received mixed critical reviews; Billboard{{'}}s Michael Paoletta noted the "considerable growth she reveals as a performer and tunesmith" on the album, while Jon Caramanica called it "the least interesting music on the pop charts today."{{cite news |title=Made in Manhattan |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/02/04/made-in-manhattan/ |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=The Village Voice |date=February 4, 2003 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003200408/https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/02/04/made-in-manhattan/ |url-status=live }} The album became a commercial success, achieving the highest opening sales week of her career. The album's lead single, "Jenny from the Block", which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, was viewed as a response to the notion that Lopez had alienated her "core fan base: the black and Hispanic hip-hop community." The album also spawned the number-one single "All I Have".

Lopez starred as an abused wife who fights back in the thriller Enough (2002), a role which required her to learn Krav Maga.{{cite news|last=Schaefer|first=Stephen|title=Movies: Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez shows her strength in thriller 'Enough'|newspaper=Boston Herald |date=May 19, 2002|location=Boston}} An overworked Lopez suffered a nervous breakdown in 2001 while filming it.{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Anita|title=Jennifer Lopez: I had a nervous breakdown|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3152788/Jennifer-Lopez-I-had-a-nervous-breakdown.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3152788/Jennifer-Lopez-I-had-a-nervous-breakdown.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=October 20, 2012|date=October 7, 2008}}{{cbignore}} The film received negative reviews; Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt it was "tacky material" and was surprised to see "an actress like Jennifer Lopez" involved with the project.{{cite web |date= May 24, 2002 |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Enough |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/enough-2002 |website= Chicago Sun-Times |access-date= October 3, 2021 |archive-date= October 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211003200357/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/enough-2002 |url-status= live }} Her next film was the romantic comedy, Maid in Manhattan (2002), in which Lopez starred opposite Ralph Fiennes as a maid and single mother from the Bronx.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=76}} It became the highest-grossing film of her career. Reviewing Maid in Manhattan, A. O. Scott of The New York Times enjoyed Lopez as a romantic lead and said "her greatest skill as an actress" was "her ability to melt without cracking the hard shell of composure she wears."{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=A. O. |title=FILM REVIEW; Puttin' Down Mop, Puttin' On the Ritz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/movies/film-review-puttin-down-mop-puttin-on-the-ritz.html |access-date=October 2, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=December 13, 2002 |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002081730/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/movies/film-review-puttin-down-mop-puttin-on-the-ritz.html |url-status=live }} In 2002 business ventures, Lopez opened Madre's, a Los Angeles restaurant serving Latin cuisine,{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2008/07/09/j-lo-closes-up-shop/ |title=J.Lo's Restaurant Huevos Goodbye |publisher=TMZ |date=July 9, 2008 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003200358/https://www.tmz.com/2008/07/09/j-lo-closes-up-shop/ |url-status=live }} and released her first fragrance, Glow by JLo. It became the top-selling fragrance in the U.S.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qki6zZ4aWd0C&q=Glow+by+JLo&pg=PA6-IA135|title=Beauty Imagined:A History of the Global Beauty Industry|first=Geoffrey|last=Jones|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=February 25, 2010|access-date=October 22, 2012|isbn=9780191609619|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020134256/https://books.google.com/books?id=qki6zZ4aWd0C&q=Glow+by+JLo&pg=PA6-IA135|url-status=live}}

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Lopez became the subject of widespread media criticism in 2003 due to her public relationship with Ben Affleck and the tabloid depiction of her as a demanding diva.{{cite news |title=Observer profile: J-Lo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/14/popandrock |access-date=October 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 14, 2003 |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825111625/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/14/popandrock |url-status=live }} She fired both her personal manager Benny Medina and her publicist in mid-2003; The New York Times reported that movie executives had become frustrated by having their communications with Lopez "largely filtered" through Medina.{{cite news |last1=Holson |first1=Laura M. |title=When Jenny Dumped Benny |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/business/when-jenny-dumped-benny.html |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=July 14, 2003 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005195135/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/business/when-jenny-dumped-benny.html |url-status=live }} That year, Lopez starred opposite Affleck in the romantic comedy Gigli, which was a box-office bomb and is considered one of the worst films of all time.{{cite web|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|title=A Look Back at 'Gigli,' the Infamous Bennifer-Starring Film, on Its 10th Anniversary|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-look-back-at-gigli-the-infamous-bennifer-starring-film-on-its-10th-anniversary|website=The Daily Beast|publisher=IAC|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=August 1, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/25/why-gigli-isnt-a-bad-movie-hear-me-out|title=Hear me out: why Gigli isn't a bad movie|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Jason|last=Bailey|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704224823/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/25/why-gigli-isnt-a-bad-movie-hear-me-out|url-status=live}} Rex Reed of The Observer criticized the lead actors, calling them "pathetically incompetent" in both "craft and talent".{{cite news |title=This Smash-Up Is Just Smashing! |url=https://observer.com/2003/08/this-smashup-is-just-smashing/ |access-date=October 6, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Observer |date=August 11, 2003}} Roger Ebert agreed that the movie "doesn't quite work", but found Lopez and Affleck "appealing in their performances" and noted the couple's chemistry.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gigli-2003|title=Gigli Review|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=August 1, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608114656/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gigli-2003|url-status=live}} Later in 2003, she released her second fragrance Still Jennifer Lopez, and became the face of Louis Vuitton's fall advertising campaign.{{cite news |title=J-Lo new face Louis Vuitton |url=https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/j-lo-new-face-louis-vuitton/2003041838233 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=FashionUnited |date=April 18, 2003 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005202356/https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/j-lo-new-face-louis-vuitton/2003041838233 |url-status=live }}

Lopez had a minor role opposite Affleck in the film Jersey Girl (2004). Following test audiences' negative reactions to the onscreen couple, her screen time was halved.{{cite news |title=Kevin Smith Says Test Audiences Hated Bennifer in 'Jersey Girl' Days |url=https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/29/kevin-smith-test-audiences-hated-ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-jersey-girl-harvey-weinstein/ |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=TMZ |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003213430/https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/29/kevin-smith-test-audiences-hated-ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-jersey-girl-harvey-weinstein/ |url-status=live }} Lopez later described this as the lowest point of her career{{cite web|last1=Tess Katz|first1=Emily|title=Jennifer Lopez Opens Up About 'The Gigli Era': 'It Was Very Tough'|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-gigli_n_6523402|website=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=January 23, 2015|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185646/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-gigli_n_6523402|url-status=live}} and admitted she felt "eviscerated" by the media coverage surrounding Gigli: "I lost my sense of self, questioned if I belonged in this business, thought maybe I did suck at everything. And my relationship self-destructed in front of the entire world. It was a two-year thing for me until I picked myself up again."{{cite news |last1=McLean |first1=Bethany |title=J-Rod! Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez on Love, Beauty, and Redemption |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/10/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-cover-story |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 31, 2017 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018054307/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/10/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-cover-story |url-status=live }} Months later, she starred opposite Richard Gere in the romantic comedy-drama Shall We Dance?, which was a box-office success.{{cite web|last1=Gray|first1=Brandon|title=Bankability Breakdown: Jennifer Lopez|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2729|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 17, 2016|date=April 22, 2010|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220719/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2729|url-status=live}} Lopez's clothing lines and two fragrances generated over $300 million in revenue throughout 2004.

The marketing for the romantic comedy Monster-in-Law (2005), in which Lopez starred opposite Jane Fonda, played up her "Gigli-and-tabloid tarnished image", and it became a box office success.{{cite news|last=Lowe|first=Kinsey R.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-16-et-boxoffice16-story.html|title='Monster-in-Law' gets a cheery reception|access-date=December 26, 2021|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 16, 2005|location=Los Angeles, California|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185649/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-16-et-boxoffice16-story.html|url-status=live}} She released her fourth studio album, Rebirth, in early 2005. Its title was symbolic of Lopez's hopes for "a new professional beginning".{{harvnb|Tracy|2008|p=107}} It was recorded during a period where Lopez felt "a little bit lost, trying to get my footing in a new life", "I had just gotten married [to singer Marc Anthony] ... I wasn't with Benny [Medina]." In a review of Rebirth, journalist Alexis Petridis remarked that the title "suggests even Lopez has realised that something is amiss with her career ... Despite the highlights, you're still left pondering the question: what happened to Jennifer Lopez?"{{cite news |title=CD: Jennifer Lopez, Rebirth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/18/popandrock.shopping1 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 18, 2005 |access-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110163829/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/18/popandrock.shopping1 |url-status=live }} The album reached number two on the Billboard 200, but failed to replicate the sales of her previous albums. Its lead single, "Get Right", however, reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of her most successful songs. Also in 2005, Lopez launched her second fashion label, Sweetface, which was geared towards "high fashion" in comparison,{{cite web|last1=Freeman|first1=Hadley|title=No more velour: J-Lo label aims upmarket aims for high fashion cred|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/11/fashion.shopping|website=The Guardian|access-date=December 10, 2016|date=February 11, 2005}} and appeared in a Kill Bill-inspired Pepsi commercial with Beyoncé and David Beckham.{{cite magazine |last1=Gaslin |first1=Glenn |title=Huge Celebrities Who Have Sold You Pepsi |url=https://www.tvguide.com/galleries/huge-celebrities-who-have-sold-you-pepsi/7/ |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=February 28, 2024 |date=January 24, 2019}} The next year, she returned to the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 as a featured artist on "Control Myself", the lead single from LL Cool J's twelfth studio album.{{cite magazine|last1=Pietroluongo|first1=Silvio|title=LL Cool J Sees Historic Re-Entry|magazine=Billboard|date=April 29, 2006|volume=118|issue=18|page=46|issn=0006-2510}}

Lopez's next three movie projects were box office failures. She starred alongside Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman in the drama An Unfinished Life (2005). Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times predicted that the typical review would be unkind: "It will have no respect for Jennifer Lopez, because she is going through a period right now when nobody is satisfied with anything she does ... Give Lopez your permission to be good again; she is the same actress now as when we thought her so new and fine."{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=An Unfinished Life movie review (2005) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-unfinished-life-2005 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |work=RogerEbert.com |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030044233/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-unfinished-life-2005 |url-status=live }} In 2006, she reunited with director Gregory Nava to star in the crime drama Bordertown as a journalist investigating female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.{{cite news|last=Summers|first=Chris|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5268558.stm|title=Hollywood tackles Mexican mystery|date=September 10, 2006|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109201609/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5268558.stm|url-status=live}} The film was negatively reviewed and received a direct-to-video release. David D'Arcy of Screen Daily found Lopez "unconvincing" as a journalist.{{cite magazine |last1=D'Arcy |first1=David |title=Bordertown |url=https://www.screendaily.com/bordertown/4031062.article |access-date=October 9, 2021 |magazine=Screen International}} In 2007, she starred opposite her then-husband Marc Anthony in the music biopic El Cantante, which told the story of Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe and his wife Puchi.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/movies/03cant.html|title=When the Salsa Throbs, a Singer's Soul Is Revealed|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=August 3, 2007|access-date=August 16, 2014|archive-date=June 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605035134/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/movies/03cant.html|url-status=live}} It did not perform well at the box office and received mixed reviews from film critics; Lopez's performance, which she expressed pride in, drew both praise and criticism.{{cite news |last1=LaSalle |first1=Mick |title=A salsa star who couldn't keep drugs out of the mix |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-salsa-star-who-couldn-t-keep-drugs-out-of-the-2511992.php |access-date=October 9, 2021 |publisher=SFGate |date=August 3, 2007 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009193828/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-salsa-star-who-couldn-t-keep-drugs-out-of-the-2511992.php |url-status=live }}

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Lopez released two studio albums in 2007. Her fifth album, Como Ama una Mujer, was her first to be recorded entirely in Spanish. Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly acknowledged that the album offered "fairly persuasive proof" that Lopez can sing, but was unimpressed by the "flaccid torch songs."{{cite magazine|last1=Willman|first1=Chris|title=Como Ama Una Mujer|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2007/03/23/como-ama-una-mujer|access-date=February 16, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 27, 2007|archive-date=April 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412084625/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/03/23/como-ama-una-mujer|url-status=live}} It became the fifth Spanish album to debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200, and achieved the highest first-week sales for an artist's debut Spanish album at the time. The lead single, "Qué Hiciste", reached number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the second single, "Me Haces Falta", failed to chart. Lopez's sixth studio album, Brave, released later that year, was her lowest-charting album worldwide. Jonathan Bernstein of Entertainment Weekly was disappointed that Lopez had returned to "listless vocals" for her "back-to-the-dance-floor album."{{cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2007/10/08/brave |title=Brave |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 7, 2009 |date=October 8, 2007 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064531/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/10/08/brave |url-status=live }} The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200{{cite news |title=Kid Rock's Jesus Overpowers Bruce Springsteen's Magic On Billboard Chart |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1572111/kid-rocks-jesus-overpowers-bruce-springsteens-magic-on-billboard-chart/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103191211/http://www.mtv.com/news/1572111/kid-rocks-jesus-overpowers-bruce-springsteens-magic-on-billboard-chart/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |publisher=MTV News}} and produced two singles, "Do It Well" and "Hold It Don't Drop It". The first peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the latter failed to chart. While pregnant with twins, Lopez embarked upon her first ever concert tour, a show co-headlined by Anthony, in September 2007; the tour was well received.{{cite news |last1=Sanneh |first1=Kelefa |title=Sure, Bring Your Family to Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/arts/music/09lope.html?_r=1 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 9, 2007 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009202913/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/arts/music/09lope.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }} She also created, produced and was featured in the MTV show DanceLife, which she described as a "passion project".

After giving birth to twins in February 2008, Lopez took a career break.{{cite news|last1=Persall|first1=Steve|title=Jennifer Lopez returns from 3-year break in 'The Back-up Plan'|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/movies/jennifer-lopez-returns-from-3-year-break-in-the-back-up-plan/1088912|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=December 13, 2016|date=April 21, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510111831/http://www.tampabay.com/features/movies/jennifer-lopez-returns-from-3-year-break-in-the-back-up-plan/1088912|archive-date=May 10, 2017}} Her restaurant Madre's closed permanently, as did her two fashion lines. After rehiring former manager Medina,{{cite news |title=J.Lo puts music on back burner |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/j-lo-puts-music-back-burner-wbna29088002 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=Today |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005202400/https://www.today.com/popculture/j-lo-puts-music-back-burner-wbna29088002 |url-status=live }} Lopez released two songs in late 2009, "Louboutins" and "Fresh Out of the Oven". The songs were intended for her seventh studio album but failed to make an appearance on the Billboard charts, leading to her departure from Sony Music and Epic Records.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/louboutins-fresh-oven-flop-epic-records-jennifer-lopez-boot-source-article-1.194874 |title=After 'Louboutins', 'Fresh Out of the Oven' flop, Epic Records gives Jennifer Lopez the boot: source |newspaper=New York Daily News |author=Gatecrasher|date=February 23, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2014}}

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Lopez's first theatrical role in three years was in the romantic comedy The Back-up Plan (2010). Manohla Dargis of The New York Times was unimpressed by the movie and described Lopez as "an appealing screen presence with a disappointing big-screen track record. That's probably not all her fault: romantic roles for women often are the provenance of the bland or the blonde."{{cite news |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |title=Love Means Having to Say, 'I Feel ...' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/movies/23backup.html?8dpc |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003221558/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/movies/23backup.html?8dpc |url-status=live }} A "big turning point" in Lopez's career came when she joined the judging panel of the singing competition series American Idol for its tenth season, replacing Simon Cowell. Despite being advised that it was a "huge gamble",{{cite web |last1=Gilmour |first1=Lyndsay |title=Jennifer Lopez: calling the shots |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/jennifer-lopez-calling-the-shots/155203 |website=Stylist |access-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222040926/https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/jennifer-lopez-calling-the-shots/155203 |url-status=live }} she accepted the job, as she was "not getting offered a whole bunch of movies".{{cite news |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |title=How Jennifer Lopez Learned to Dance Again |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/features/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-its-my-party-the-godmother-1203313001/ |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=Variety |date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026023831/https://variety.com/2019/music/features/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-its-my-party-the-godmother-1203313001/ |url-status=live }} Lopez's appearance on American Idol in 2011 returned her to prominence. Hannah Elliot of Forbes described it as "a remarkable comeback", writing: "Idol humanized her. Viewers who knew only an attention-grabbing siren met a hardworking, self-made, empathetic single mother, who got emotional when contestants did well and when they failed."{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Elliott |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/05/16/the-real-american-idol-how-j-lo-got-her-mojo-back/ |title=The Real American Idol: How J.Lo Got Her Mojo Back |work=Forbes |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=May 24, 2012 |archive-date=May 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519045128/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/05/16/the-real-american-idol-how-j-lo-got-her-mojo-back/ |url-status=live }}

Lopez subsequently experienced what Billboard called "the most impressive reality-TV-based rejuvenation of a music career ever."{{cite magazine |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |title=Jennifer Lopez And Her 'American Idol' Rejuvenation: An Appreciation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-and-her-american-idol-rejuvenation-an-appreciation-480738/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 27, 2024 |date=July 27, 2012 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009165217/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-and-her-american-idol-rejuvenation-an-appreciation-480738/ |url-status=live }} After signing a new recording contract with Island Records, her seventh studio album, Love?, was released in early 2011. While the album itself was a moderate commercial success,{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|title=Jennifer Lopez: 'Love?'|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/album-reviews/a317729/jennifer-lopez-love/|work=Digital Spy|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=May 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505234750/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/albumreviews/a317729/jennifer-lopez-love.html|archive-date=May 5, 2011|url-status=dead}} the single "On the Floor" was the year's highest-selling single by a female artist.{{cite web|title=IFPI digital music report 2012 – key facts and figures |url=http://ifpi.com/content/library/DMR2012_key_facts_and_figures.pdf |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |access-date=January 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030053448/http://ifpi.com/content/library/DMR2012_key_facts_and_figures.pdf |archive-date=October 30, 2012 }} It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her highest-charting single as a lead artist since "All I Have".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beastie-boys-score-no-2-debut-on-billboard-200-adele-holds-at-no-1-471634/ |title=Beastie Boys Score No. 2 Debut on Billboard 200, Adele Holds at No. 1 |magazine=Billboard |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185646/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beastie-boys-score-no-2-debut-on-billboard-200-adele-holds-at-no-1-471634/ |url-status=live }} The album produced two more singles, "I'm Into You" and "Papi", which did not achieve similar success . Around this time, Lopez became a brand ambassador for L'Oréal, Gilette Venus, Tous and Fiat. She also launched the Jennifer Lopez Collection, a clothing and homeware line with Tommy Hilfiger for Kohl's; the collection generated an estimated $3 billion in sales during its first year.

Lopez returned as a judge for American Idol{{'}}s eleventh season in 2012, earning a reported $20 million. That year, she released her greatest hits album, Dance Again... the Hits, to fulfil her contractual obligations with her former label Epic Records.{{cite web |url=http://925maxima.radio.com/2012/05/28/jennifer-lopez-interview-new-single-goin-in |title=Jennifer Lopez Talks About Her New Single "Goin' In" |publisher=925maxima Radio |date=May 28, 2012 |access-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216101846/http://925maxima.cbslocal.com/2012/05/28/jennifer-lopez-interview-new-single-goin-in/ |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Lopez, who was divorcing Anthony and navigating the "breakup of a family", felt as if the album's sole single, "Dance Again", had come to her at the "perfect moment".{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Murray |url=http://ryanseacrest.com/2012/03/30/jennifer-lopez-talks-dance-again-her-upcoming-album-audio/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Talks 'Dance Again' & Her Upcoming 'Greatest Hits' Album |publisher=Ryan Seacrest Productions |date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402195736/http://ryanseacrest.com/2012/03/30/jennifer-lopez-talks-dance-again-her-upcoming-album-audio/ |archive-date=April 2, 2012 }} "Dance Again" reached number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Lopez launched the Dance Again World Tour, her first headlining concert tour, in mid-2012. It grossed over $1 million per show.{{cite news|title=No. 5: Jennifer Lopez ($45 million)|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45eglhi/no-5-jennifer-lopez-45-million/|work=Forbes|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-date=December 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207225818/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45eglhi/no-5-jennifer-lopez-45-million/|url-status=live}} Also that year, she launched Teeology, a luxury T-shirt brand.{{cite news |first=Andrea |last=Huspeni |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-to-launch-teeology-2012-7 |title=Jennifer Lopez to Launch Teeology |work=Business Insider |date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804224925/http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-to-launch-teeology-2012-7 |url-status=live }}

Lopez returned to the big screen in 2012, starring alongside an ensemble cast in the film What to Expect When You're Expecting, which is based on the 1984 book What to Expect When You're Expecting.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/06/24/jennifer-lopez-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting/|title=Jennifer Lopez signs on for 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 24, 2011|access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630094618/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/06/24/jennifer-lopez-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting/ |archive-date=June 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Lopez voiced Shira, a saber tooth tiger, in the animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth film in the Ice Age franchise.{{cite web |first=Jeremy |last=Wheeler |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/ice-age-continental-drift-3d-v516738 |title=Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D – Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards |publisher=AllRovi |access-date=October 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128010036/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/ice-age-continental-drift-3d-v516738 |archive-date=January 28, 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/Ice-Age-storms-the-weekend-box-office-3708776.php|title=Ice Age storms the weekend box office|date=July 15, 2012|work=San Francisco Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|access-date=November 14, 2019|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802035701/https://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/Ice-Age-storms-the-weekend-box-office-3708776.php|url-status=live}} Also in 2012, a talent show, ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen followed Lopez, Anthony, and director-choreographer Jamie King as they travelled across 21 countries in Latin America to find new talent for a Las Vegas show.{{cite news| url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthonys-qviva-250584 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's 'Q'Viva: The Chosen': First Broadcast Partners Announced | date=October 19, 2011}} In 2013, Lopez starred alongside Jason Statham in the crime thriller Parker, in which she played Leslie. Her performance earned positive reviews, with the Chicago Tribune commending the role for giving Lopez "an opportunity to be dramatic, romantic, funny, depressed, euphoric and violent. The audience stays with her all the way".{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201301251600--tms--lizsmittr--x-a20130128-20130128,0,6035496.story |title=Hackford's 'Parker' packs a big punch |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082325/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201301251600--tms--lizsmittr--x-a20130128-20130128%2C0%2C6035496.story |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }} That year, Lopez released the single "Live It Up", founded the mobile phone retail brand Viva Móvil,{{cite web |last=Cheng |first=Roger |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/jennifer-lopez-dishes-on-new-viva-movil-shopping-q-a/ |title=Jennifer Lopez dishes on new Viva Movil shopping (Q&A) |publisher=CNET |date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528054136/http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-57585831-10356022/jennifer-lopez-dishes-on-new-viva-movil-shopping-q-a/ |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }} and was named chief creative officer of NuvoTV.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22886829 |title=Jennifer Lopez lobbies for more diversity on TV |date=June 13, 2013 |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423053712/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22886829 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-wants-latinos-to-realize-their-power |title=Jennifer Lopez Wants Latinos To Realize Their Power |work=Fox News Latino |date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617154216/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2013/06/13/jennifer-lopez-wants-latinos-to-realizing-our-power/ |archive-date=June 17, 2013 }} She also served as an executive producer of the television series The Fosters (2013–2018), a show about a lesbian couple raising a family. Lopez's desire to work on the series was driven by her late aunt, who was gay.{{cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-declares-the-fosters_n_3149200 |title=Jennifer Lopez's Lesbian Aunt: Star Says 'The Fosters' TV Show Inspired By Late Relative |work=HuffPost |date=April 24, 2013 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106113556/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-declares-the-fosters_n_3149200 |url-status=live }}

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After a one-season absence, Lopez returned to American Idol for its thirteenth season, earning a reported $17.5 million.{{cite news|title=Lopez to earn USD 17.5 million for American Idol return|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lopez-to-earn-usd-17-5-million-for-american-idol-return-113090100045_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=September 24, 2013|date=September 1, 2013|archive-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074929/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lopez-to-earn-usd-17-5-million-for-american-idol-return-113090100045_1.html|url-status=live}} Her eighth studio album, A.K.A., was released in mid-2014 through Capitol Records, experiencing lacklustre sales, becoming her lowest-selling album in the U.S.{{cite magazine|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Jennifer Lopez's 'A.K.A.' Debut: An Icon Reaches a Crossroads|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-aka-debut-sales-pop-column-6141007/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=June 30, 2014|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185650/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-aka-debut-sales-pop-column-6141007/|url-status=live}} The album produced three singles: "I Luh Ya Papi", featuring French Montana, "First Love", and "Booty", featuring Iggy Azalea. They reached 77, 87 and 18 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. Also that year, Lopez released "We Are One (Ole Ola)", the official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup along with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte. Lopez partnered with Endless Jewelry on a range of jewelry,{{cite web|last1=Cheng|first1=Andrea|title=Here's Your First Look at Jennifer Lopez's New Jewelry Designs|url=http://www.instyle.com/news/heres-your-first-look-jennifer-lopezs-new-jewelry-designs|website=InStyle|access-date=September 21, 2015|date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907073907/http://www.instyle.com/news/heres-your-first-look-jennifer-lopezs-new-jewelry-designs|url-status=dead}} and released a book, True Love, which became a New York Times best-seller.{{cite web|last1=Cowles|first1=Gregory|title=Inside the List|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/books/review/inside-the-list.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/books/review/inside-the-list.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 10, 2016|date=November 14, 2014}}{{cbignore}}

2015 saw the release of The Boy Next Door, an erotic thriller that Lopez both co-produced and starred in as a high school teacher who becomes involved with a student, which eventually leads to his dangerous obsession with her.{{cite news |last1=Moreno|first1=Carolina|title=Jennifer Lopez On Why Her New Movie Is 'Breaking Down' Stereotypes|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-ryan-guzman_n_6373936|work=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=December 23, 2014}} The film received negative reviews from critics.{{cite news|title='Strange Magic,' 'Mortdecai,' 'The Boy Next Door': Review Revue|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/01/23/strange-magic-mortdecai-the-boy-next-door-review-revue/|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=January 23, 2015|archive-date=January 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126034052/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/01/23/strange-magic-mortdecai-the-boy-next-door-review-revue/|url-status=live}} Despite this, it became her most successful opening at the box office for a live action film since Monster-in-Law.{{cite news|last1=Mendelson|first1=Scott|title=Friday Box Office: Johnny Depp's 'Mortdecai' Flops, Jennifer Lopez's 'Boy Next Door' Scores|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/01/24/friday-box-office-johnny-depps-mortdecai-flops-jennifer-lopezs-boy-next-door-scores/|website=Forbes|access-date=January 26, 2015|date=January 24, 2015|archive-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127122326/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/01/24/friday-box-office-johnny-depps-mortdecai-flops-jennifer-lopezs-boy-next-door-scores/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The Boy Next Door (2015)|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boynextdoor.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-date=May 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510022422/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boynextdoor.htm|url-status=live}} Lopez had a voice role in the animated feature Home and contributed the single "Feel the Light" to the film's official soundtrack.{{cite web|last=Dickey|first=Josh|title=Jennifer Lopez, Steve Martin Board DreamWorks Animation's 'Home' (Exclusive)|url=https://thewrap.com/steve-martin-jennifer-lopez-board-dreamworks-animations-home-exclusive/|publisher=The Wrap News Inc|access-date=October 4, 2013|date=October 3, 2013|archive-date=October 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004020938/http://www.thewrap.com/steve-martin-jennifer-lopez-board-dreamworks-animations-home-exclusive/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/nq6ii3/premiere-watch-jennifer-lopezs-cute-feel-the-light-video |title=Exclusive! Watch Jennifer Lopez's Cute 'Feel The Light' Video |publisher=MTV |last=Pell |first=Michael |date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226114331/http://www.mtv.co.uk/jennifer-lopez/news/premiere-watch-jennifer-lopezs-cute-feel-the-light-video |archive-date=February 26, 2015 }} She also starred in the independent drama film Lila & Eve, alongside Viola Davis.{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title=Viola Davis & Jennifer Lopez To Star In Indie Film 'Lila and Eve' Produced By Lifetime Films & A+E Studios|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/27/viola-davis-jennifer-lopez-to-star-in-indie-film-lila-and-eve-produced-by-lifetime-films-ae-studios/232388/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223131446/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/27/viola-davis-jennifer-lopez-to-star-in-indie-film-lila-and-eve-produced-by-lifetime-films-ae-studios/232388/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2014|work=Zap2it |access-date=March 11, 2014|date=January 27, 2014}}

In January 2016, Lopez commenced a concert residency show, All I Have, at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater in Las Vegas.{{cite news|title=Jennifer Lopez Reveals Title and Artwork for Vegas Show|url=http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2015/09/20/jennifer-lopez-reveals-title-and-artwork-for-vegas-show/|website=CBS Las Vegas|access-date=September 20, 2015|date=September 20, 2015|archive-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920174558/http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2015/09/20/jennifer-lopez-reveals-title-and-artwork-for-vegas-show/|url-status=live}} She performed 120 shows during the three-year run, grossing over $100 million in ticket sales.{{cite web|last1=Leach|first1=Robin|title=Review: J.Lo inks three-year contract; Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Ja Rule join her onstage|url=http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2016/jan/21/review-jlo-inks-three-year-contract-as-pitbull-ne/|website=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=June 29, 2016|date=January 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702144836/http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2016/jan/21/review-jlo-inks-three-year-contract-as-pitbull-ne/|archive-date=July 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Chiu |first1=Melody |title=Jennifer Lopez Surpasses $100 Million in Ticket Sales as She Wraps Star-Studded Vegas Residency |url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-wraps-all-i-have-las-vegas-residency/ |website=People |access-date=October 1, 2018 |date=September 30, 2018 |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001042716/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-wraps-all-i-have-las-vegas-residency/ |url-status=live }} At the beginning of the residency, Lopez signed a multi-album deal with her former label Epic Records,{{cite news|title=Jennifer Lopez Signs New Deal With Epic Records |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-signs-new-deal-with-epic-records/ |access-date=December 26, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |agency=Prometheus Global Media |date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094959/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6897352/jennifer-lopez-signs-new-deal-with-epic-records |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |location=United States |url-status=live }} and released "Ain't Your Mama", one of her most successful singles during the 2010s. Despite signing a multi-album deal, she did not release any albums under the label.{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez's Official biggest songs in the UK revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jennifer-lopezs-official-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__15657/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=February 9, 2024 |date=July 24, 2019 |archive-date=July 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726132310/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jennifer-lopezs-official-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__15657/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2016, she began starring in NBC's crime drama series Shades of Blue, which she also executive produced. She played Harlee Santos, a single mother and police detective who goes undercover for the FBI to investigate her own squad.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/nbc-orders-cop-drama-starring-jennifer-lopez-to-series-1201116116/ |title=NBC Orders Cop Drama Starring Jennifer Lopez to Series |work=Variety |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729151031/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/nbc-orders-cop-drama-starring-jennifer-lopez-to-series-1201116116/ |url-status=live }} The series' premiere brought NBC its most-watched Thursday debut in seven years.{{cite web|last1=Maglio|first1=Tony|title=Ratings: J Lo's 'Shades of Blue' Is Most-Watched NBC Thursday Debut in 7 Years|url=https://thewrap.com/jennifer-lopez-shades-of-blue-ray-liotta-american-idol-nbc-tv-ratings-fox/|website=TheWrap|date=January 8, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111021501/http://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-lopez-shades-of-blue-ray-liotta-american-idol-nbc-tv-ratings-fox/|url-status=live}} Starring alongside Ray Liotta, Lopez's performance received critical praise.{{cite web |title=104 Women Who Defined the Decade in Pop Culture |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/women-who-defined-the-decade-in-pop-culture |website=Glamour |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=December 20, 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Paskin|first1=Willa|title=Shades of Blue|work=Slate|date=January 6, 2016|url=https://slate.com/culture/2016/01/shades-of-blue-on-nbc-starring-jennifer-lopez-reviewed.html|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226181704/https://slate.com/culture/2016/01/shades-of-blue-on-nbc-starring-jennifer-lopez-reviewed.html|url-status=live}} That year, she also reprised her voice role as Shira in the animated film Ice Age: Collision Course (2016),{{cite web|title=Ice Age: Collision Course|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iceage5.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=June 30, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027203958/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iceage5.htm|url-status=live}} and designed a capsule collection of shoes and jewelry in collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti.{{cite web|last1=Underwood|first1=Khalea|title=Jennifer Lopez Teams Up With Giuseppe Zanotti for 'Bad Ass High Heels' Collection|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/jennifer-lopez-and-giuseppe-zanotti-will-release-shoes-w431171|website=Us Weekly|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728133546/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/jennifer-lopez-and-giuseppe-zanotti-will-release-shoes-w431171|url-status=live}}

Lopez was executive producer and judge on NBC's dance competition series World of Dance,{{cite web|last1=Wagmeister|first1=Elizabeth|title=NBC Greenlights Reality Dance Competition Series from Jennifer Lopez|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/world-of-dance-jennifer-lopez-competition-reality-nbc-1201817499/|website=Variety|access-date=July 23, 2016|date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=July 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722081740/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/world-of-dance-jennifer-lopez-competition-reality-nbc-1201817499/|url-status=live}} which was a ratings success upon its May 2017 premiere.{{cite web|last1=Maglio|first1=Tony|title=Ratings: J Lo's 'World of Dance' Scores Big Premiere After 'AGT'|url=https://thewrap.com/world-dance-americas-got-talent-agt-ratings/|website=TheWrap|publisher=The Wrap News, Inc.|access-date=June 1, 2017|date=May 31, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=O'Connell|first1=Michael|title=TV Ratings: NBC's 'World of Dance' Scores a Big Post-'Talent' Debut|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-nbcs-world-dance-scores-post-talent-debut-1008894|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 1, 2017|date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531210324/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-nbcs-world-dance-scores-post-talent-debut-1008894|url-status=live}} That year, Lopez released the singles "Ni Tú Ni Yo" and "Amor, Amor, Amor", which were intended to be included on her second Spanish-language album, Por Primera Vez,{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jennifer Lopez to Release Spanish Album, Executive Produced by Marc Anthony: Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-spanish-album-marc-anthony-executive-producer-7533475/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=October 6, 2016|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226185651/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-spanish-album-marc-anthony-executive-producer-7533475/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Wass|first1=Mike|title=Jennifer Lopez Announces New Single "Amor Amor Amor"|url=https://www.idolator.com/7670837/jennifer-lopez-new-single-amor-amor-amor|website=Idolator|publisher=Hive Media|access-date=November 9, 2017|date=November 7, 2017|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626004817/https://www.idolator.com/7670837/jennifer-lopez-new-single-amor-amor-amor|url-status=live}} which was ultimately shelved. In late 2017, she was announced as the new face of clothing company Guess, becoming the oldest spokeswoman in the company's history.{{cite magazine |last1=Gray |first1=Yasmine |title=Jennifer Lopez Stars in Spring 2018 GUESS Campaign |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-guess-spring-2018-campaign-8053756/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 27, 2024 |date=November 28, 2017 |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228235319/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-guess-spring-2018-campaign-8053756/ |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Lopez released a string of Spanish and Spanglish singles: "Se Acabó el Amor", "El Anillo", "Dinero" featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B, and "Te Guste" with Bad Bunny. Forbes noted that the songs were unable to "completely connect on a crossover, mainstream level", but were more successful on US-based Latin charts, nearly all of them reaching number one on the Billboard Latin Airplay chart. In collaboration with Inglot Cosmetics, she launched a limited-edition makeup collection.{{cite web|title=Inglot Cosmetics Announces Collaboration With Jennifer Lopez|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inglot-cosmetics-announces-collaboration-with-jennifer-lopez-300623507.html|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=April 9, 2018|date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=April 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409110125/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inglot-cosmetics-announces-collaboration-with-jennifer-lopez-300623507.html|url-status=live}} She later starred in and executive produced the comedy film Second Act (2018), directed by Peter Segal;{{cite web|last1=Galuppo|first1=Mia|title=Jennifer Lopez to Star in Romantic Comedy 'Second Act' for STX|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lopez-star-romantic-comedy-second-act-stx-1015976|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 22, 2017|date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623025012/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lopez-star-romantic-comedy-second-act-stx-1015976|url-status=live}} she also recorded the single "Limitless" for its soundtrack.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/jennifer-lopez-limitless-performance-2018-american-music-awards-watch-8479114/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Performs 'Limitless' at the 2018 American Music Awards: Watch |last=Lyndsey Havens |date=September 10, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226181704/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/jennifer-lopez-limitless-performance-2018-american-music-awards-watch-8479114/ |url-status=live }} Second Act earned mixed reviews from critics,{{cite web |last1=Schaffstall |first1=Katherine |title='Second Act': What the Critics Are Saying |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/second-act-review-roundup-what-critics-are-saying-1171068 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 14, 2019 |date=December 20, 2018 |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214115637/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/second-act-review-roundup-what-critics-are-saying-1171068 |url-status=live }} but performed well at the box office, grossing $72.3 million during its theatrical run.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secondact.htm|title=Second Act (2018)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202213110/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secondact.htm|url-status=live}}

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In the first half of 2019, Lopez embarked on an international concert tour, It's My Party, to celebrate her 50th birthday. The tour grossed an estimated $54.7 million from thirty-eight shows. Variety reported that most shows were sold out.{{cite web |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |title=How Jennifer Lopez Learned to Dance Again |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/features/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-its-my-party-the-godmother-1203313001/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=September 9, 2019 |date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909041420/https://variety.com/2019/music/features/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-its-my-party-the-godmother-1203313001/ |url-status=live }} She also signed with new label Hitco Entertainment and released the single "Medicine" featuring French Montana.{{cite news |author1=Live Nation Entertainment |author-link1=Live Nation Entertainment |title=World's Hottest Entertainer Jennifer Lopez Reveals Tantalizing Details of North American It's My Party Tour to Celebrate Milestone Birthday with Fans |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-hottest-entertainer-jennifer-lopez-reveals-tantalizing-details-of-north-american-its-my-party-tour-to-celebrate-milestone-birthday-with-fans-300816892.html |access-date=March 23, 2019 |publisher=PR Newswire |date=March 22, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322153824/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-hottest-entertainer-jennifer-lopez-reveals-tantalizing-details-of-north-american-its-my-party-tour-to-celebrate-milestone-birthday-with-fans-300816892.html |url-status=live }} In other 2019 activities, she became the global face of the Coach brand,{{cite magazine |last1=Intner |first1=Katie |title=Jennifer Lopez Named the New Global Face of Coach |url=https://people.com/style/jennifer-lopez-named-the-new-global-face-of-coach/ |magazine=People |access-date=December 30, 2019 |date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230004209/https://people.com/style/jennifer-lopez-named-the-new-global-face-of-coach/ |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |url-status=dead }} launched a collection of sunglasses with the brand Quay Australia,{{cite magazine |last1=Hamanaka |first1=Kari |title=Quay Nabs Deal With Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez on Eyewear Collaboration |url=https://wwd.com/accessories-news/eyewear/quay-collaborates-with-jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-on-eyewear-1203087404/ |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |access-date=April 18, 2019 |date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324094638/https://wwd.com/accessories-news/eyewear/quay-collaborates-with-jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-on-eyewear-1203087404/ |url-status=live }} and modeled an updated version of her Green Versace dress at Milan Fashion Week. She also became executive producer of two television series, Good Trouble and Thanks a Million.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/jennifer-lopezs-thanks-a-million-renewed-season-two-quibi/|title=Jennifer Lopez's 'Thanks A Million' Renewed For Season 2 By Quibi – Watch The Trailer|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Tom|last=Tapp|date=May 29, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608185801/https://deadline.com/video/jennifer-lopezs-thanks-a-million-renewed-season-two-quibi/|url-status=live}}

Lopez executive produced and starred in the crime drama film Hustlers (2019). Directed by Lorene Scafaria, the film is inspired by a true story, following a group of Manhattan strippers who con wealthy male Wall Street clientele.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a26141514/jennifer-lopez-constance-wu-hustlers/|title=J.Lo and Constance Wu Will Star in a Movie About Savvy Former Strippers|last=Wood|first=Lucy|date=February 5, 2019|magazine=Marie Claire|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607185501/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a26141514/jennifer-lopez-constance-wu-hustlers/|url-status=live}} Lopez's portrayal of a veteran stripper in Hustlers garnered acclaim from critics, with some deeming it the best performance of her acting career.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Christopher |title=Hustlers First Reviews: Jennifer Lopez Is Oscar-Worthy in the Surprise Hit of the Toronto International Film Fest |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/hustlers-first-reviews-jennifer-lopez-gives-an-oscar-worthy-turn-in-the-surprise-hit-of-toronto-film-fest/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 9, 2019 |date=September 8, 2019 |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921233959/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/hustlers-first-reviews-jennifer-lopez-gives-an-oscar-worthy-turn-in-the-surprise-hit-of-toronto-film-fest/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Yang |first1=Rachel |title=Hustlers reviews are in: Jennifer Lopez amazes in one of this year's best films |url=https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/08/hustlers-reviews-are-in-jennifer-lopez-amazes-in-one-of-this-years-best-films/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 9, 2019 |date=September 8, 2019 |archive-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911231353/https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/08/hustlers-reviews-are-in-jennifer-lopez-amazes-in-one-of-this-years-best-films/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Jennifer Lopez Overwhelmed by 'Hustlers' Oscar Buzz: 'It Brings Tears to Your Eyes' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-oscar-buzz-reaction-1202172137/ |publisher=IndieWire |access-date=September 9, 2019 |date=September 9, 2019 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909221615/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-oscar-buzz-reaction-1202172137/ |url-status=live }} The film also gave Lopez her highest opening weekend at the box office for a live action film, grossing $33.2 million.{{cite magazine |last1=Mendelson |first1=Scott |title='Hustlers' Box Office: Jennifer Lopez And Constance Wu Break Records With Huge $33 Million Weekend |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/09/15/hustlers-jennifer-lopez-weekend-box-office-33m-constance-wu-keke-palmer-lili-reinhart-cardi-b-lizzo-stx-oscars/#56f043266a13 |magazine=Forbes |access-date=September 15, 2019 |date=September 15, 2019 |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916044736/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/09/15/hustlers-jennifer-lopez-weekend-box-office-33m-constance-wu-keke-palmer-lili-reinhart-cardi-b-lizzo-stx-oscars/#56f043266a13 |url-status=live }} Her performance received nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards and Independent Spirit Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/jennifer-lopez-husters-interview-oscar-1202196189/|title=Jennifer Lopez Is a Gifted Actress, So Why Do We Always Take Her for Granted?|publisher=Indiewire|first=Eric|last=Kohn|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608154313/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/jennifer-lopez-husters-interview-oscar-1202196189/|url-status=live}} The success of Hustlers was regarded by various media outlets as a comeback as an actress for Lopez.{{cite magazine |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |title='Hustlers': Jennifer Lopez Poised for Major Box Office Comeback |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hustlers-jennifer-lopez-poised-major-box-office-comeback-1238824 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=September 11, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922203108/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hustlers-jennifer-lopez-poised-major-box-office-comeback-1238824 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hornaday |first1=Ann |title=J-Lo makes a commanding comeback in the sexually charged caper flick 'Hustlers' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/j-lo-makes-a-commanding-comeback-in-the-sexually-charged-caper-flick-hustlers/2019/09/10/9d859264-d31d-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html?arc404=true |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=September 10, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922203110/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/j-lo-makes-a-commanding-comeback-in-the-sexually-charged-caper-flick-hustlers/2019/09/10/9d859264-d31d-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html%3Farc404%3Dtrue |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Mendelson |first1=Scott |title='Hustlers' Tops Box Office With Record $13 Million Friday, But 'The Goldfinch' Bombs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/09/14/friday-box-office-hustlers-13m-jennifer-lopez-constance-wu-keke-palmer-lili-reinhart-cardi-b-lizzo-stx-goldfinch-nicole-kidman/#63dc632e4edf |magazine=Forbes |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=September 14, 2019 |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908005331/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/09/14/friday-box-office-hustlers-13m-jennifer-lopez-constance-wu-keke-palmer-lili-reinhart-cardi-b-lizzo-stx-goldfinch-nicole-kidman/#63dc632e4edf |url-status=live }}

In February 2020, Lopez co-headlined the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami, Florida alongside Shakira; the performance included an appearance by her child Emme Muñiz.{{cite magazine |last1=Yang |first1=Rachel |title=Jennifer Lopez's daughter Emme, 11, joins her on stage during Super Bowl halftime show |url=https://ew.com/music/2020/02/02/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-super-bowl-halftime-show/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 22, 2020 |date=February 2, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623033128/https://ew.com/music/2020/02/02/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-super-bowl-halftime-show/ |url-status=live }} The performance was widely praised and became the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show to date. Later that year, Lopez released the singles "Pa' Ti" with Maluma―which became her most successful song since 2017―and "In the Morning", before headlining the 2021 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest special live from Times Square on ABC.{{cite magazine |last1=Bustios |first1=Pamela |title=Jennifer Lopez and Maluma's 'Pa' Ti' Debuts In Top 10 on Hot Latin Songs Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9462191/jennifer-lopez-maluma-pa-ti-debuts-top-10-hot-latin-songs-chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009000646/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9462191/jennifer-lopez-maluma-pa-ti-debuts-top-10-hot-latin-songs-chart/ |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |date=October 8, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |last=Peters |first=Mitchell |date=January 1, 2021 |title=Jennifer Lopez Delivers Powerful 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' Performance: 'We Made It' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-new-years-rockin-eve-2021-video-9506047/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629054541/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-new-years-rockin-eve-2021-video-9506047/ |url-status=live }}

In January 2021, she performed at the 2021 inauguration of President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |title=Jennifer Lopez sang classic tributes to America at the inauguration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/jennifer-lopez-inauguration.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/jennifer-lopez-inauguration.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 20, 2021 |date=January 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}} In business, Lopez focused on investments and creating her own brands. She launched her skin care line, JLo Beauty,{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Amy |title=Jennifer Lopez's Skincare Line JLo Beauty Is Here! |url=https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopezs-skincare-line-jlo-beauty-is-here-151905 |work=Entertainment Tonight |access-date=January 3, 2021 |date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101225927/https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopezs-skincare-line-jlo-beauty-is-here-151905 |url-status=live }} released a shoe collection in partnership with DSW, and invested in companies including Hims & Hers Health, Bodyarmor SuperDrink, Goli nutritional supplements and meal delivery service Wonder.{{cite web |last1=Pener |first1=Degen |title=Jennifer Lopez to Dwayne Johnson: Hollywood's Next Billion-Dollar-Brand Builders |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/whos-heading-the-next-billion-dollar-brands-top-10-hollywood-entrepreneurs-1235036752/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 28, 2024 |date=November 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228235319/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/whos-heading-the-next-billion-dollar-brands-top-10-hollywood-entrepreneurs-1235036752/ |url-status=live }} In mid-2021, she signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce a range of films and television shows through her own Nuyorican Productions,{{Cite news |title=Jennifer Lopez signs multi-year production deal with Netflix |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/jennifer-lopez-signs-multi-year-production-deal-netflix-rcna1135 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 15, 2021 |date=June 9, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615000515/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/jennifer-lopez-signs-multi-year-production-deal-netflix-rcna1135 |url-status=live }} and released the reggaeton Spanish single "Cambia el Paso" with Rauw Alejandro.

Lopez co-produced and starred opposite Owen Wilson and Maluma in the romantic comedy Marry Me, which was released in February 2022.{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=December 13, 2021|title=Jennifer Lopez & Owen Wilson Romantic Comedy 'Marry Me' Going Theatrical Day & Date On Peacock|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/jennifer-lopez-owen-wilson-romantic-comedy-marry-me-going-theatrical-day-date-on-peacock-1234890052/|access-date=August 6, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213180621/https://deadline.com/2021/12/jennifer-lopez-owen-wilson-romantic-comedy-marry-me-going-theatrical-day-date-on-peacock-1234890052/|url-status=live}} The film grossed over $50 million at the box office while becoming the most-streamed day-and-date film on Peacock,{{Cite Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 17, 2022}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/marry-me-peacock-most-streamed-movie-day-date-bel-air-1235197937/|title='Marry Me' Is the Most-Streamed Day-and-Date Movie on Peacock and 'Bel-Air' Top Original Series, Comcast CEO Says|magazine=Variety|first=Jennifer|last=Mass|date=March 7, 2022|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309012836/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/marry-me-peacock-most-streamed-movie-day-date-bel-air-1235197937/|url-status=live}} and received generally mixed reviews from critics.{{Cite web |last1=Bacon |first1=Jess |title=Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson rom-com Marry Me gets first reviews |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39050400/jennifer-lopez-owen-wilson-marry-me-reviews/ |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=June 23, 2022 |date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623010316/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39050400/jennifer-lopez-owen-wilson-marry-me-reviews/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/marry-me-old-fashioned-rom-com-review/622061/|title=Marry Me and the Revenge of the Old-Fashioned Rom-Com|magazine=The Atlantic|first=David|last=Sims|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608195001/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/marry-me-old-fashioned-rom-com-review/622061/|url-status=live}} Lopez also released a soundtrack for the film, with Maluma, which generated the singles "On My Way" and "Marry Me". In March 2022, Lopez was appointed as the chief "entertainment and lifestyle" officer of the cruise line, Virgin Voyages.{{Cite magazine |last=Dado |first=Natasha |date=March 9, 2022 |title=Jennifer Lopez Joins Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Voyages Cruise Line: 'Jenny from the Dock' |url=https://people.com/travel/jennifer-lopez-partners-with-cruise-line-virgin-voyages-owned-by-billionaire-richard-branson/ |magazine=People |access-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729082215/https://people.com/travel/jennifer-lopez-partners-with-cruise-line-virgin-voyages-owned-by-billionaire-richard-branson/ |url-status=live }} Her next project was the documentary Jennifer Lopez: Halftime, which focuses on her life following the release of Hustlers and in preparation for her Super Bowl performance.{{Cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/tribeca-festival-opening-halftime-jennifer-lopez-1235041387/|title=Tribeca Festival Kicks Off With Celebratory Doc 'Halftime,' Low Key Presence By Star Jennifer Lopez|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|first=Jill|last=Goldsmith|date=June 9, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022|archive-date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627124539/https://deadline.com/2022/06/tribeca-festival-opening-halftime-jennifer-lopez-1235041387/|url-status=live}} Released on Netflix in June 2022 following its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, it garnered generally positive reviews from film critics.{{cite web |title=Halftime |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halftime |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106061507/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halftime |url-status=live }}* {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-halftime-documentary-comments-shakira?T|title=All Jennifer Lopez Asked Was to Be Treated Like a White Man|magazine=Gamour|first=Tess|last=Garcia|date=June 14, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614180433/https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-halftime-documentary-comments-shakira?T|url-status=live}}

• {{Cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2022/6/13/23165324/halftime-review-jennifer-lopez-netflix-documentary-super-bowl|title='Halftime': Jennifer Lopez doc seems to bare some but not all|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Richard|last=Roeper|date=June 13, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614073502/https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2022/6/13/23165324/halftime-review-jennifer-lopez-netflix-documentary-super-bowl|url-status=live}}
• {{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/pride-month-special-this-actor-played-the-role-of-a-gay-man-before-mainstream-actors-in-bollywood-10798221.html|title=Halftime review: Jennifer Lopez in rousing, effective documentary: "it's clear as day that not recognizing Lopez's work on Hustlers is nothing short of an act of malice. Halftime ensures that the world remembers it."|work=Firstpost|first=Poulomi|last=Das|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616083500/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/pride-month-special-this-actor-played-the-role-of-a-gay-man-before-mainstream-actors-in-bollywood-10798221.html|url-status=live}} In September, Lopez was announced as the global ambassador of Italian lingerie label Intimissimi.{{Cite magazine |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |date=September 27, 2022 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Intimissimi Signs Jennifer Lopez as New Global Brand Ambassador |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/intimissimi-jennifer-lopez-new-global-brand-ambassador-1235357535/ |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |access-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110154142/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/intimissimi-jennifer-lopez-new-global-brand-ambassador-1235357535/ |url-status=live }} The following month, Jimmy Fallon and Lopez released a children's book, Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure, which became a New York Times best-seller.{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-and-jimmy-fallon-team-up-to-write-adorable-bilingual-childrens-book-con-pollo/|title=Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Fallon Team Up to Write Adorable Bilingual Children's Book 'Con Pollo'|magazine=People|first=Olivia|last=Jakiel|date=February 28, 2022|access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228170834/https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-and-jimmy-fallon-team-up-to-write-adorable-bilingual-childrens-book-con-pollo/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/10/30/picture-books/ |title=Children's Picture Books - The New York Times Bestseller List |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 15, 2022 |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020184108/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/10/30/picture-books/ |url-status=live }}

Lopez co-produced and starred opposite Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Coolidge in the action-comedy Shotgun Wedding, which was released on Amazon Prime Video in January 2023. It became one of the top-streamed films on Prime Video that year.{{cite web |last1=Rodrick |first1=Stephen |title=Jennifer Lopez's $20 Million Gamble: Why the Superstar Spent Her Own Money and Defied Skeptics to Tell Her Ben Affleck Love Story |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/features/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-musical-film-ben-affleck-love-story-1235908364/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=February 13, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213160039/https://variety.com/2024/film/features/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-musical-film-ben-affleck-love-story-1235908364/ |url-status=live }} She also led and co-produced the action thriller feature The Mother, directed by Niki Caro and released on Netflix in May 2023.{{Cite web |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Netflix's 2023 movie lineup is looking kind of lean |url=https://www.theverge.com/23560393/netflix-2023-movie-lineup-luther-damsel-rebel-moon-the-mother |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=The Verge |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223105539/https://www.theverge.com/23560393/netflix-2023-movie-lineup-luther-damsel-rebel-moon-the-mother |url-status=live }} The film received mixed reviews,{{cite web |last1=Alexandria |first1=Lavender |title=Jennifer Lopez Celebrates A Month Of "The Mother" Being Netflix's Top Film |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/687187-jennifer-lopez-celebrates-netflix-top-film |website=HotNewHipHop |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=June 12, 2013 |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215043802/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/687187-jennifer-lopez-celebrates-netflix-top-film |url-status=live }} but became the most-watched film on the platform in 2023{{cite web |last1=Dick |first1=Jeremy |title=Netflix Viewing Data Confirms Jennifer Lopez Action Movie Was a Massive Hit on Streaming |url=https://www.cbr.com/jennifer-lopez-the-mother-netflix-hit/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=February 9, 2024 |date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119151456/https://www.cbr.com/jennifer-lopez-the-mother-netflix-hit/ |url-status=live }} and one of the most-watched original films on the service of all time.{{Cite magazine |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=June 6, 2023 |title='The Mother' Enters Netflix's All Time Most Popular Film List; 'Queen Charlotte' Finishes Below Threshold For TV |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/the-mother-jennifer-lopez-netflix-all-time-most-popular-film-list-queen-charlotte-misses-ratings-1235409794/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424220745/https://deadline.com/2023/06/the-mother-jennifer-lopez-netflix-all-time-most-popular-film-list-queen-charlotte-misses-ratings-1235409794/ |url-status=live }} That September, she entered a "recording and publishing" partnership with BMG Rights Management, in conjunction with her Nuyorican Productions.{{cite magazine |last=Roiz |first=Jessica |date=September 11, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez to Release First Solo Album In Nine Years Under New Partnership With BMG: Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-new-studio-album-bmg-partnership-1235410226/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |location=United States |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911164653/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-new-studio-album-bmg-partnership-1235410226/ |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023}} Lopez's business ventures in 2023 included: launching a spritz brand named Delola,{{Cite web |last=DeBianchi |first=Antonia |date=April 3, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez Launches Lower-Calorie Alcohol Line Named After Her 'Carefree, Fun Side' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/food/jennifer-lopez-launches-lower-calorie-alcohol-line-delola/ |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=People |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705215637/https://people.com/food/jennifer-lopez-launches-lower-calorie-alcohol-line-delola/ |url-status=live }} a collaboration between her lifestyle brand J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez and fashion retailer Revolve,{{Cite web |last=Hu |first=Zoe |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez signs footwear deal with Revolve |url=https://www.drapersonline.com/news/jennifer-lopez-signs-footwear-deal-with-revolve |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=Drapers |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731064910/https://www.drapersonline.com/news/jennifer-lopez-signs-footwear-deal-with-revolve |url-status=live }} and a footwear line, JLO Jennifer Lopez, which was released as three collections in March, May, and June.{{Cite magazine |last=Muhammad |first=Latifah |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez Debuts a Dazzling New Shoe Collab With Revolve: Shop the Collection |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/jennifer-lopez-shoe-collab-revolve-shop-collection-1235288695/ |access-date=June 28, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731064910/https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/jennifer-lopez-shoe-collab-revolve-shop-collection-1235288695/ |url-status=live }}

Lopez's ninth studio album, This Is Me... Now, a sequel album to This Is Me... Then (2002), was released by Nuyorican and BMG on February 16, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=November 27, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez: Release Dates Revealed For First Album in a Decade This Is Me... Now & Related Movie About Her "Love Life" Which Will Stream On Amazon |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/jennifer-lopez-album-this-is-me-now-release-date-amazon-movie-1235638061/ |url-status=live |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127141637/https://deadline.com/2023/11/jennifer-lopez-album-this-is-me-now-release-date-amazon-movie-1235638061/ |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |access-date=November 27, 2023}} The album formed part of a "three-part multimedia project" which included a companion musical film, This Is Me... Now: A Love Story directed by Dave Meyers, and a documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, both of which were released on Prime Video.{{Cite magazine |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=November 27, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez Reveals Release Date for 'This Is Me... Now' Album and Short Film |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jennifer-lopez-release-date-this-is-me-now-album-film-1235809774/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127205320/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jennifer-lopez-release-date-this-is-me-now-album-film-1235809774/ |url-status=live }} Lopez plays a fictionalized version of herself in A Love Story, which was described as an "autobiographical musical rom-com action sci-fi";{{cite web |last1=Staples |first1=Louis |title=This is Me... Now: A Love Story: Why J-Lo deserves respect for her 'bonkers' new musical movie |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240214-this-is-me-now-a-love-story-why-j-lo-deserves-respect-for-her-bonkers-new-musical-movie |website=BBC Online |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=February 15, 2024 |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215003454/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240214-this-is-me-now-a-love-story-why-j-lo-deserves-respect-for-her-bonkers-new-musical-movie |url-status=live }} Tim Jonze of The Guardian suggested that Lopez had possibly invented the "therapy-musical biopic" genre.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/02/jennifer-lopez-j-lo-new-film-strange-sexy-mess-this-is-me-love-story?ref=mc.news |title=Jennifer Lopez's new film about herself is a strange, sexy mess. But there's method in the madness |work=the Guardian |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206141050/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/02/jennifer-lopez-j-lo-new-film-strange-sexy-mess-this-is-me-love-story?ref=mc.news |url-status=live }} After potential partners backed out, Lopez financed the film herself for $20 million before Amazon subsequently purchased it. "Can't Get Enough" was released as the album's lead single,{{Cite magazine |last=Rizzo |first=Carita |date=November 27, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez Announces Film to Accompany This Is Me... Now Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-film-album-1234897214/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127142619/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-film-album-1234897214/ |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |access-date=November 27, 2023}} followed by "Rebound" featuring rapper Anuel AA.{{Cite magazine |last=Mendez |first=Chris Malone |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez Releases Long-Awaited 'This Is Me... Now' Album And Film |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2024/02/16/jennifer-lopez-releases-long-awaited-this-is-me-now-album-and-film/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=Forbes |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312044624/https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2024/02/16/jennifer-lopez-releases-long-awaited-this-is-me-now-album-and-film/ |url-status=live }} To promote the album, Lopez performed "Can't Get Enough" with Latto and Redman, and the album's title track on Saturday Night Live on February 3, 2024;{{cite magazine |last=Vaillancourt |first=William |date=February 4, 2024 |title='SNL': Watch Jennifer Lopez Perform 'Can't Get Enough,' 'This Is Me…Now' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/snl-watch-jennifer-lopez-perform-cant-get-enough-this-is-me-now-latto-redman-1234960309/ |url-status=live |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204072822/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/snl-watch-jennifer-lopez-perform-cant-get-enough-this-is-me-now-latto-redman-1234960309/ }} she also conducted an exclusive concert at the Orpheum Theatre in LA, which was recorded and released as a concert film on Apple Music and Apple TV+ on February 21.{{Cite magazine |last=Irvin |first=Jack |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez Performs This Is Me... Now Track 'Rebound' at Apple Music Live Concert in LA (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/jennifer-lopez-performs-this-is-me-now-track-rebound-at-apple-music-live-concert-in-la-exclusive-8594663/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531125432/https://people.com/jennifer-lopez-performs-this-is-me-now-track-rebound-at-apple-music-live-concert-in-la-exclusive-8594663 |url-status=live }} Additionally, she released a lingerie collection with Intimissimi which was inspired by the album.{{Cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Rylee |date=October 18, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez & Intimissimi Launch a Lingerie Line Inspired by Her Upcoming Album: Shop It Here |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/jennifer-lopez-intimissimi-lingerie-where-to-buy-1235447149/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110154142/https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/jennifer-lopez-intimissimi-lingerie-where-to-buy-1235447149/ |url-status=live }} In May 2024, Lopez co-hosted the annual Met Gala in Manhattan, marking her 14th attendance at the haute couture event.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/2024-met-gala-celebrity-chairs-dress-code-107263488|title=Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya to chair 2024 Met Gala|author=Associated Press|publisher=ABC News|date=February 15, 2024|access-date=February 24, 2024|archive-date=February 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224222324/https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/2024-met-gala-celebrity-chairs-dress-code-107263488|url-status=live}} Also that month, she and Australian music producer Fisher released a "contemporary" remix of "Waiting for Tonight", 25 years after the song's release.{{Cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Josh |date=May 3, 2024 |title=FISHER and Jennifer Lopez Reimagine Hit Song 'Waiting For Tonight' |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/FISHER-and-Jennifer-Lopez-Reimagine-Hit-Song-Waiting-For-Tonight-20240503/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503215217/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/FISHER-and-Jennifer-Lopez-Reimagine-Hit-Song-Waiting-For-Tonight-20240503 |url-status=live }} Lopez was set to embark on the This Is Me... Live North American tour beginning June 2024, but cancelled it in order to spend more time with her family.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jennifer-lopez-cancels-tour-1236021391/|title=Jennifer Lopez Cancels Summer Tour|website=Variety|first1=Jem|last1=Aswad|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000304/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jennifer-lopez-cancels-tour-1236021391/|url-status=live}}

Lopez co-produced and starred in the sci-fi thriller Atlas, the third project under her Netflix deal.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/jennifer-lopez-netflixs-sci-fi-thriller-atlas-brad-peyton-directing-1234775196/|title=Jennifer Lopez To Star In Netflix's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Atlas' With Brad Peyton Directing|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=June 15, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2022|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118072448/https://deadline.com/2021/06/jennifer-lopez-netflixs-sci-fi-thriller-atlas-brad-peyton-directing-1234775196/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Rajput |first=Priyanca |date=September 1, 2022 |title=2022 Film and high-end TV productions shooting globally: latest updates |url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2022/08/31/2022-film-and-high-end-tv-productions-shooting-globally-latest-updates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901170025/https://www.kftv.com/news/2022/08/31/2022-film-and-high-end-tv-productions-shooting-globally-latest-updates |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook}} Released in May 2024, Atlas received negative reviews from critics,{{Cite web |last=Art |first=Pop Culture & |date=2024-05-30 |title=Jennifer Lopez's 'Atlas' tops Netflix despite critics' mixed reviews |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2469017/jennifer-lopezs-atlas-tops-netflix-despite-critics-mixed-reviews |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531072517/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2469017/jennifer-lopezs-atlas-tops-netflix-despite-critics-mixed-reviews |url-status=live }} but was successful on Netflix where it was the most-watched movie in 71 countries on its first day.{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=May 29, 2024 |title=J.Lo's Atlas Racks Up 28.2 Million Views on Netflix, as Actual Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Struggles |url=https://tvline.com/ratings/jennifer-lopez-atlas-netflix-movie-28-million-views-1235251517/ |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=TVLine |language=en-US |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531061008/https://tvline.com/ratings/jennifer-lopez-atlas-netflix-movie-28-million-views-1235251517/ |url-status=live }} In a positive review of the film, The New York Times praised Lopez's performance and called the film "an intriguing concept."{{Cite news |last=Wilkinson |first=Alissa |date=2024-05-24 |title='Atlas' Review: A.I. Shrugged |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/movies/atlas-review.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531061007/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/movies/atlas-review.html |url-status=live }} Lopez starred alongside Jharrel Jerome in the biographical wrestling drama Unstoppable, based on the life of wrestler Anthony Robles, produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Jharrel Jerome To Star As Wrestler Anthony Robles Alongside Jennifer Lopez In 'Unstoppable' From Artists Equity And Amazon |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/jennifer-lopez-unstoppable-ben-affleck-jharrel-jereome-amazon-artists-equity-1235303598/ |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613164245/https://deadline.com/2023/03/jennifer-lopez-unstoppable-ben-affleck-jharrel-jereome-amazon-artists-equity-1235303598/ |url-status=live }} The feature premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, followed by a limited theatrical release in December 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Thomas |first=Carly |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez, Jharrel Jerome Star in First Look at Wrestling Biopic 'Unstoppable', Produced by Ben Affleck |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-lopez-jharrel-jerome-unstoppable-first-look-images-1235970279/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810024425/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-lopez-jharrel-jerome-unstoppable-first-look-images-1235970279/ |url-status=live}} Lopez portrayed Judy, Robles's mother, in the film; Owen Gleiberman of Variety called it "the fullest screen performance she has ever given".{{Cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=September 6, 2024 |title='Unstoppable' Review: Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez in the Rare Sports Crowd-Pleaser You Can Believe In |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/unstoppable-review-jharrel-jerome-jennifer-lopez-1236136017/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |magazine=Variety}}

Lopez starred in and executive produced the Bill Condon-directed Kiss of the Spider Woman, a film adaption of the Broadway 1993 musical of the same name.{{Cite magazine |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Jennifer Lopez Attached to Star in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Musical Film From 'Dreamgirls' Director Bill Condon (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-musical-bill-condon-1235825197/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216103457/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-musical-bill-condon-1235825197/ |url-status=live }} It is her first role in a full-fledged musical.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez says 'singing and dancing' for Kiss of the Spider Woman got her 'the thinnest' she's ever been |url=https://ew.com/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-movie-singing-dancing-8646495/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613234157/https://ew.com/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-movie-singing-dancing-8646495 |url-status=live }}

Lopez will co-produce and star opposite Brett Goldstein in Netflix's Office Romance.{{Cite magazine |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=September 17, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez & Brett Goldstein Are Having An 'Office Romance' At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/jennifer-lopez-brett-goldstein-netflix-office-romance-1236091879/ |access-date=October 6, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood}} She will also co-produce a series adaptation of Emily Henry's 2023 novel Happy Place for Netflix.{{Cite magazine |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Netflix Options Novel 'Happy Place' For Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican; Series In The Works – The Dish |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/jennifer-lopez-netflix-happy-place-emily-henry-novel-series-1235982583/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822124907/https://deadline.com/2024/06/jennifer-lopez-netflix-happy-place-emily-henry-novel-series-1235982583/ |url-status=live }} She has also committed to lead and co-produce Netflix's film adaptation of the bestselling novel, The Cipher.{{Cite magazine |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 26, 2021 |title=Jennifer Lopez Netflix Pic 'The Cipher': Scribes Jason Smilovic And Todd Katzberg Adapting Isabella Maldonado Novel |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/jennifer-lopez-cipher-netflix-movie-jason-smilovic-todd-katzberg-1234722881/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629054542/https://deadline.com/2021/03/jennifer-lopez-cipher-netflix-movie-jason-smilovic-todd-katzberg-1234722881/ |url-status=live }} Lopez has several projects in the works as a producer.{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/jennifer-lopez-amazon-series-backwards-in-heels-1234989376/|title=Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, Skydance TV Developing Post-WWII NYC Set Prime Video Series 'Backwards In Heels'|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=March 28, 2022|access-date=July 18, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719194557/https://deadline.com/2022/03/jennifer-lopez-amazon-series-backwards-in-heels-1234989376/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/jennifer-lopez-limited-series-rodgers-hammerstein-cinderella-skydance-concord-1235021215/|title=Jennifer Lopez To EP Limited Series Based On Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' With Skydance And Concord|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=May 11, 2022|access-date=July 18, 2022|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725114943/https://deadline.com/2022/05/jennifer-lopez-limited-series-rodgers-hammerstein-cinderella-skydance-concord-1235021215/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |author=Shoard |first=Catherine |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez to produce Bob the Builder movie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/25/jennifer-lopez-to-produce-bob-the-builder-movie |access-date=January 25, 2024 |work=The Guardian}} Through her continued partnership with Netflix, she will also star in an adaption of the novel The Last Mrs. Parrish, directed by Robert Zemeckis.{{Cite magazine |last=Kroll |first=Justin|date=April 17, 2025 |title=Jennifer Lopez & Robert Zemeckis Team On Netflix Adaptation Of 'The Last Mrs. Parrish'|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/jennifer-lopez-robert-zemeckis-the-last-mrs-parrish-1236370591/|access-date=April 17, 2025 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood}} In April 2025, she announced the Up All Night Tour; it will commence on July 8.{{cite magazine |last1=Roiz |first1=Jessica |title=Jennifer Lopez Unveils Up All Night Live 2025 Spain Tour: 'I Can't Wait to Get Back Out There' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-2025-spain-tour-dates-1235940502/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=April 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250407174856/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jennifer-lopez-2025-spain-tour-dates-1235940502/ |archive-date=April 7, 2025 |location=United States |issn= 0006-2510 |oclc=732913734 |date=April 7, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Lopez was in a nearly decade-long relationship with David Cruz, her high-school boyfriend, until the mid-1990s.{{cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez's Late High School Sweetheart David Cruz Was 'Soft-Spoken and Kind' Says Source |url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-late-ex-david-cruz-kind/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611224520/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-late-ex-david-cruz-kind/ |url-status=live }} They were engaged at one point, and Cruz relocated to Los Angeles to be with her when she began pursuing her career.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=22}} She later said of Cruz, "You get lucky, you have a first love like that."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/jennifer-lopez-marry-me-interview-cover-1294974/|title="I Just Said, Fuck It": How Jennifer Lopez Broke All the Rules to Get to the Top|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Alex|last=Morris|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601094939/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/jennifer-lopez-marry-me-interview-cover-1294974/|url-status=live}} She was married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa from February 1997 to January 1998. In subsequent court cases, Noa was prevented from publishing a book about their marriage{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jlo-wins-payout-from-ex-over-tellall-memoir/2007/08/09/1186530500816.html | title=J-Lo Wins Payout From Ex | access-date=August 28, 2007 | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=August 9, 2007 | archive-date=October 16, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016114514/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jlo-wins-payout-from-ex-over-tellall-memoir/2007/08/09/1186530500816.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1528384/jennifer-lopez-sues-first-husband-to-block-tell-all-book/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906134913/http://www.mtv.com/news/1528384/jennifer-lopez-sues-first-husband-to-block-tell-all-book/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |title=Jennifer Lopez Sues First Husband To Block Tell-All Book |first=Chris |last=Harris |access-date=December 26, 2021 |publisher=MTV News |date=April 11, 2006}} and from using private honeymoon footage of Lopez in a documentary.{{cite magazine |first=Michael Y. |last=Park |title=Jennifer Lopez Sues Ex over Honeymoon Tape |url=https://people.com/crime/jennifer-lopez-sues-ex-over-honeymoon-tape/ |date=November 10, 2009 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520192131/https://people.com/crime/jennifer-lopez-sues-ex-over-honeymoon-tape/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Myrddin |last=Gwynedd |title=Jennifer Lopez halts sale of 'intimate' honeymoon tape |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-halts-sale-of-intimate-honeymoon-tape/4IEWBN6POFBHWRNW36XTX25P24/ |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald}}

Lopez was in an on-again, off-again relationship with record producer and rapper Sean Combs (then known as "Puff Daddy") from 1999 to early 2001.{{cite magazine |title=All of Jennifer Lopez's Famous Loves |url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-dating-history/ |date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515213343/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-dating-history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |title=J. Lo finally dishes on P. Diddy |first=Gary |last=Susman |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/26/j-lo-finally-dishes-p-diddy/ |date=May 26, 2003 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520192131/https://ew.com/article/2003/05/26/j-lo-finally-dishes-p-diddy/ |url-status=live }} On the night of December 27, 1999, Lopez, Combs and rapper Shyne were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of stolen property, after leaving the scene of a shooting at a Times Square nightclub.{{Cite web |last=Faguy |first=Ana |date=2024-03-31 |title=Why The 1999 Shooting Where Diddy—And Jennifer Lopez—Were Arrested Has New Attention |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/03/31/why-the-1999-shooting-where-diddy-and-jennifer-lopez-were-arrested-has-new-attention/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331213619/https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/03/31/why-the-1999-shooting-where-diddy-and-jennifer-lopez-were-arrested-has-new-attention/ |archive-date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Charges against Lopez were dropped within an hour{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=O'Connor |title=Puff Daddy Arrested On Weapons Charge After Nightclub Shooting |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620068/puff-daddy-arrested-on-weapons-charge-after-nightclub-shooting/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106073016/http://www.mtv.com/news/620068/puff-daddy-arrested-on-weapons-charge-after-nightclub-shooting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=MTV News}} while Combs was acquitted of all charges at trial in March 2001.{{cite news |title=Puff Daddy Acquitted |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101420 |date=March 13, 2001 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608171340/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101420 |url-status=live }} They broke up shortly thereafter. Shyne was sentenced to ten years in prison.{{Cite news |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=2001-06-02 |title=Rapper Shyne Sentenced To 10 Years in Shooting |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/02/rapper-shyne-sentenced-to-10-years-in-shooting/3c760036-1296-4b6b-a2c9-aaed52f77fac/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Lopez later said that, while she had "cared very much" about Combs, their "crazy, tumultuous" relationship "was always something I knew would end."{{cite news |last1=Tannenbaum |first1=Emily |title=Jennifer Lopez and Diddy Fans Are Hoping for Reunion After the Rapper Posted Sweet Throwback |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-diddy-throwback |access-date=June 7, 2021 |magazine=Glamour |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607035602/https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-diddy-throwback |url-status=live }} She was married to Cris Judd, her former backup dancer, from September 2001 to January 2003.{{cite news |first=Arpita |last=Nath |title=Flings in the world of Hollywood! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/flings-in-the-world-of-hollywood/articleshow/7618392.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127100257/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/flings-in-the-world-of-hollywood/articleshow/7618392.cms |url-status=live }}

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Before her divorce with Judd was finalized, Lopez was in a relationship with actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck from mid-2002 to early 2004. Although they had crossed paths several times before (including at the 70th Academy Awards and at the premiere of Armageddon, both in 1998), their first major meeting was on the set of Gigli (2003) in December 2001.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-says-there-was-genuine-love-with-ben-affleck/|title=Jennifer Lopez Says... "I really felt like when I met Ben, 'Okay, this is it."|work=PEOPLE|first=Melody|last=Chiu|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531183929/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-says-there-was-genuine-love-with-ben-affleck/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/19/in.hop.jlo.restaurant/|title=J. Lo opens Madre's... Affleck gave J. Lo congratulatory flowers|work=CNN|first=Ellen|last=Lieberman|date=April 19, 2002|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531184936/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/19/in.hop.jlo.restaurant/|url-status=live}} They later worked together on the music video for "Jenny from the Block" and the film Jersey Girl (2004).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-14-ca-affleck14-story.html |title=Ben Affleck's Roller Coaster Takes a New Turn |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=March 17, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402211123/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/14/entertainment/ca-affleck14 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Dam |first1=Julie |title=Jewels of Engagement – Vol. 58 No. 21 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138503,00.html |work=People |access-date=April 14, 2017 |date=November 18, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101212/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20138503%2C00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }} Her album This Is Me... Then was dedicated to and inspired by Affleck. Their relationship was extensively publicized.{{cite news |title=Why is Bennifer 2.0 so exciting? Because last time, we screwed it up |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-12/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-reunion-bennifer-2-0 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |first=Meredith |last=Blake |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831025233/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-12/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-reunion-bennifer-2-0 |url-status=live }} Tabloids referred to the couple as "Bennifer", a portmanteau Vanity Fair described as "the first of that sort of tabloid branding".{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |title=Jenny Back on the Block |first=Lisa |last=Robinson |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714073057/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |archive-date=July 14, 2016 }} They became engaged in November 2002,{{cite news|last=Silverman|first=Stephen|title=Ben's Proposal 'Beautiful,' Says Lopez|url=https://people.com/celebrity/bens-proposal-beautiful-says-lopez/|work=People|access-date=February 24, 2019|date=November 11, 2002|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001222/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C624998%2C00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Jeanne|title=J. Lo, Ben make first appearance as fiances|newspaper=USA Today |date=December 10, 2002|page=2}} but their planned wedding on September 14, 2003, was postponed with four days' notice because of "excessive media attention".{{cite news|last1=Armstrong |first1=Mark |title=Lopez, Affleck Postpone Weekend Wedding |url= https://people.com/celebrity/lopez-affleck-postpone-weekend-wedding/ |work=People |access-date=December 26, 2021 |date=September 10, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072338/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C624672%2C00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-media-criticism-expected-halftime-documentary-2022-6|title=Ben Affleck once asked Jennifer Lopez if media criticism bothered her but the pop star said she 'expected this'|work=Insider|first=Ayomikun|last=Adekaiyero|date=April 14, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606065245/https://www.insider.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-media-criticism-expected-halftime-documentary-2022-6|url-status=live}} They ended their engagement in January 2004.{{cite news|last1=Dagostino |first1=Mark |title=Affleck on 'Good Terms' with Lopez |url=http://people.com/celebrity/affleck-on-good-terms-with-lopez/ |work=People |access-date=April 14, 2017 |date=March 9, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104106/http://people.com/celebrity/affleck-on-good-terms-with-lopez/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017 }} Years later, Lopez said Affleck's discomfort with media scrutiny was one reason for their split{{Cite episode |title=Behind the Music: Jennifer Lopez |series=Behind the Music |network=VH1 |date=July 4, 2010 |season=12 |number=6}}{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez on relationships and tabloids in the "Bennifer Era" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jennifer-lopez-on-relationships-and-tabloids-in-the-bennifer-era/ |website=CBS News |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225080657/https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jennifer-lopez-on-relationships-and-tabloids-in-the-bennifer-era/ |url-status=live }} and described it as her "first real heartbreak": "I think different time, different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a genuine love there."{{cite web|url=http://extratv.com/2016/03/25/jennifer-lopez-reflects-on-relationship-with-ben-affleck/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Reflects on Relationship with Ben Affleck |publisher=Extra TV |date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221165617/http://extratv.com/2016/03/25/jennifer-lopez-reflects-on-relationship-with-ben-affleck/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016 }}

After her relationship with Affleck, Lopez stopped discussing her personal life in interviews.{{harvnb|Bruns|2008|p=301}} She was married to singer Marc Anthony from June 2004 to June 2014;{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Dansby |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/j-lo-marc-anthony-marry-20040607 |title=J.Lo, Marc Anthony Marry | Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 7, 2004 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905003727/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/j-lo-marc-anthony-marry-20040607 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Wedding highlights J.Lo's true talent: getting us talking|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1031F01295C1112D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|access-date=February 25, 2012|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=June 9, 2004|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055607/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1031F01295C1112D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}} they had previously worked together and dated for a few months in the late 1990s.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-no-me-ames-20-years-hot-latin-songs-chart/|title=Rewinding the Latin Charts: 20 Years Ago, Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony First Bonded With 'No Me Ames'|magazine=Billboard|first=Pamela|last=Bustios|date=June 26, 2019|access-date=June 7, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607145508/https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-no-me-ames-20-years-hot-latin-songs-chart/|url-status=live}} Their wedding took place five months after the end of her relationship with Affleck. During their marriage, they collaborated on music and performed together, as well as co-starring in El Cantante (2006).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-the-first-time-video-1296576/|title=Video: Jennifer on working and performing with Marc... "Jenny From the Block" reflects on her early days for The First Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607145509/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-the-first-time-video-1296576/|url-status=live}} Lopez gave birth to fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, on Long Island in February 2008.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/exclusive-jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-welcome-twins/|date=February 22, 2008|title=EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Welcome Twins!|work=People|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322151618/https://people.com/parents/exclusive-jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-welcome-twins/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-reveal-baby-names/|title=Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Reveal Baby Names|work=People|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115813/https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-reveal-baby-names/|url-status=live}} People magazine paid a reported US$6 million for the first photographs of the twins, making them the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken at the time.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-magazine-business-media-jackson.html |title=Jackson Pic Won't Make List Of Priciest Celeb Photos |work=Forbes |access-date=March 21, 2012 |first=Lacey |last=Rose |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120013003/http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-magazine-business-media-jackson.html |url-status=live }} In 2009, Anthony and Lopez purchased a stake in the Miami Dolphins.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-artists-sports-ownership-gloria-estefan-bad-bunny-more-9575188/| title=Latin Artists Who Own Sports Teams: Gloria Estefan, Bad Bunny & More| first=Jessica| last=Roiz| magazine=Billboard| date=May 19, 2021| access-date=July 7, 2022| archive-date=August 25, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825112703/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-artists-sports-ownership-gloria-estefan-bad-bunny-more-9575188/| url-status=live}} They announced their separation in July 2011. Anthony filed for divorce in April 2012{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/11/jennifer-lopez-divorce-marc-anthony-jlo/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Divorce — Marc Anthony Files Divorce From JLo |publisher=Hollywood Life |date=April 11, 2012 |access-date=June 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618174548/http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/11/jennifer-lopez-divorce-marc-anthony-jlo/ |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }} and it was finalized in June 2014. Lopez retained primary physical custody of the two children.{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-gets-her-name-changed-1.2171025 |title=Jennifer Lopez gets her name changed | Entertainment & Showbiz from CTV News |publisher=Ctvnews.ca |date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507222340/http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-gets-her-name-changed-1.2171025 |url-status=live }} Lopez occasionally performs with her daughter.* {{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/06/09/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-sings-its-my-party-tour/|title=Jennifer Lopez sings with daughter Emme during 'It's My Party' world tour kick-off|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=June 9, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619123027/https://ew.com/music/2019/06/09/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-sings-its-my-party-tour/|url-status=live}}

• {{cite magazine|url=https://graziamagazine.com/articles/lets-get-loud-for-jennifer-lopez-and-her-daughter-emme-at-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|title=Let's Get Loud For Jennifer Lopez And Her Daughter Emme At The Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show|magazine=Grazia|first=Chrisanthi|last=Kaliviotis|date=February 2020|access-date=June 19, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020031512/https://graziamagazine.com/articles/lets-get-loud-for-jennifer-lopez-and-her-daughter-emme-at-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|url-status=live}}
• {{Cite web |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Jennifer Lopez introduces one of her twins with gender neutral pronouns |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-introduces-one-of-her-twins-with-gender-neutral-pronouns-1.5954497 |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=CTVNews |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620135523/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-introduces-one-of-her-twins-with-gender-neutral-pronouns-1.5954497 |url-status=live }}

Lopez had an on-again, off-again relationship with her former backup dancer Casper Smart from October 2011 to August 2016.{{cite magazine |last=Nudd |first=Tim |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-casper-smart-split/ |title=Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart Split |magazine=People |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231602/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-casper-smart-split/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Quinn|first1=Dave|title=Jennifer Lopez and Beau 'Casper' Smart Have Split, Says Source: 'It Wasn't Anything Dramatic'|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-beau-casper-smart-split-source/|work=People|access-date=February 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231631/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-beau-casper-smart-split-source/|url-status=live}} She dated New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez from February 2017 to early 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-getting-more-serious-kids-have-met/|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez 'Getting More Serious' as Source Says Their Kids Have Met: 'Everyone Is Getting Along'|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231528/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-getting-more-serious-kids-have-met/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez/index.html|title=Alex Rodriguez talks dating Jennifer Lopez|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|publisher=CNN|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804164433/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez/index.html|url-status=live}} They became engaged in March 2019{{cite news |url=https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez-are-engaged-see-her-massive-ring-92838 |title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Are Engaged -- See Her Massive Ring! |work=Entertainment Tonight |first=Liz |last=Calvario |date=March 9, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218012313/https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez-are-engaged-see-her-massive-ring-92838 |url-status=live }} but postponed their wedding twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to tabloid speculation about the state of their relationship, they released a statement in March 2021, saying they were "working through some things".{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-they-are-still-together-t211705|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announce they are still together|newspaper=USA Today|first=Alexander|last=Kacala|date=March 13, 2021|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531163538/https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-they-are-still-together-t211705|url-status=live}} They announced the end of their relationship in April 2021.{{cite news|last=Clements|first=Erin|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-breakup-today-exclusive-t215133|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announce breakup in TODAY exclusive|work=Today|date=April 15, 2021|access-date=April 15, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416152723/https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-breakup-today-exclusive-t215133|archive-date=April 16, 2021}}

In April 2021, Lopez and Affleck were reported to be dating again,{{cite magazine |date=May 10, 2021 |first=Karen |last=Mizoguchi |title=Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 'Spent Several Days' Together in Montana, Source Says |url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-spent-several-days-together-in-montana-source/ |access-date=October 18, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027082957/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-spent-several-days-together-in-montana-source/ |url-status=live }} with Lopez publicly confirming their rekindled relationship that July.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37120084/jennifer-lopez-instagram-official-ben-affleck-52nd-birthday-post/|title=J.Lo Goes Instagram-Official With Ben Affleck on Her 52nd Birthday|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=July 24, 2021|last=LeGardye|first=Quinci|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125230856/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37120084/jennifer-lopez-instagram-official-ben-affleck-52nd-birthday-post/|url-status=live}} In April 2022, Lopez announced their second engagement, 20 years after the first proposal.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-details-ben-affleck-proposal|title=Jennifer Lopez Details Ben Affleck's 'Bubble Bath' Proposal: 'Tears Were Coming Down My Face'|magazine=People|first=Benjamin|last=VanHoose|date=April 12, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=September 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912144135/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-details-ben-affleck-proposal/|url-status=live}} They were married in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022,{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-married-1235318479/|title = Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Get Married in Las Vegas|last = Garcia|first = Thania|magazine = Variety|date = July 17, 2022|access-date = July 17, 2022|archive-date = September 12, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220912150428/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-married-1235318479/|url-status = live}} and held a wedding celebration for family and friends the following month.{{Cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez Reveals She and Ben Affleck Faced 'Unexpected Setbacks' Before 'Perfect' Ga. Wedding |url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-faced-unexpected-setbacks-before-georgia-wedding-details/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |magazine=People |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206115210/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-faced-unexpected-setbacks-before-georgia-wedding-details/ |url-status=live }} On August 20, 2024, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck, citing April 26, 2024, as the date of their separation.{{cite magazine |last1=Earl |first1=William |last2=Longeretta |first2=Emily |title=Jennifer Lopez Files for Divorce From Ben Affleck |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-1236020852/ |magazine=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820230934/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-1236020852/ |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |location=United States |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328 |date=August 20, 2024 |url-status=live}} She also requested that her legal name be changed back to Jennifer Lynn Lopez.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/08/22/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-name-change/74911341007/|title=Jennifer Lopez wants to go by her maiden name after Ben Affleck divorce, filing shows|last=Robinson|first=KiMi|work=USA Today|date=August 22, 2024|access-date=September 26, 2024}} On January 6, 2025, the divorce was finalized.{{cite magazine |last1=Vasquez |first1=Ingrid |last2=Bacher |first2=Danielle |title=Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Finalize Divorce 20 Weeks After She Filed |url=https://people.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-finalize-divorce-8702376 |magazine=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250107043331/https://people.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-finalize-divorce-8702376 |archive-date=January 7, 2025 |location=United States |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |date=January 6, 2025 |url-status=live}}

File:P071014AL-0257 (15156063116) (cropped).jpg posing for a selfie at the League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention and Exposition in 2014{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2014 |title=Jennifer Lopez & Michelle Obama Take a Selfie at 2014 LULAC Convention! |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/558570/jennifer-lopez-michelle-obama-take-a-selfie-at-2014-lulac-convention |access-date=September 4, 2022 |website=E! Online |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904170413/https://www.eonline.com/news/558570/jennifer-lopez-michelle-obama-take-a-selfie-at-2014-lulac-convention |url-status=live }}]]

Following the September 11 attacks, Lopez was heavily involved in charitable activities. Joining other artists, she was featured on charitable singles such as "What's Going On" and "El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye)", which benefited people affected by the tragedy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450237/ll-cool-j-u2s-edge-more-join-whats-going-on-project/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906134400/http://www.mtv.com/news/1450237/ll-cool-j-u2s-edge-more-join-whats-going-on-project/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |title= LL Cool J, U2's Edge, More Join 'What's Going On' Project |publisher=MTV News |access-date=March 23, 2012}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-El-Ultimo-Adios-The-Last-Goodbye/release/2075383 |title=Complete list of 'El Ultimo Adios' artists |date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=February 17, 2010 |first=Stephanie |last=J Stone |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205015030/http://www.discogs.com/Various-El-Ultimo-Adios-The-Last-Goodbye/release/2075383 |url-status=live }} In February 2007, Lopez was honored with the Artists for Amnesty prize by Amnesty International for her work in Bordertown, which shed light on the hundreds of feminicides in Ciudad Juárez. Lopez described it as "one of the world's most shocking and disturbing, underreported crimes against humanity".{{Cite news|title=Amnesty honour for Jennifer Lopez|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6363913.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=February 15, 2007|archive-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115141658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6363913.stm|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Reed|title=Mexico's murdered women find a voice in 'Bordertown'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-14-et-bordertown14-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=February 14, 2007}} That year, one dollar from each ticket sold at Lopez and Anthony's co-headlining North American concert tour, which grossed an estimated $10 million, was donated to the Run for Something Better program, which fights childhood obesity.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundspike.com/story2/12624/jennifer-lopez-to-drop-brave-new-album/|title=Jennifer Lopez to drop 'Brave' new album|last=Kilgore|first=Kym|date=August 13, 2007|access-date=September 4, 2010|work=LiveDaily|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1338238555ICJBKARMZN?url=http://www.soundspike.com/story2/12624/jennifer-lopez-to-drop-brave-new-album/ |archive-date=May 28, 2012}}{{Cite magazine|author=Cobo, Leila|date=June 7, 2008|title=Together Again|magazine=Billboard|volume=120|issue=23 |issn=0006-2510|access-date=May 28, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10|page=10}}

Lopez has been a long-time supporter of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Her album Rebirth (2005) is dedicated to Paige Peterson,{{Cite AV media notes |title=Rebirth |others=Jennifer Lopez |year=2005 |type=Booklet |publisher=Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment |location=New York City}} an eleven-year-old cancer patient she befriended at the hospital who died in 2004. Lopez stated that "[she doesn't] like to do [her] charity work in public. That's not what you do it for."{{Cite magazine|title=Lopez's Cancer Hero Dies|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/lopez.s-cancer-hero-dies|magazine=Contactmusic|access-date=April 9, 2013|date=January 11, 2005}} In 2009, Lopez launched the Lopez Family Foundation (originally known as the Maribel Foundation) alongside her sister, Lynda. The organization works to increase healthcare access for underprivileged women and children, including through a telemedicine program in partnership with the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The foundation has facilitated the expansion of medical facilities in Panama and Puerto Rico, and created the Center for a Healthy Childhood at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.{{Cite magazine|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|title=Jennifer Lopez Aims to Improve Health Care Through Her Foundation|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/features/jennifer-lopez-aims-to-improve-health-care-through-her-foundation-1201323091/|magazine=Variety|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=October 7, 2014}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Rosario|first1=Mariela|title=J.Lo's Medical Scare with Baby Emme Leads Her to Charity|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/j-los-medical-scare-baby-emme-leads-her-charity|magazine=Latina|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=May 12, 2009|archive-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115195157/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/j-los-medical-scare-baby-emme-leads-her-charity|url-status=dead}}

In December 2012, Lopez held a charity drive to benefit her three favorite charities: the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the American Red Cross, mainly benefiting victims of Hurricane Sandy.{{Cite magazine|last=Moody|first=Nekesa|title=Jennifer Lopez on Holiday Charity Drive and Jenni Rivera: 'It's a Wake-Up Call'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1481338/jennifer-lopez-on-holiday-charity-drive-and-jenni-rivera-its-a|magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 3, 2013|date=December 17, 2012}} In May 2015, she became the first celebrity spokesperson for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the BC Children's Hospital Foundation (BCCHF), appearing in a campaign entitled "Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are".{{Cite web|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Craig|title=Jennifer Lopez debuts as B.C. Children's Hospital's newest spokesperson|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/448111/jennifer-lopez-debuts-bc-childrens-hospitals-newest-spokesperson|website=The Georgia Straight|publisher=Vancouver Free Press|access-date=December 21, 2016|date=May 11, 2015}} That September, she became the first Global Advocate for Girls and Women at the United Nations Foundation.{{Cite news |title=United Nations Foundation Announces Jennifer Lopez as Global Advocate for Girls and Women|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/united_nations_foundation_announces_jennifer_lopez_as_global_advocate_for_girls_and_women/prweb12978264.htm|website=PRWeb |access-date=September 23, 2015|date=September 24, 2015}} This role sees her mobilizing action to address issues including maternal health care programs, education and violence against women.{{Cite web|title=United Nations Foundation Announces Jennifer Lopez as Global Advocate for Girls and Women|url=http://www.unfoundation.org/news-and-media/press-releases/2015/United-Nations-Foundation-Announces-Jennifer-Lopez-as-Global-Advocate-for-Girls-and-Women.html|publisher=United Nations Foundation|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=September 23, 2015}}

In September 2017, following Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, Lopez donated $1 million from the proceeds of her Las Vegas residency to humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico.{{Cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jennifer Lopez Donating $1 Million to Aid Hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7973898/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-donate-1-million-to-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 25, 2017|date=September 24, 2017}}{{Cite web|last1=Connick|first1=Tom|title=Jennifer Lopez donates $1 million to Puerto Rico hurricane victims|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jennifer-lopez-donates-1-million-puerto-rico-hurricane-victims-2144232|website=NME|access-date=September 25, 2017|date=September 24, 2017}} Along with Marc Anthony, she launched a humanitarian relief campaign entitled Somos Una Voz (English: We Are One Voice), an effort supported by various celebrities to rush supplies to areas affected by Hurricane Maria.{{Cite magazine|last1=Diaz|first1=Thatiana|title=J.Lo and Marc Anthony Form Alliance with Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars to Help Puerto Rico|url=https://people.com/chica/marc-anthony-jennifer-lopez-humanitarian-campaign-somos-una-voz/|magazine=People|access-date=September 28, 2017|date=September 27, 2017}} Lopez and Anthony presented a subsequent concert and telethon for disaster relief, "One Voice: Somos Live!", which raised over $35 million.{{Cite web|last1=Pederson|first1=Erik|title='One Voice: Somos Live!' Disaster-Relief Telethon Raises $35M In Pledges – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/one-voice-somos-live-telethon-jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-nbc-telemundo-univision-1202186382/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 17, 2017|date=October 16, 2017}} She was also among various artists featured on Lin-Manuel Miranda's charity single "Almost Like Praying", which benefits Puerto Rico.{{Cite magazine|last1=Weldon|first1=Sarah|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts star-studded single for Puerto Rico, 'Almost Like Praying' – listen here|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/10/06/lin-manuel-miranda-more-than-praying-puerto-rico/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 6, 2017|date=October 6, 2017}}

As of 2021, Lopez continues to regularly donate to and support charities.{{Cite news |url=https://palisadesnews.com/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-hold-holiday-food-drive-with-their-kids/|title=Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Hold Holiday Food Drive for the charity Rise Against Hunger With Their Kids|work=Palisades News|first=Dolores|last=Quintana|date=December 7, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}} In September 2021, she launched her own philanthropic organization, Limitless Labs, that supports and empowers Latina entrepreneurs and business owners. Lopez announced a partnership between the venture and the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1302411/how-jennifer-lopez-is-helping-shine-a-light-on-latina-entrepreneurs-ahead-of-hispanic-heritage-month|title=How Jennifer Lopez Is Helping Shine a Light on Latina Entrepreneurs Ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month|work=E! News|first=Kisha|last=Forde|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}} In June 2022, Lopez and Limitless Labs partnered with nonprofit Grameen America as a national ambassador to empower women-led Latina businesses with $14 billion in business loans and "6 million hours of financial education and training by 2030."{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-partners-grameen-america-1235288781/|title=Jennifer Lopez Partners With Nonprofit Grameen America to Financially Empower Women-Led Latina Businesses|magazine=Variety|first=Thania|last=Garcia|date=June 9, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/jennifer-lopez-change-fabric-america-latina-entrepreneurs-85281753|title=Jennifer Lopez wants to 'change the fabric of America' for Latina entrepreneurs|work=Good Morning America|first=Carson|last=Blackwelder|date=June 9, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022}} Lopez has performed at charity concerts throughout her career, including the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's Blue Diamond Gala in 2022, which raised $3.6 million for education, health care, homelessness and social justice causes.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/press-release-jennifer-lopez-headlined-dodgers-blue-diamond-gala|title=Global superstar Jennifer Lopez headlined the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's star-studded Blue Diamond Gala |work=mlb|date=June 16, 2022|access-date=June 17, 2022}}

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A supporter of the Democratic Party, Lopez has a long history of backing Democratic candidates for public office.{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-politics-democrat-republican/|title=Is Jennifer Lopez a Democrat or a Republican?|work=Heavy|first=Taylor|last=Vollman|date=January 30, 2021|access-date=June 9, 2022}} She endorsed President Barack Obama in his 2012 presidential campaign, speaking in television advertisements and attending fundraising events for Obama.{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez in New Obama TV Ad, Wears Hot High-Slit Dress at Fundraiser|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/10/02/jennifer-lopez-in-new-obama-tv-ad-wears-hot-high-slit-dress-at-fundraiser/|website=Fox News Latino|access-date=November 19, 2016|date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119120609/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/10/02/jennifer-lopez-in-new-obama-tv-ad-wears-hot-high-slit-dress-at-fundraiser/|archive-date=November 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Donelan|first1=Loretta|title=Hillary Clinton Joins Jennifer Lopez On Stage At The Star's Concert & It's A Great Show Of Support — Video|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/192276-hillary-clinton-joins-jennifer-lopez-on-stage-at-the-stars-concert-its-a-great-show|website=Bustle|access-date=November 19, 2016|date=October 31, 2016}} She endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, headlining a free concert in Florida in support of her that October.{{cite web|last1=Mallenbaum|first1=Carly|title=J.Lo takes stage for Hillary Clinton, samples Michelle Obama speech|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/10/30/jennifer-lopez-hillary-clinton-miami-concert/93010924/|website=USA Today|access-date=November 19, 2016|date=October 30, 2016}}

Lopez has been critical of President Donald Trump. During her Super Bowl halftime show performance in 2020, she performed her song "Let's Get Loud" while cloaked in a large Puerto Rican flag, with children in metal cages displayed on the field. It was interpreted as a statement about the Mexico–United States border crisis and Trump's immigration policy.{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Bethonie |title=Jennifer Lopez sang 'Lets Get Loud' at inauguration. The dance track actually made perfect sense |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/01/20/jennifer-lopez-lets-get-loud-inauguration/ |url-access=subscription|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 24, 2024 |date=January 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}} The NFL attempted to remove the cages from the performance but Lopez refused.{{cite web |date=2022 |title=Jennifer Lopez: Halftime |publisher=Netflix|url=https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81031929|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 25, 2024}} She endorsed President Joe Biden in his 2020 presidential campaign.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-biden-endorsement/index.html|title=Jennifer Lopez endorse Joe Biden|publisher=CNN|first=Arlette|last=Saenz|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2022}} She later performed at Biden's 2021 inauguration, where she sang "This Land Is Your Land" and "America the Beautiful", while reciting the last phrase of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish. She also worked "Let's Get Loud" into the performance as a "reprise" to her political message at the Super Bowl. Lopez endorsed Kamala Harris during her 2024 presidential campaign. She spoke at a Las Vegas rally for Harris,{{when|date=January 2025}} pushing back on remarks made at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden which were deemed offensive to Puerto Ricans.{{cite web |title='Our pain matters': Jennifer Lopez endorses Harris at Las Vegas rally – video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/nov/01/jennifer-lopez-endorses-kamala-harris-las-vegas-rally-video |website=The Guardian |access-date=November 3, 2024 |date=November 1, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |title=Jennifer Lopez says 'every Latino in this country' offended by Trump's Madison Square Garden rally |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/01/politics/jennifer-lopez-kamala-harris-latino-voters/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=November 3, 2024 |date=November 1, 2024}}

Lopez is an avid supporter of LGBTQ rights, and has raised millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS research. In June 2013, amfAR presented her with its humanitarian award for her philanthropic work.{{cite web|last1=Lipke|first1=David|title=Jennifer Lopez Honored at amfAR's Inspiration Gala|url=http://wwd.com/eye/parties/jennifer-lopez-honored-at-amfars-inspiration-gala-6991956/|website=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=June 14, 2013}} That September, she was awarded the Ally for Equality award presented by the Human Rights Campaign, for her support of the LGBTQ community.{{cite web|title=HRC to Honor Jennifer Lopez with Ally for Equality Award at 2013 National Dinner|url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/hrc-to-honor-jennifer-lopez-with-ally-for-equality-award-at-2013-national-d|work=HRC Blog|publisher=Human Rights Campaign|access-date=September 25, 2013|date=September 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143143/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/hrc-to-honor-jennifer-lopez-with-ally-for-equality-award-at-2013-national-d|archive-date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead}} The following year, she received the GLAAD Vanguard Award.{{cite magazine|title=Jennifer Lopez Honored at GLAAD Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6051917/jennifer-lopez-honored-at-glaad-awards|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=April 13, 2014}} In July 2016, Lopez released a single entitled "Love Make the World Go Round", a collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, which benefits victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.{{cite magazine|last1=Getz|first1=Dana|title=Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda team for Orlando tribute 'Love Make the World Go Round'|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/07/07/jennifer-lopez-lin-manuel-miranda-orlando-love-make-world-go-round|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 7, 2016|date=July 7, 2016}} She was also featured on the song "Hands" along with numerous other artists, also benefiting those affected by the Orlando shooting.{{cite news|last1=Quackenbush|first1=Casey|title=Listen to Britney Spears, Pink, Jennifer Lopez and Others Sing 'Hands' for Orlando|url=https://time.com/4394342/orlando-shooting-tribute-hands-britney-spears-pink-jennifer-lopez/|magazine=Time|access-date=November 15, 2016|date=July 6, 2016}} Lopez signed an open letter from Billboard magazine to the United States Congress in 2016, which demanded action on gun control.{{cite magazine|title=An Open Letter to Congress from the Music Industry|url=https://www.billboard.com/open-letter/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2016|date=June 23, 2016}}

In June 2020, Lopez attended a Black Lives Matter movement protest in Los Angeles, in connection with the broader George Floyd protests.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-attend-black-lives-matter-rally/|title=Jennifer Lopez & Alex Rodriguez Attend Black Lives Matter Protest in L.A.: 'We Are Proud to Join'|work=People Magazine|author=Todisco, Eric|date=June 8, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020}} Lopez has also been an active advocate for the Time's Up movement.{{cite news|last1=Jimenez|first1=Ashley|title=Jennifer Lopez Delivers #TimesUp Speech In Puerto Rico In Honor of Golden Globes|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/award-shows/jennifer-lopez-timesup-puerto-rico|access-date=March 15, 2018|work=Latina Magazine|date=January 7, 2018|archive-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316090332/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/award-shows/jennifer-lopez-timesup-puerto-rico|url-status=dead}} In January 2022, she became one of the co-chairs for Michelle Obama's When We All Vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jennifer-lopez-steph-curry-and-h-e-r-join-michelle-obamas-when-we-all-vote-as-co-chairs-1235083746/|title=Jennifer Lopez, Steph Curry and H.E.R. Join Michelle Obama's When We All Vote as Co-Chairs|work=USA Today|first=Chris|last=Gardner|date=January 31, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022}} She expressed solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. As part of a group called Artists4Ceasefire, she signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.{{cite news |title=Celebrities call for ceasefire, decry civilian deaths: Hollywood reacts to Israel-Hamas war |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/10/16/israeli-palestinian-conflict-celebrity-reactions/71206600007/ |work=USA Today |date=October 16, 2023}}

Lopez has cited Madonna as her "first big musical influence", explaining "It was all about Madonna for me. She inspired me to want to sing, to dance, to work hard."{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Prairie |title=NY Rock Interview with Jennifer Lopez |url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/lopez_int3.asp |date=December 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220071343/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/lopez_int3.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2002 |work=NY Rock |access-date=February 12, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/how-why-this-photo-of-madonna-changed-jennifer-lopezs-life-interview-inspiration-career/25705|title=How this image of Madonna changed Jennifer Lopez's life|work=Stylist|date=October 22, 2015|first=Anna|last=Pollitt|access-date=February 20, 2021}} Her other major influences include Tina Turner, James Brown, and Michael Jackson.{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1673250,00.html |title=10 Questions for Jennifer Lopez |magazine=Time |date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=August 18, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021032212/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1673250,00.html|archive-date=October 21, 2007}} Another major influence on Lopez is Barbra Streisand, stating that, "watching her career over the years, watching her sing and act and direct, was very inspiring to me." Lopez has cited Janet Jackson as a major inspiration for her own dance and videos, stating that she "probably started dancing" because of Jackson's music video for "The Pleasure Principle".{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/India-is-on-my-mind-Jennifer-Lopez/articleshow/15631085.cms|title=India is on my mind: Jennifer Lopez|work=The Times of India|publisher=Chowdary, Asa|date=August 25, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2014}}{{cite magazine |last1=Schiller |first1=Rebecca |title=Jennifer Lopez on Working With Cardi B, Why Janet Jackson Is an Idol at Billboard Music Awards: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456933/jennifer-lopez-interview-billboard-music-awards-2018-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 24, 2019 |date=May 20, 2018}} She also looked to the careers of Cher, Bette Middler and Diana Ross, and has been inspired by younger artists such as Lady Gaga.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a325337/jennifer-lopez-lady-gaga-inspires-me/|title=Jennifer Lopez: 'Lady GaGa inspires me'

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Growing up, she was influenced by Latin music styles ranging from salsa to bachata, and artists including Celia Cruz and Tito Puente. However, it was the hip hop song "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang that she said changed her life.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=13–14}} Another key inspiration for Lopez in her youth was Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno's performance in the musical film West Side Story (1961). Moreno was the only performer Lopez was able to identify with, at a time when Latinos were rarely on television.{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=9–11}}

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Musically, Lopez is described as a "chameleon" by outlets like Variety and Forbes, having been known to experiment and jump between genres.{{cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |title=Jennifer Lopez & Bad Bunny Team For Tropical-Trap Joint 'Te Gusté': Watch |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2018/11/09/jennifer-lopez-bad-bunny-te-guste-video/#193d083a2c8d |website=Forbes |access-date=November 10, 2018 |date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111001220/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2018/11/09/jennifer-lopez-bad-bunny-te-guste-video/#193d083a2c8d |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Mossman |first1=Kate |title=Jennifer Lopez's beautifully unhinged visual album |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2024/02/jennifer-lopez-new-album-review-beautifully-unhinged |website=New Statesman |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=February 9, 2024}} Her music strongly identifies with hip hop while exploring the "romantic innocence" of Latin music.{{cite book|last=Morales|first=Ed|title=The Latin Beat: The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From Bossa Nova To Salsa And Beyond|url=https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=078673020X|page=[https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0/page/163 163]}} Billboard observed that she has "never been one to downplay her Latinidad, and always makes sure to display it" in her music, "regardless of genre". On the 6 and J.Lo, described by Lopez as Latin soul, fuse a wide range of Latin genres with R&B and hip hop, while also containing dance-pop. While mostly English, the albums include some Spanish and bilingual songs such as "Cariño",{{cite news|title=Latest From Lopez Made for the Mass Market|newspaper=The Miami Herald|date=January 26, 2001|page=3}} with Lopez also speaking in Spanish and asserting her Latin identity on songs like "Let's Get Loud".{{cite news|last=Tarradell|first=Mario|title=On the 6|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=June 4, 1999}}{{cite news|last=Tarradell|first=Mario|title=Pop go the Latin acts Do artists leave heritage behind for crossover success?|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=June 13, 1999}} A departure from her previous work, This Is Me... Then blends 1970s soul with "streetwise" hip hop.{{cite magazine|last=Paoletta|first=Michael|title=Reviews and Previews|magazine=Billboard|date=December 7, 2002|volume= 114| issue = 49|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og0EAAAAMBAJ|access-date=April 5, 2013}} Rebirth was noted for its "relaxing" atmosphere, while Como Ama una Mujer was characterized as "silkily Spanish Sade worship".

Described as autobiographical,{{cite web|title=How Jennifer Lopez Turned Hitting 'Rock Bottom' Into A Memoir|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-_n_6107300|website=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=November 5, 2014}} much of Lopez's music has centered around the "ups and downs" of love. Lyrically, This Is Me... Then is largely focused on her relationship with Ben Affleck, with the song "Dear Ben" being described as the album's "glowing centerpiece".{{cite news|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-then/|title=Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me... Then|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|work=Slant Magazine|date=November 20, 2002|access-date=July 24, 2012}} Its sequel album, This Is Me... Now, was informed by her reunion and marriage with Affleck; Lopez called it an "emotional, spiritual, and psychological journey of the past two decades".{{Cite magazine |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Jennifer Lopez Announces First Album in Eight Years, 'This Is Me... Now' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-new-album-1235441065/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308082456/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-new-album-1235441065/ |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |access-date=July 22, 2023}} Como Ama una Mujer features introspective lyrics about romance, heartache and self-loathing.{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/03/27/lopez_turns_the_lights_down_low/ |title= Lopez turns the lights down low |work=Boston Globe |date=March 27, 2007 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |first=James |last=Reed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021233216/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/03/27/lopez_turns_the_lights_down_low/ |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Regarding Love?, Lopez stated: "There's still so much to learn and that's why the question mark."{{cite web|last=Dinh|first=James|title=J.Lo Contemplates 'Love' (And Love?) Through The Years|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2581006/jlo-contemplates-love-and-love-through-the-years/|publisher=MTV|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727042918/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/05/03/jlo-contemplates-love-and-love-through-the-years/|archive-date=July 27, 2013}} Other recurrent themes in Lopez's music have included her upbringing in the Bronx,{{cite news|last=Williott|first=Carl|title=Jennifer Lopez Reminds Us She's The "Same Girl" In Music Video Teaser: Watch|url=http://www.idolator.com/7501076/jennifer-lopez-same-girl-music-video-teaser|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140308161025/http://www.idolator.com/7501076/jennifer-lopez-same-girl-music-video-teaser|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2014|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=Idolator|date=January 13, 2014}} social class and women's empowerment.{{cite web|last1=George|first1=Kat|title=J-Lo is the feminist celebrity icon you never knew you had|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30372/1/j-lo-is-the-feminist-celebrity-icon-you-never-knew-you-had|website=Dazed|publisher=Waddell Limited|access-date=December 1, 2016|date=March 15, 2016}}

Lopez has received mixed reviews for her "light" soubrette voice,{{cite journal |last1=Amorosi |first1=A.D. |title=J-Lo's doing it well, singing and dancing in A.C. |journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 31, 2012 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20120731_J-Lo_s_doing_it_well__singing_and_dancing_in_A_C_.html |access-date=February 22, 2024}} which critics have deemed limited, "radio-friendly" and overshadowed by her music's production.{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez finds her voice on new album|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/02/02/jennifer-lopez-finds-her-voice-on-new-album/#more-72798|work=Rap-Up |publisher=SpinMedia|access-date=February 12, 2012}}{{cite news |last=Henderling|first=Lisa|title=Revolutions|work=Vibe|date=December 2007|volume= 15| issue = 12|page=107 |issn=1070-4701}} With On the 6, The Baltimore Sun regarded Lopez as having a "breathy" stylistic range but lacking personality,{{cite news |last=Considine|first=J.D.|title=Actress Jennifer Lopez can sing, but it isn't enough|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=June 3, 1999 |issn=1930-8965}} while Rolling Stone remarked: "Instead of strained vocal pyrotechnics, Lopez sticks to the understated R&B murmur of a round-the-way superstar who doesn't need to belt because she knows you're already paying attention ... She makes a little va-va and a whole lot of voom go a long way."{{cite news |last=Sheffield|first=Rob|title=On the 6|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/on-the-6-202206/|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 8, 2013|date=July 8, 1999}}

In reviewing Love?, AllMusic called her voice "slight" and wrote: "Lopez was never, ever about singing; she was about style".{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=love-r2142805|pure_url=yes}}|title= Love? – Jennifer Lopez |website=AllMusic|date=April 19, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2011}} Pitchfork described her "notoriously serviceable, airy and light" voice as being "stronger than ever" on This Is Me... Now, while noting that "the thinness of the voice has often been beside the point, if not a boon to her early career", which was marked by "Bronx regularness".{{cite web |last=Escobedo Shepherd |first=Julianne |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me... Now Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=February 22, 2024}} Lopez has been criticized for her use of background vocals from demo singers, prompting rumors of ghost singers' vocals being used in place of her own.{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Owen |title=Up next is ... JLo? When pop stars crash karaoke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/15/karaoke-jlo-jennifer-lopez-pop-stars |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=August 15, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gariano |first1=Francesca |title=Ayo Edebiri seemingly owns up to her Jennifer Lopez 'scam' comments during 'SNL' sketch |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/ayo-edebiri-seemingly-owns-up-to-her-jennifer-lopez-scam-comments-during-snl-sketch/3452793/ |publisher=NBC Dallas-Fort Worth |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=February 4, 2024}} The rumors have been debunked by producers and background singers who worked with Lopez.{{cite web |last1=Juzwiak |first1=Rich |title=Ashanti Did Sing on 'I'm Real,' Duh |url=https://jezebel.com/ashanti-did-sing-on-im-real-duh-1839609233 |website=Jezebel |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=November 4, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Sadie |title=Christina Milian Has No Beef with Jennifer Lopez over 'Play': 'Couldn't Believe at 19 Years Old I Wrote a Song for J.Lo' |url=https://people.com/christina-milian-no-beef-with-jennifer-lopez-over-recording-her-song-play-7972136 |website=People |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=September 20, 2023}} Christina Milian, who is credited as a writer and background singer on "Play", called the controversy "funny" and said: "It's no different than Michael Jackson having background singers on songs or Britney Spears. This is what music is made of."

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Considered one of dance's "greatest success stories", Lopez has received praise for her highly choreographed dancing,{{cite web |last1=Chou |first1=Jessica |title=11 Of Pop's Most Iconic Dancers, Ranked |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2015/07/91060/best-celebrity-dance-moves#slide-10 |website=Refinery29 |access-date=August 10, 2018 |date=July 22, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Jam On: Music's Best Dancers Since Michael Jackson |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/5qrlis/jam-on-music-s-best-dancers-since-michael-jackson/cavhb3 |publisher=BET |access-date=February 22, 2024}} and is noted for her technical skill.{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|p=130}} Lopez, who felt an emotional connection to dance since her youth,{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1659131/jennifer-lopez-on-the-floor-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133832/http://www.mtv.com/news/1659131/jennifer-lopez-on-the-floor-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |title=Jennifer Lopez's 'On The Floor' Video Creates 'Dance Buzz'|publisher=MTV News |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=May 31, 2013}} has been trained in a range of dance styles, including ballet, jazz, flamenco, ballroom,{{cite web|last=Boccard |first=Sophia |title=Jennifer Lopez Interview for Shall We Dance? |url=http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/jennifer-lopez-interview-for-shall-we-dance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515014355/http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/jennifer-lopez-interview-for-shall-we-dance/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |publisher=The Cinema Source |access-date=June 30, 2013 |date=January 28, 2008 }} pole dancing,{{cite web|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a30793262/jennifer-lopez-oscars-snub-hustlers-2020/|title=The Oscars Robbed Us of a Historic Jennifer Lopez Moment—and I Can't Forgive Them |work=OprahDaily|first=Elena|last=Nicolaou|date=February 7, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2022}} breakdancing, street dance, and hip hop.{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|pp=134–136}} A dominant figure on MTV since early in her career, she is known for her body-emphasizing music videos and provocative choreography.{{cite magazine|title=Asia Pacific Quarterly|magazine=Billboard|date=August 7, 1999|volume=111|issue=32|page=56|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite book|title=Sexual Teens, Sexual Media: Investigating Mediás Influence on Adolescent Sexuality|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0805834907|page=260|first1=Jane Delano |last1=Brown |first2=Jeanne R. |last2=Steele |first3=Kim |last3=Walsh-Childers }} CNN's Holly Thomas stated that "Lopez's years of professional dance experience gave her a captivating, commanding presence in her videos."{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Holly |title=Super Bowl headliner Jennifer Lopez is the star of bouncing back |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/31/opinions/super-bowl-jennifer-lopez-comeback-thomas/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 1, 2020 |date=January 31, 2020}} Madeline Roth of MTV wrote: "Her diverse videography encompasses some of the most memorable visuals of the 21st century",{{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Madeline |title=Jennifer Lopez, Living Icon, Is Your 2018 VMA Video Vanguard |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3083147/jennifer-lopez-2018-vma-video-vanguard/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801111814/http://www.mtv.com/news/3083147/jennifer-lopez-2018-vma-video-vanguard/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |publisher=MTV |access-date=August 5, 2018 |date=July 31, 2018}} with Rolling Stone writer Brittany Spanos observing that her "dancing skills and ability to toy with her own celebrity have made her videos an important part of the new millennium's pop canon".{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |title=5 Artists Who Could Win Future VMA Video Vanguard Awards |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/5-artists-who-could-win-future-vma-video-vanguard-awards-712570/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 19, 2018 |date=August 18, 2018}} Her videography has sometimes attracted controversy for its sexual suggestiveness,{{cite news |last=Costanza|first=Ashley Justine|title=Jennifer Lopez's 'Dance Again' Video Stirs Controversy: Her Five Trashiest Videos|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/jennifer-lopezs-dance-again-video-stirs-controversy-her-five-trashiest-videos-435170|work=International Business Times |access-date=June 30, 2013|date=April 9, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Nobody Puts J.Lo's Booty in a Box|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/151961_jennifer_lopez_defends_her_booty_video_talks_scary_car_accident/|website=ETOnline |access-date=December 27, 2014|date=October 1, 2014}} and has been noted for its influence on 2000s fashion trends.{{cite web |last1=Halabian |first1=Layla |title=Never forget that Jennifer Lopez was the queen of early-'00s style |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/08/07/jennifer-lopez-style-music-video-style-early-aughts-early-2000s-video-vanguard |website=The Fader |access-date=February 18, 2024 |date=August 7, 2018}}

On stage, Lopez is recognized for her showmanship, sex appeal, and costumes, which often include bodysuits.{{cite web|last1=D. Kennery|first1=Gerrick|title=Review Jennifer Lopez gives all she's got – and more – in Vegas|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jennifer-lopez-vegas-20160124-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 20, 2016|date=January 24, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Mountford |first1=Jaye |title=Jennifer Lopez Las Vegas Residency Extended: Her Show-Stopping Stage Looks |url=https://www.latintimes.com/jennifer-lopez-las-vegas-residency-extended-her-show-stopping-stage-looks-slideshow-393241 |website=Latin Times |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=July 22, 2016}} Author Priscilla Peña Ovalle stated in Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex and Stardom (2011) that Lopez was one of the Latin stars who "used dance to gain agency as working performers with mainstream careers, yet many of their roles paradoxically racialized and sexualized their bodies".{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|pp=3–4}} Troy Patterson of Entertainment Weekly also observed that she used her body for emphasis on stage, "She turned herself out as the fly girl hyperversion of postfeminist power, flaunting her control by toying with the threat of excess. In consequence, her star went supernova."{{cite magazine|last=Patterson|first=Troy|title=Rock Frock|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/12/19/jennifer-lopezs-barely-there-grammy-gown-secures-her-pop-kitten-status/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=June 30, 2013|date=December 19, 2000|archive-date=October 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003011745/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,92259,00.html|url-status=live}} Her signature movements include "clock-wise pivoting with salsa hip circles and sequential torso undulations".{{cite book|last=Potuoglu-Cook|first=Oyku|title=Night Shifts: Moral, Economic, and Cultural Politics of Turkish Belly Dance|year=2008|isbn=978-0549541301|page=167}} While being noted to lip sync in the early stages of career,{{cite news |title=Lip syncing takes the fun out of seeing an artist live|newspaper=Contra Costa Times|date=June 21, 2002}}{{harvnb|Woog|2020|p=56}} Lopez's Dance Again World Tour was praised for showcasing live vocals and choreography synchronously.{{cite web|last=Fuller |first=Bonnie |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/12/05/jennifer-lopez-dance-again-tour-divorce-marc-anthony/ |title=Jennifer Lopez 'Dance Again' Tour — Why She Had to Divorce Marc Anthony |publisher=Hollywood Life |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Concepcion|first=Pocholo|title=JLo enchants capacity crowd at MOA Arena concert|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/69407/jlo-enchants-capacity-crowd-at-moa-arena-concert|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=November 27, 2012|date=November 27, 2012}} In a review of her Las Vegas residency All I Have, Los Angeles Times writer Nolan Feeney remarked that her dancing is "undoubtedly the centerpiece of the show".

Her provocative stage performances have also drawn scrutiny at times. Robin Givhan of The Daily Beast criticized Lopez's performance at the 2011 American Music Awards where she wore a nude bodysuit, stating that it "cried out for attention in all the wrong ways" and was "banal exhibitionism".{{cite web |last1=Givhan |first1=Robin |title=Jennifer Lopez's Fashion Blunder at American Music Awards |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jennifer-lopezs-fashion-blunder-at-american-music-awards |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=November 21, 2011}} In May 2013, her performance on the finale of the television series Britain's Got Talent was deemed inappropriate for family-friendly television, and drew viewer complaints to Ofcom.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s107/britains-got-talent/news/a486003/jennifer-lopez-britains-got-talent-producers-said-to-wear-outfit.html |title=Jennifer Lopez: 'Britain's Got Talent producers said to wear outfit' |work=Digital Spy |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604123052/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s107/britains-got-talent/news/a486003/jennifer-lopez-britains-got-talent-producers-said-to-wear-outfit.html |archive-date=June 4, 2013 |url-status=dead}} Following her controversial performance at the musical festival Mawazine in 2015, Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane called it "indecent" and "disgraceful", while an education group claimed that she "disturbed public order and tarnished women's honor and respect".{{cite news|last1=Shepherd|first1=Jack|title=Jennifer Lopez concert: Moroccan PM demands investigation into 'provocative' performance|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jennifer-lopez-moroccan-pm-demands-investigation-into-provocative-performance-10304831.html|website=The Independent|access-date=November 23, 2016|date=June 8, 2015}}

Lopez's films often see her playing "relatable everywomen",{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Jake |title=Second Act review: Jennifer Lopez's working woman sends mixed messages |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/second-act-review-20181204-h18q4l.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=December 6, 2018}} with Cady Lang of Time writing: "A longtime hallmark of Lopez's filmography is her penchant for stories about survivors. Her characters are never shrinking violets."{{cite magazine |last1=Lang |first1=Cady |title=The 16 Best J. Lo Movies Of All Time |url=https://time.com/6146965/jennifer-lopez-best-movies/ |magazine=Time |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=February 11, 2022}} Discussing the roles she is drawn to, Lopez said in 1998: "I don't think of them as strong women ... I like characters that are really part of the story as opposed to window dressing, but I think the interesting thing is that they are real people. Nobody walks around being strong all the time."{{cite web |last1=Gristwood |first1=Sarah |title=Jennifer Lopez is on her way up |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/11/jennifer-lopez-is-on-her-way-up/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=December 11, 1998}}

Film critic Stephanie Zacharek described Lopez as "one of the most gifted and appealing performers of the past two decades ... and yet the movies have rarely known what to do with her and her significant gifts as an actor."{{cite magazine |last1=Zacharek |first1=Stephanie |author1-link=Stephanie Zacharek |title=Why Jennifer Lopez Remains the Patron Saint of Romantic Comedies |url=https://time.com/6145415/jlo-marry-me-romantic-comedies/ |magazine=Time |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=February 7, 2022}} While Lopez received acclaim for her early film work, The New York Times writer Kyle Buchanan noted that her tendency to star in romantic comedies, and her pop music career, "lowered her critical bona fides".{{cite web |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |title=Why Did the Oscars Ignore Jennifer Lopez in 'Hustlers'? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/movies/jennifer-lopez-academy-awards.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=January 13, 2020}} Taylor Hackford, who directed Lopez in Parker, said she "can really act": "She knows how to transmit nuances, to make the subtlest of shifts. Does she have humor? Yes. But at the same time she can get into the deepest dramatic areas."{{cite web |last1=Van Meter |first1=Jonathan |title=Jennifer Lopez: Venus Rising |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lopez-venus-rising |website=Vogue |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=March 15, 2012}} Lopez, who identifies the romantic comedy as her favorite film genre,{{cite web |last1=Tapia |first1=Sara |title=Jennifer Lopez dishes on her career and marriage to Ben Affleck |url=https://www.who.com.au/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-romcom |website=Who |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=January 26, 2023}} has been referred to as the "Patron Saint of Romantic Comedies" and the "Queen of Romantic Comedies".{{cite web |last1=Tangcay |first1=Jazz |title=Jennifer Lopez's Rom-Coms Ranked, From 'Maid in Manhattan' to 'Shotgun Wedding' |url=https://variety.com/lists/jennifer-lopez-romantic-comedy-movies-ranked/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=January 27, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Keates |first1=Emma |title=Jennifer Lopez is releasing a film to accompany her first album in a decade |url=https://www.avclub.com/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-date-1851049046 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=November 27, 2023}}

In her early films, Lopez played stereotypical roles which signified her as a "racialized, exoticized" other. In films such as Blood and Wine and U Turn, her body is fetishized "through extreme close-ups" and "framed as animalistic, primitive, and irresistibly dangerous to the Anglo American male characters."{{cite journal |last1=Valdivia |first1=Angharad N. |last2=Molina Guzmán |first2=Isabel |title=Brain, Brow, and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture |journal=The Communication Review |date=2004 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=205–221 |doi=10.1080/10714420490448723 |publisher=Routledge | issn = 1071-4421 }} This shifted with her role in Selena, which "affirmed her Latinx identity, and won her the loyalty of that significant section of the U.S. and global audience."{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Laura |title=Why Jennifer Lopez is Hollywood's most underestimated star |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220907-why-jennifer-lopez-is-hollywoods-most-underestimated-star |publisher=BBC |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=September 27, 2022}} She has also been criticized for playing ethnically ambiguous parts and tapping into "the ability to perform a panethnic other" to commodify herself. Her role as an Italian woman in The Wedding Planner has been described as "a case of classic Hollywood whitewashing."{{cite web |last1=Zaragoza |first1=Alex |title=That's Not Amore: Everything That's Wrong With 'The Wedding Planner' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/thats-not-amore-everything-thats-wrong-with-the-wedding-planner/ |website=Vice |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=February 19, 2020}}

Lopez has been a polarizing figure in popular culture.{{cite web |last1=Halperin |first1=Shirley |title=Secrets Behind 'American Idol's' Incredible Comeback |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/secrets-american-idols-incredible-comeback-189263/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=May 19, 2011}} Andrew Barker of Variety writes that she "exhibits a plethora of contradictions", observing: "Despite a carefully cultivated image as an imperious pop empress in ludicrously expensive outfits, her signature hits bear the titles 'I'm Real' and 'Jenny From the Block'."{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Andrew|title=Jennifer Lopez Receives Star for Music on Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/features/jennifer-lopez-receives-star-for-music-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1200493728/|work=Variety |access-date=June 25, 2013|date=June 20, 2013}} In 2002, Lynette Holloway of The New York Times described Lopez's image as including "a dash of ghetto fabulousness" and "middle-class respectability" for mass appeal.{{cite news |last=Holloway|first=Lynette|title=Keeping J. Lo in Spotlight Has Risks for Her Career As Well as Rich Rewards|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 9, 2002|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/business/keeping-j-lo-in-spotlight-has-risks-for-her-career-as-well-as-rich-rewards.html|access-date=June 30, 2013}} The media discerned a shift in her public image upon joining American Idol in 2011,{{cite web |last1=La Porte |first1=Nicole |title=Jennifer Lopez, the People's Pop Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/fashion/jennifer-lopez-the-peoples-pop-star.html|url-access=subscription |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 26, 2024 |date=May 15, 2011}} with Entertainment Weekly writing: "Gone was her old cut-a-bitch swagger; J. Lo 2.0 is an all-embracing, Oprahfied earth {{Linktext|madre}}."{{cite magazine|last1=Markovitz|first1=Adam|title=Love? review – Jennifer Lopez|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/05/04/love-review-jennifer-lopez-music-ewcom|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=November 20, 2016|date=May 4, 2011}} People editor Peter Castro said American Idol made Lopez "a celebrity of the people" whereas before, "there was a huge distance with the American public."

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Lopez is widely celebrated for her curvaceous hourglass figure,{{harvnb|Mendible|2007|p=2}}{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|pp=235–237}} which earned her the nickname La Guitarra (the guitar). Vanity Fair described her buttocks as "in and of themselves, a cultural icon".{{cite news|title=Marisa Meltzer:For Posteriors' Sake|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/fashion/more-women-seeking-curvaceous-posteriors.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/fashion/more-women-seeking-curvaceous-posteriors.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=September 17, 2014}}{{cbignore}} Recounting her experience on early films, Lopez stated: "I've always had costume people looking at me a little weary and immediately fitting me out with things to hide my bottom."{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|p=233}} She often wears revealing outfits to accentuate her curves.{{harvnb|Marquez|2001|p=59}} Author Mary Beltrán opined that for Lopez to "unashamedly display her well-endowed posterior during this time period" could be viewed as "a revolutionary act with respect to Anglo beauty ideals". However, she was also criticized for perceived changes in her image upon launching her music career, which included "weight loss and lightening her hair".

Considered a fashion icon, Lopez is known for her sense of style and "breaking fashion rules".{{harvnb|Deanne|Kenyatta|Lowery|2005|pp=107–109}}{{cite web |last1=Curran |first1=Amanda |title=Jennifer Lopez Just Wore a Sheer Button-Front Dress Over Pants |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-long-button-down-shirt |website=Glamour |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=January 13, 2023}} She is recognized for both her "bold" red carpet fashion, including fourteen appearances at the haute couture Met Gala in New York City, and her everyday street style, which is "discussed ad infinitum by the fashion press."{{cite web |last1=Allaire|first1=Christian |title=Nobody Does Athleisure Style Quite Like J.Lo |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lopez-best-athleisure-style-moments |website=Vogue |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=July 24, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Yotka|first1=Steff|title=Jennifer Lopez Will Receive the Fashion Icon Honor at the CFDA Awards |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lopez-fashion-icon-award-cfda |website=Vogue |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=April 6, 2019}} British Vogue said she "added megawatt glamour to every outfit she wore",{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/gallery/jennifer-lopez-90s-fashion|title=Every Time Jennifer Lopez Wrote Her Own Style Rules In The '90s|work=British Vogue|first=Susan|last=Devaney|date=July 24, 2021 |access-date=June 25, 2022}} with Billboard describing her style as "scantily clad".{{cite magazine|last=Savage|first=Lauren|title=J.Lo Plays Gender-Bending Boxer for V Magazine Cover|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jlo-plays-gender-bending-boxer-for-v-magazine-cover-502987/|magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 26, 2021|date=February 29, 2012}} Lopez's style has been influenced by "women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour like Rita Hayworth", as well as her Bronx upbringing and Nuyorican identity.{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-2007-07|title=Jennifer Talks|work=Glamour|first=Veronica|last=Chambers|date=July 1, 2007 |access-date=June 25, 2022}} Described as the "ultimate sex symbol" of the early 21st century, various publications have ranked her as the most beautiful or sexiest woman in the world, including People, People en Español,{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez Named Most Beautiful |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jennifer-lopez-named-most-beautiful/ |website=CBS News |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=April 27, 2006}} Vibe,{{cite web |url= https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/big-list-issue-19-most-lustable-celebs-93-149646/ |title=The 19 Most Lustable Celebs Since '93 |work=Vibe |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234051/http://www.vibe.com/article/big-list-issue-19-most-lustable-celebs-93 |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |url-status=dead}} Details,{{cite news|last=Halza|first=George Halza|title=Jennifer Lopez named sexiest woman of the year|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=November 16, 1998|page=5}} and FHM, with Lopez topping the latter's 100 Sexiest Women list twice.{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/jennifer-lopez |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216065613/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/jennifer-lopez |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |title=FHM – Jennifer Lopez |work=FHM |access-date=March 10, 2012 }} Lopez has criticized "this funny notion in America that you can't be a mom and be sexy", stating: "The truth is that women can be sexy until the day they die." She has a large following on social media, being the 14th most-followed individual on Instagram and having one of the 50 most-followed accounts on Twitter.{{Cite web |last=Vogl |first=Michaela |date=February 28, 2024 |title=The Top 20 Most Followed Instagram Accounts |url=https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/top-most-instagram-followers/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |publisher=Brandwatch}}{{Cite web |title=Top 50 Twitter Users by Followers |url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/top/50/followers |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Social Blade}} On the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s "Music Fuels" ranking, Lopez is the eighth-most-followed musician across Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.{{Cite web |title=Music Fuels the Internet |url=https://musicfuels.com/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Music Fuels |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) |at=Fifth and right-most tab: Top Musicians across Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook}} She is the richest Latin actress, with an estimated net worth of US$400{{ }}million.{{Cite news |last=Falk |first=Graham |date=March 11, 2024 |title=World's Richest Actresses 2024: Who is the richest actress in the world? Top 15 richest film stars in the world |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/who-is-the-richest-actress-in-the-world-2024-richest-film-stars-in-the-world-lady-gaga-net-worth-4550203/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Scotsman}}{{Cite web |last1=Burtt |first1=Kristyn |last2=Gelhoren |first2=Giovana |date=July 8, 2024 |title=These 35 Celebrity Women Are Some of the Richest People in the World |url=https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/slideshow/2617280/celebrity-women-highest-net-worth/15/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=She Knows |publisher=SHE Media}}

Described as "one of the most photographed women in the world",{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez Walks Us Through 15 of Her Favorite Beauty Moments |url=https://www.allure.com/gallery/jennifer-lopez-best-beauty-moments |website=Allure |access-date=February 17, 2024 |date=February 16, 2021}} Lopez has long been a tabloid fixture, and admits to having a "less-than-perfect" public image.{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Steve|title=Will Lopez, Tyler be good for 'American Idol'?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2010-09-22-chi-100922-american-idol-judges-strengths-story.html|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 22, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Saney|first=Daniel|title=J.Lo blames films for bad public image|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a19076/jlo-blames-films-for-bad-public-image/|work=Digital Spy|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=February 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920183528/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/showbiz/news/a19076/jlo-blames-films-for-bad-public-image.html|archive-date=September 20, 2013|url-status=dead}} Frances Negrón-Muntaner wrote that by 1999, "Internet chat rooms exploded with anti-Lopez babble" and she became "one of the easiest moving targets for cheap laughs as well as anxieties about working-class 'loud' sexuality and specifically Latino visibility."{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|p=243}} Much of the media coverage surrounding Lopez in the 2000s "focused on her dramatic private life", with several writers describing her as overexposed at the time, despite her continued success.{{harvnb|Riley|2010|p=242}} Media outlets often liken her to actress Elizabeth Taylor, due to her numerous failed relationships and glamorous public persona.{{cite news|title=Vibe Media Group|date=July 2003|work=Vibe|issue=7|volume=11|issn=1070-4701}}{{cite web|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|title=Jennifer Lopez: Dream Girl|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover|work=W|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711103336/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2013/07/jennifer-lopez-august-2013-cover|archive-date=July 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Lopez doesn't mind Liz link |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/lopez-doesnt-mind-liz-link-20021227-gdg0xm.html |access-date=February 23, 2024 |work=The Age |date=December 27, 2002}} Her high-profile relationship with Combs was described as having "defined an age", with Vanity Fair writing that they entered "the pantheon of slightly notorious celebrity couples: Liz and Dick, Frank and Ava."

Throughout her career, she has also received a bad reputation as being a demanding and outspoken "diva",{{cite news |title=Demanding diva Jennifer Lopez bans domestic staff from speaking to her|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/demanding-diva-jennifer-lopez-bans-domestic-staff-from-speaking-to-her-8134190.html|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=January 8, 2013|date=September 13, 2012}} something which she denies, stating: "I've always been fascinated by how much more well-behaved we have to be than men."{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Esther |title=Jennifer Lopez Addresses Sexism in Hollywood, Being Branded a Diva: 'Am I Difficult Because I Care?' |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jennifer-lopez-on-sexism-in-hollywood-being-branded-a-diva-w207010/|website=US Magazine |access-date=June 6, 2022 |date=May 18, 2016}} Some of the backlash and fabricated tabloid stories surrounding Lopez have been attributed to her 1998 interview with Movieline, in which she was quoted as criticizing various actors and directors. Lopez, who "cried for hours" after the article was published, said the comments were made in jest and she was "so misquoted and so taken out of context".{{cite magazine |last1=Zeman |first1=Ned |author1-link=Ned Zeman |title=Every Move She Makes |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/06/jennifer-lopez-200106 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 26, 2024 |date=August 2001}} In 2003, Lawrence Donegan of The Guardian posited that "indefensible" misogyny and racism were to blame for her position as "the most vilified woman in modern popular culture". In 2021, Ben Affleck said: "People were so fucking mean about her; sexist, racist, ugly vicious shit was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now, you would literally be fired for saying some of the things you said."{{cite magazine|first=Scott|last=Feinberg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/awards-chatter-podcast-ben-affleck-the-way-back-4115884/|title='Awards Chatter' Podcast — Ben Affleck ('The Way Back')|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2023}}

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Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential Latin entertainers of all time, credited with breaking racial barriers in the entertainment industry.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/run-the-world-jennifer-lopez-brought-latin-culture-center-stage-for-two-decades|title=Run The World: How Jennifer Lopez' Triple-Threat Superstardom Brought Latin Culture To Center Stage|publisher=The Recording Academy|first=Carena|last=Liptak|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 11, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN0417833620070105|title=J.Lo tops list of most influential Hispanics|access-date=February 12, 2007|work=Reuters |date=January 4, 2007}}{{cite book |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Michelle |editor1-last=Cassidy |editor1-first=Laurie |editor2-last=O'Connell |editor2-first=Maureen H. |title=She who Imagines: Feminist Theological Aesthetics |date=2012 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=9780814680278 |pages=87–102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5DhNDOS1rYC |access-date=March 1, 2024 |chapter=The Jennifer Effect: Race, Religion, and the Body}}{{cite web |last1=Elkind |first1=Elizabeth |title=Here are the celebrities joining Biden's star-studded inauguration |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-inauguration-celebrities-jennifer-lopez-lady-gaga-garth-brooks/ |website=CBS News |access-date=March 4, 2024 |date=January 19, 2021}}{{harvnb|Parish|2009|pp=4–5}} She was described as "the first Latina superstar" by writer Ned Zeman, and the "embodiment of the American Dream" by Robert C. Cottrell in Icons of American Popular Culture (2009).{{harvnb|Cottrell|2009|pp=221}} Often dubbed the "Queen of Dance",Publications referring to Lopez as the "Queen of Dance":

• {{cite web |last1=Al Saafin |first1=Aziz |title=Jennifer Lopez on love, heartbreak, and her new musical film |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/15/jennifer-lopez-on-love-heartbreak-and-her-new-musical-film/ |website=1News |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214221219/https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/15/jennifer-lopez-on-love-heartbreak-and-her-new-musical-film/ |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |date=February 15, 2024 |quote=Lopez, frequently dubbed the Queen of Dance...}}
• {{cite web |last1=Carras |first1=Christi |title=Dance to Jennifer Lopez and Maluma for a good cause with the #PaTiChallenge |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-09-29/jennifer-lopez-maluma-pati-dance-challenge |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 30, 2020 |date=September 29, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117134745/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-09-29/jennifer-lopez-maluma-pati-dance-challenge |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last1=May |first1=Naomi |title=Jennifer Lopez Is Officially The Queen Of Dancing Like Nobody's Watching |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a44710648/jennifer-lopez-birthday-dancing/ |website=Elle |access-date=March 6, 2024 |date=August 2, 2023}} she is considered a triple threat performer,{{cite web|last1=Steiner|first1=Amanda Michelle|title=PEOPLE Magazine Awards: Jennifer Lopez Wins Triple Threat Award|url=http://people.com/awards/jennifer-lopez-at-the-people-magazine-awards-wins-triple-threat-award/|website=People|access-date=January 10, 2020|date=December 18, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Feeney|first1=Nolan|title=Review: Jennifer Lopez's New Residency Turns Las Vegas Into Destination Diva|url=https://time.com/4217043/jennifer-lopezs-new-show-turns-las-vegas-into-destination-diva/|magazine=Time|access-date=January 10, 2020|date=February 11, 2016}} and was one of few actors to successfully cross over into music.{{cite magazine |last1=Bronson |first1=Fred |title=Actress Lopez Out of Sight on Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |date=June 12, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=24 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uw0EAAAAMBAJ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |issn=0006-2510}} Rachel Sklar of The Huffington Post called Lopez a trailblazer, writing: "Beyoncé, Miley, Gaga, any actress who's ever released an album — they are all standing on the shoulders of J.Lo. She was a true triple threat — actress, singer, dancer ... and packaged it sometimes outrageously but always sexily."{{cite web |last1=Sklar |first1=Rachel |author1-link=Rachel Sklar |title=The J. Lo Decade |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-j-lo-decade_b_409078 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=February 19, 2024 |date=March 18, 2010}} Lopez is considered a pop icon,{{harvnb|Cottrell|2009|pp=219}}{{cite web |last1=Lloyd |first1=Sophie |title=Jennifer Lopez's New Career Move Mocked |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jennifer-lopez-career-move-mocked-bob-builder-puerto-rico-film-1864300 |website=Newsweek |access-date=February 9, 2024 |date=January 26, 2024}} with VH1 ranking her at number 15 on their list of 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons,{{cite news|title=The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501100900/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html|archive-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=dead}} number 16 on 100 Greatest Women In Music,{{cite web|last=Graham |first=Mark |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-02-13/vh1s-100-greatest-women-in-music-complete-list/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214233543/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-02-13/vh1s-100-greatest-women-in-music-complete-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |publisher=VH1 |access-date=February 29, 2012 |date=February 13, 2012 }} and number 21 on 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=66355 |title=Ep. 071 | 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era |publisher=VH1 |access-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061423/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=66355 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}

The highest-paid Latina actress in history,{{cite magazine|title=Jennifer Lopez - Biography|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/304444/jennifer-lopez/biography|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2016|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202231211/http://www.billboard.com/artist/304444/jennifer-lopez/biography|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|title=Solid as a Rock|magazine=Vibe|date=July 2003|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3yYEAAAAMBAJ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234655/https://books.google.com/books?id=3yYEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2020|access-date=August 25, 2017}} Lopez's film career has been credited with paving the way for greater representation of Latino Americans in Hollywood,

• {{cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Irina |title=How Jennifer Lopez Paved the Way for a Generation of Latinas |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a28179945/jennifer-lopez-latina-influence/ |website=Oprah Daily |access-date=February 10, 2024 |date=July 10, 2019}}
• {{cite web |last1=Roginson |first1=Mia |title=In appreciation of Jennifer Lopez: The triple-threat star continues to break barriers and pave roads |url=https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/10/03/in-appreciation-of-jennifer-lopez-the-triple-threat-star-continues-to-break-barriers-and-pave-roads/ |publisher=USC Annenberg Media |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=October 3, 2019}}
• {{cite web |last1=Barbeito |first1=Carmen |title='Selena' Movie Made J.Lo the First Latina Actress To Earn $1 Million for a Role |url=https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/entertainment/selena-movie-turns-26-jlo-role/ |website=Mitú |access-date=February 10, 2024 |date=March 21, 2023}} which was historically a "whites-only preserve".{{cite news |last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|title=For the record; Very hot and ambitious actress Jennifer Lopez has music on her mind|newspaper=The Record |issn=0824-5150|date=August 14, 1999|location=Kitchener, Ontario}} Biographer Kathleen Tracy opined that "Lopez blazed a trail no openly Latin actress had gone before", noting that previous Latina stars cosmetically downplayed their ethnicity and changed their names.{{harvnb|Tracy|2008|p=ix}} With Out of Sight (1998), she achieved "ethnic 'blind' casting",{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|pp=244–245}} making her an "anomaly in the traditionally white space" of mainstream Hollywood.{{cite journal |last1=Beltrán |first1=Mary |title=The Hollywood Latina Body as Site of Social Struggle: Media Constructions of Stardom and Jennifer Lopez's 'Cross-over Butt' |journal=Quarterly Review of Film and Video |date=January 2002 |volume=19 |issue=19 |pages=71–86 |doi=10.1080/10509200214823 |publisher=Routledge}} By deliberately avoiding stereotypical roles, biographer James Robert Parish said Lopez "helped minimize racial boundaries in show business." Her perceived Academy Award snub for Hustlers (2019) was referenced by Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti when announcing a new initiative for Latino representation in Hollywood.{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Los Angeles Mayor Calls On #JusticeForJLo After Oscar Snub At Event Launching LA Collab To Boost Latino Involvement In Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/la-collab-hollywood-latinos-erik-garcetti-industry-program-1202828618/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=January 13, 2020}}

With her musical debut, Lopez contributed to the 1990s "Latin explosion" in entertainment;{{cite news |last=Tarradell|first=Mario|title=Latin aftershocks Music's ethnic boom reshapes the Grammy landscape|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=February 20, 2000}} The Recording Academy called her the "breakout female star" of the Latin pop movement in American music.{{cite web |last1=Haack |first1=Brian |title=1999: The Year Latin Pop Conquered America |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/1999-year-latin-pop-conquered-america |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=June 17, 2018 |date=October 6, 2017}} Historian Roger Bruns considered her "an influential force in driving a growing Latin cultural influence in popular music" at the time. Her career ascent has been credited with paving the way for American-born Latina pop artists including Selena Gomez and Becky G,{{cite magazine |title=50 Greatest Latin Pop Songs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin-lists/50-greatest-latin-pop-songs-695776/jennifer-lopez-waiting-for-tonight-1999-695915/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 9, 2018}} and for Latin American pop artists to venture into English music, including Shakira, Thalía and Paulina Rubio.{{cite journal |last1=Hurtado |first1=Aida |author1-link=Aida Hurtado |title=Much More Than a Butt: Jennifer Lopez's Influence On Fashion |journal=Spectator |date=Spring 2006 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=149–155 |publisher=University of Southern California}} Along with Ricky Martin, she helped increase the visibility of Latin music in international markets including East Asia and Canada.{{cite magazine |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Larry |title=Martin, Lopez Help Pick Up the Pace of Canada's Latin Beat |magazine=Billboard |date=June 12, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=24 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uw0EAAAAMBAJ |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.}} Due to her "multi-tasking career", she has been described as "the next-generation Madonna",{{cite web |title=From the block . . . to the top |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/12/15/from-the-block-to-the-top/ |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=December 15, 2002}}{{cbignore}} and "the first woman to demonstrate that a Madonna could be a Latina".

Lopez's music has been credited with helping influence the trajectory of 2000s music,{{cite web |last1=Shemesh |first1=Yasmine |title=J.Lo At 20: Celebrating The Album That Made Jennifer Lopez An Icon - MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3173486/jennifer-lopez-jlo-20th-anniversary-hip-hop-pop/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115215840/http://www.mtv.com/news/3173486/jennifer-lopez-jlo-20th-anniversary-hip-hop-pop/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |website=MTV News |access-date=January 25, 2021 |date=January 15, 2021}} including dance music,{{cite web|last1=Lockett|first1=Dee|title=Once overrated, Jennifer Lopez is now underrated|url=https://stltoday.com/entertainment/music/once-overrated-jennifer-lopez-is-now-underrated/article_0f7d6b7f-36f9-55da-9dc1-b96af888704d.html|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=June 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830073703/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/once-overrated-jennifer-lopez-is-now-underrated/article_0f7d6b7f-36f9-55da-9dc1-b96af888704d.html|archive-date=August 30, 2014|url-status=dead}} Latin music,{{cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jennifer-lopez/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122175817/https://www.billboard.com/artist/jennifer-lopez/ |archive-date=January 22, 2024}} R&B,{{cite web |title=Christina Milian: 'Things have evolved when it comes to culture, when it comes to respect, when it comes to women' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/christina-milian-interview-step-up-naya-rivera-b2202850.html |website=The Independent |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=October 15, 2022}} and pop rap collaborations. Billboard named her the Greatest Pop Star of the year 2001.{{cite magazine |title=Greatest Pop Star of Ever Year: 1981 to 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/greatest-pop-star-every-year/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 15, 2024}} Scholar Miriam Jiménez Román suggested that Lopez, who represents the "often-suppressed" history of Puerto Ricans in hip hop culture, was "able to traverse the difficult racial boundaries".{{cite book|title=The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States|year=2009|publisher=Duke Press|isbn=978-0822391319|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSJpaNVnazQC| page=548| first1=Miriam Jiménez |last1=Román |first2=Juan |last2=Flores |access-date=July 2, 2013}} In 2011, following her return to prominence, Lopez was deemed the "world's greatest musical comeback act", based on a study which analysed over one billion Google searches since 2004.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Gerrick D. |title=Jennifer Lopez named 'world's greatest musical comeback act' -- seriously |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-12-13/jennifer-lopez-named-worlds-greatest-musical-comeback-act-seriously |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=December 13, 2011}} In 2019, she was named among the most powerful people in entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter.{{Cite magazine |last=Brower |first=Alison |date=October 16, 2019 |title=The Hollywood Reporter 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1246527/jennifer-lopez-7/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} From 2022 to 2024, Lopez was included in the magazine's Power 100 list, as one of the most powerful women in entertainment.{{Cite magazine|last=O'Connell|first=Mikey|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/the-hollywood-reporters-2022-women-in-entertainment-power-100/jennifer-lopez-16/|title=The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 7, 2022|date=December 7, 2022}}{{Cite magazine |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=December 7, 2023 |title=The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s 2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-women-hollywood-2023/jennifer-lopez-18/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite magazine |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=December 4, 2024 |title=The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s 2024 Women in Entertainment Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-women-hollywood-2024/jennifer-lopez-21/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} In July 2023, Madame Tussauds New York unveiled a wax figure of Lopez inspired by her performance at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show.{{Cite magazine|url=https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/madame-tussauds-jennifer-lopez-wax-figure-super-bowl-1235748069/|title=Madame Tussauds Unveils Jennifer Lopez Wax Figure Inspired by Super Bowl Performance|date=July 19, 2023|access-date=February 28, 2024|magazine=Women's Wear Daily}} In 2024, Billboard included Lopez among the honorable mentions of its 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century listicle; the magazine stated that "no one defined celebrity at the beginning of the 21st century quite like [Lopez]" and that she "helped define an era where hip-hop, R&B and pop all got more cuddly together than ever before".{{Cite magazine |last1=Atkinson |first1=Katie |last2=Denis |first2=Kyle |last3=Lipshutz |first3=Jason |last4=Unterberger |first4=Andrew |date=August 14, 2024 |title=The 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: Honorable Mentions |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-stars-21st-century-honorable-mentions/jennifer-lopez-9/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}

Lopez was named one of Time{{'}}s 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.{{cite magazine|last1=Reilly|first1=Katie|title=Jennifer Lopez and Shawn Mendes to Perform at the 2018 TIME 100 Gala|url=https://time.com/5246023/time-100-2018-jennifer-lopez-shawn-mendes/|magazine=Time.|access-date=April 30, 2018|date=April 19, 2018}} In 2012, Forbes ranked her as the world's most powerful celebrity and the 38th most powerful woman.{{cite web|last1=Goudreau|first1=Jenna|title=The World's Most Powerful Women: 16 New Faces|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/08/22/worlds-most-powerful-women-new-faces-jennifer-lopez-laurene-powell-jobs/|website=Forbes|access-date=November 23, 2016|date=August 22, 2012}} Latina magazine founder Christy Haubegger attributed Lopez's influence to her being "the first icon that generationally fits" young Latino Americans who followed celebrity culture.{{cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Sandy M. |title=Jenny's Image On the Block: Latinos Say Lopez Is Selling a Shift in Culture |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 21, 2005 |page=4}} Lopez was featured on the first cover of Latina in 1996, with editor Galina Espinoza writing in 2011 that there is "no recounting of modern Latina history without Jennifer".{{cite web|last1=Espinoza|first1=Galina|title=Lessons Learned From 15 Years of Jennifer Lopez|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lessons-learned-from-15-y_b_957796|website=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=September 12, 2011}}

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Jonathan Van Meter of Vogue described Lopez as having "changed the face of modern celebrity." Her ability to start trends has prompted the usage of the phrase "the J.Lo effect" in popular culture, which has been used in various different contexts,{{cite journal |last1=Hauser |first1=Brooke |title=The Lopez Effect |journal=Allure |date=November 2007 |pages=196–201 |url=https://www.brookehauser.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jennifer-Lopez-ALLURE-NOVEMBER-2007.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Bakar |first1=Faima |title=What Is The J-Lo Effect And How Can You Channel It? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-the-j-lo-effect-and-how-can-you-channel-it_uk_61164766e4b07c140313d3de |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=August 17, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bahr |first1=Sarah |title=What Is the 'J. Lo Effect'? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/style/j-lo-effect.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=August 5, 2021}} including the trend of networks hiring "big name" judges for reality competition programs after Lopez's successful casting on American Idol.{{cite web|title=The J.Lo Effect: $15 Million Becoming the New Standard as Reality Salaries Soar|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/reality-salaries-american-idol-jennifer-lopez-howard-stern-290871|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=July 4, 2013|author=Lacey Rose, Shirley Halperin|date=February 15, 2012}} With her moniker J.Lo, Lopez started a trend of celebrities being given abbreviated nicknames, while "Bennifer" began the convention of celebrity couple name blending.{{cite web |title=Robert Pattinson disdains 'hypocritical' activist celebrities |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/robert-pattinson-disdains-hypocritical-activist-celebrities-20120613-2095m.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=June 13, 2012}}

Described by scholar Helene A. Shugart of the University of Utah as "arguably the most visible Latina in contemporary mainstream popular culture", Lopez has been the subject of considerable academic analysis, including in relation to ethnicity, class, "body politics",{{cite journal |last1=Shugart |first1=Helene A. |title=Crossing Over: Hybridity and Hegemony in the Popular Media |journal=Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies |date=May 8, 2007 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=115–141 |doi=10.1080/14791420701296505 |publisher=National Communication Association}} race, Latin culture, and gender.{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|p=232}}{{cite journal |last1=Baez |first1=Jillian M.|title=Speaking of Jennifer Lopez: Discourses of Iconicity and Identity Formation Among Latina Audiences |journal=Media Report to Women |date=Winter 2007 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=5–11}} While credited with opening "the door to [Latino culture having a] broader appeal", Lopez has also been a polarizing figure, generating "often vehement disagreement about what is and isn't Latino."

As a result of the public emphasis on her curvaceous figure, Lopez has been credited with influencing a shift in cultural beauty standards.{{cite book|title=Mi Voz, Mi Vida/ My Voice, My Life: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories|year=2007|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801473869|page=179|first1=Andrew |last1=Garrod |first2=Robert |last2=Kilkenny |first3=Christina |last3=Gómez }}{{cite web |last1=Sayej |first1=Nadja |title='Halftime' Director Amanda Micheli on Capturing Jennifer Lopez's Resilience |url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a40437720/halftime-director-amanda-micheli-on-capturing-jennifer-lopezs-resilience/ |publisher=Shondaland |access-date=February 21, 2024 |date=June 28, 2022 |quote=Amanda Micheli: She practically redefined our cultural ideal of beauty by embracing her body when it didn't fit the mold.}}{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|p=131}} The surge in popularity of buttock augmentation surgery in the early 2000s was attributed to Lopez.{{harvnb|Mendible|2007|p=1}}{{cite web |last1=Studeman |first1=Kristin Tice |title=Cultural Obsession With Butts |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/butts-vma-doctors-weigh-in |website=Vogue |access-date=February 17, 2024 |date=August 27, 2014}} In Latin Sensations (2001), Herón Marquez wrote: "Because she wasn't rail thin, Lopez had broken the mold ... Suddenly, it was okay for women to have hips, curves, and a big backside."{{harvnb|Marquez|2001|p=47}} This has been considered a sign of Lopez's social power in "changing cultural standards within the mainstream media as a whole".{{harvnb|Redmond|2007|pp=282–283}}

In 2014, scientists named a species of aquatic mite found in Puerto Rico, Litarachna lopezae, after Lopez.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/17/scientists-name-new-species-of-water-mite-after-jennifer-lopez |title=Scientists name new species of water mite after Jennifer Lopez |first=Harriet |last=Gibsone |date=July 17, 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=July 19, 2014 }} In Tok Pisin, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea, the term palopa is used to describe non-heteronormative people whose identities may correlate with western definitions of homosexual men or trans women; its etymology is derived from the name Jennifer Lopez.{{Cite book |last1=Besnier |first1=Niko |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTAEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Palopa%22&pg=PA327 |title=Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders |last2=Alexeyeff |first2=Kalissa |date=December 31, 2014 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-4019-8 |page=327}}{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsbjBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Palopa%22&pg=PA33 |title=Name, Shame and Blame: Criminalising Consensual Sex in Papua New Guinea |date=December 2, 2014 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-925021-22-6 |pages=xxi}} In 2019, she was presented with keys to the city of Miami Beach, with July 24 being declared "Jennifer Lopez Day".{{cite web |title=Miami Beach Honors J-Lo On Her 50th Birthday, Making July 24th 'Jennifer Lopez Day' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-beach-jennifer-lopez-day-50th-birthday/ |website=CBS News |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=July 24, 2019}}

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America presented Lopez with its Fashion Icon Award in 2019 for her "long-standing and global impact on fashion".{{cite web |last1=Bateman |first1=Kristen |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2019: Jennifer Lopez and Barbie among winners |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/cfda-fashion-awards-2019/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 20, 2019 |date=June 4, 2019}} Her green Versace "Jungle Dress" was voted the fifth most iconic red carpet dress of all time in a poll run by The Daily Telegraph.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3167702/Liz-Hurley-safety-pin-dress-voted-the-greatest-dress.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3167702/Liz-Hurley-safety-pin-dress-voted-the-greatest-dress.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|first=Urmee|last=Khan|title=Liz Hurley 'safety pin' dress voted the greatest dress |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=October 9, 2008|access-date=May 1, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}} The dress had a significant impact on the fashion industry, celebrity endorsements, and the evolution of red carpet fashion.{{cite web |last1=Fury |first1=Alexander |title=Alexander Fury: How JLo's Green Versace Dress Changed History |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12205/alexander-fury-jlo-jennifer-lopez-green-versace-jungle-dress-grammy-show |website=Another Magazine |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=January 28, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Brookins |first1=Laurie |title=Jennifer Lopez Is CFDA's 2019 Fashion Icon |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jennifer-lopez-is-cfdas-2019-fashion-icon-1202559/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=April 16, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Why Jennifer Lopez's Grammy's Dress Was Responsible For Google Images |url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/why-jennifer-lopezs-grammys-dress-was-responsible-for-google-images-27027625.html |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=April 9, 2015}}{{harvnb|Riley|2010|p=241}} The images of Lopez wearing the dress became the most popular search query of all time at that point, and subsequently led to the creation of Google's image search.{{cite web |last1=Schmidt|first1=Eric |author-link=Eric Schmidt |title=The Tinker's Apprentice|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01 |publisher=Project Syndicate|access-date=January 25, 2015|date=January 19, 2015}} Lopez has been credited with popularizing various fashion and beauty trends throughout her career.{{cite web |last1=Keeler |first1=Janet K. |title=Choice words for short shorts |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/04/15/choice-words-for-short-shorts/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=April 15, 2003}}{{cite web |last1=Cerini |first1=Marianna |title=Remember when J.Lo made Juicy Couture tracksuits cool? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/jennifer-lopez-pink-tracksuit-juicy-remember-when/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=April 27, 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Horyn |first1=Cathy |author1-link=Cathy Horyn |title=Hats Are for Hiding, Yes, but How They Can Show Off |journal=The New York Times |date=June 25, 2002 |issue=151 }}{{cite web |last1=London |first1=Lela |title=Meet Makeup Artist Scott Barnes, The CEO Who Turned Jennifer Lopez Into J-Lo |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lelalondon/2020/07/22/meet-makeup-artist-scott-barnes-the-man-who-turned-jennifer-lopez-into-j-lo/ |website=Forbes |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=July 22, 2020}} In 2003, she inspired a trend of curvier mannequins being designed, which fuelled a rise in sales for manufacturers and retailers.{{cite web |title=Dummy's guide to fashion |url=https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/dummys-guide-to-fashion-20050801-ge0m00.html |website=The Age |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=August 1, 2005}}{{cite web |title=Big-bottomed mannequins boost profile in New York |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/big-bottomed-mannequins-boost-profile-in-new-york/FF6X5YR3UC6WLIEIKKZFQ2STIM/ |website=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=December 13, 2004}}{{cite web |title=Shapely dummy helps maker's bottom line |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/shapely-dummy-helps-makers-bottom-line-20050129-gdkl4x.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=January 29, 2005}} Lopez's personal style and brand deals have had a considerable effect on sales in the fashion industry.{{cite web |last1=Deeley |first1=Rachel |title=Why the Fashion Industry Is Betting Big on Jennifer Lopez |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/marketing-pr/why-the-fashion-industry-is-betting-big-on-jennifer-lopez/ |website=Business of Fashion |access-date=February 17, 2024 |date=January 16, 2020}} The success of Louis Vuitton's fall 2003 campaign, for which Lopez was the brand's model, led to more Hollywood stars "becoming image models of fashion and cosmetic labels".{{cite news |title=More Hollywood endorsers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qZjAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA119 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=December 25, 2004 |page=119}} In 2021, The Daily Telegraph reported that she was among ten celebrities whose personal style choices drove the greatest spikes in searches and news coverage for brands.{{cite web |last1=Abraham |first1=Tamara |title=How Jennifer Lopez became the world's most powerful midlife style star |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/jennifer-lopez-became-worlds-powerful-midlife-style-star/ |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=February 18, 2024 |date=November 16, 2021}} Her appearance at Milan Fashion Week in 2019 generated over $31.8 million in total media impact value.{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez revives dress behind the invention of Google Images |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49780020 |website=BBC News |access-date=December 30, 2019 |date=September 21, 2019 }}{{cite web |last1=Lockwood |first1=Lisa |title=Jennifer Lopez Gives Big Boost to Media Impact Value at Milan Fashion Week |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/jennifer-lopez-media-impact-value-milan-1203320114/ |website=Women's Wear Daily |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=September 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930233801/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/jennifer-lopez-media-impact-value-milan-1203320114/ |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |url-status=dead }}

Described as a "branding pioneer", Lopez has been credited with ushering in a new era of celebrity branding.{{cite web |last1=Granatstein |first1=Lisa |title=Jennifer Lopez Is Adweek's 2021 Brand Visionary |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/why-jlos-star-wont-stop-rising/ |website=Adweek |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=September 19, 2021}} Her first fragrance, Glow by JLo, influenced the rise of celebrity fragrances in the 2000s.{{cite web|last=Naughton|first=Julie|title=Getting to the Heart of J.Lo|url=http://www.wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/people/jennifer-lopez-maintains-foothold-in-fragrance-5642440?page=2|work=WWD|access-date=October 21, 2012|date=February 9, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/glow-by-jlo-20-year-anniversary-6744523|title=How Glow by J.Lo Forever Changed the Celebrity Fragrance Market|work=InStyle|first=Audrey|last=Noble|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=McIntosh |first1=Steven |title=Is this the end of celebrity fragrances? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38756997 |website=BBC News |access-date=July 5, 2018 |date=February 28, 2017}} Her fragrance line became the most successful celebrity line in the world, with sales exceeding $2 billion {{as of|2012|lc=y}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jennifer-lopez-and-nuvotv-announce-exclusive-creative-production-and-marketing-partnership-169416666.html |title=Jennifer Lopez and nuvoTV Announce Exclusive Creative, Production and Marketing Partnership |location=Los Angeles |date=September 12, 2012 |agency=PR Newswire |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133814/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jennifer-lopez-and-nuvotv-announce-exclusive-creative-production-and-marketing-partnership-169416666.html |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Lopez's clothing brand was one of the first celebrity fashion lines;{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Julee |title=Jennifer Lopez Exits Apparel in the U.S. |url=https://wwd.com/feature/jennifer-lopez-exits-apparel-in-the-us-2187085-1481062/ |website=WWD |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=June 24, 2009}} scholars have credited her with redefining "how fashion is produced and entwined with other artistic endeavors", and popularizing a trend of utilizing racial ambiguity for branding purposes in fashion and cosmetics.{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|p=144}} As of 2022, her business ventures have cumulatively earned over US$5 billion in sales globally.

{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Jennifer Lopez}}

{{as of|2022}}, Lopez has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and amassed over 15 billion streams; her films have grossed a cumulative total of {{US$|3.1{{nbsp}}billion}} while her business ventures have cumulatively made over {{US$|5{{nbsp}}billion}} in consumer sales.{{cite news |last1=Andrews-Dyer |first1=Helena |title=Jennifer Lopez is an icon. In 'Halftime,' she still has something to prove |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/06/16/jennifer-lopez-halftime-documentary/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 16, 2022 |date=June 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616132708/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/06/16/jennifer-lopez-halftime-documentary/ |url-status=live}} She remains the only female entertainer to have a number-one album and film simultaneously in the United States.{{cite web |last1=Specter |first1=Emma |title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Jennifer Lopez |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lopez-5-things-you-didnt-know |website=Vogue |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=November 8, 2022}} With J.Lo (2001), Lopez became the first female solo recording artist under Epic Records to achieve a number-one album in the United States since its inception in 1953.{{cite news|title=Billboard 200|newspaper=Billboard|date=February 10, 2001|volume= 113| issue = 6|page=94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Jennifer+Lopez+J.Lo|access-date=April 13, 2013}} J to tha L-O! The Remixes (2002) was acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the first number-one remix album on the U.S. Billboard 200.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3186761.stm |title=Diaz tops actress pay list |access-date=April 18, 2009 |date=August 27, 2004 |work=BBC News}} Lopez's single "On the Floor" is among the best-selling singles of all time, and its music video was recognized as the "Highest Viewed Female Music Video of All Time" by Guinness World Records in 2012.{{cite web|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Priscilla|title=7 Latino Celebrities With Guinness World Records|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/latino-celebrities-stars-guinness-world-records#6|website=Latina|access-date=December 5, 2015|date=September 19, 2014|archive-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629000316/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/latino-celebrities-stars-guinness-world-records#6|url-status=dead}} Billboard named Lopez the top Hot 100 female artist and the greatest pop star of 2001.{{cite magazine|title=2001 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=52|date=December 29, 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=February 18, 2024 |page=YE-32}} In 2009, the magazine ranked her number 50 on its Decade-End listicle, signifying the most successful artists of the 2000s decade.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/billboard-200-artists|title=Billboard 200 Artists|magazine=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006014550/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/billboard-200-artists|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2012}} Billboard ranked Lopez as the ninth-greatest dance club artist of all time in 2016, having scored 18 number-one songs on its Dance Club Songs chart.{{cite magazine|title=Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-top-dance-club-artists|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 28, 2017}} She was named the top Latin touring artist of the decade by Pollstar in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Pollstar Awards Laud Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks and Others as Touring Artists of the Decade |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/pollstar-awards-touring-artists-decade-beyonce-1234998873/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 17, 2024 |date=June 16, 2021}}

In 2010, Lopez was honored by the World Music Awards with the Legend Award for her contribution to the arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/musica/2010051914399/world/music/awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626232947/https://www.hola.com/musica/2010051914399/world/music/awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2022|title=Jennifer López, premiada por toda su carrera en los World Music Awards|website=www.hola.com}} In 2013, she was presented with the prestigious landmark 2,500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her musical contributions,{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Reed|title=Jennifer Lopez, new Walk of Famer, cites Fonda among role models|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jennifer-lopez-gets-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-20130623,0,4699689.story|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 26, 2013|date=June 23, 2013}} and Univision presented her with the World Icon Award in its Premios Juventud.{{cite web|last1=Baida|first1=Aiyana|title=Jennifer Lopez Wins Premios Juventud's World Icon Award (Video)|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-lopez-premios-juventud_n_3622993|website=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=July 19, 2013}} In 2014, she became the first female recipient of the Billboard Icon Award.{{cite magazine|last1=Ramirez|first1=Erika|title=Jennifer Lopez Receives Icon Award, Performs 'First Love' at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-icon-award-billboard-music-awards-6092051/|magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 26, 2021|date=May 18, 2014}} In 2017, she was awarded the Telemundo Star Award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.{{cite magazine|title=Nicky Jam Wins Big at Billboard Latin Music Awards: See the Full Winners List|magazine= Billboard|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/billboard-latin-music-awards-2017-winners-list-7776260/|date=April 27, 2017|access-date=December 26, 2021}} In 2018, Lopez received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, making her the first Latin performer to receive the honor since its introduction in 1984.{{cite web |last1=Dresdale |first1=Andrea |title=Jennifer Lopez to receive Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at MTV VMAs |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/7/31/jennifer-lopez-to-receive-michael-jackson-video-vanguard-awa.html |publisher=ABC News Radio |access-date=August 2, 2018 |date=July 31, 2018 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802215636/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/7/31/jennifer-lopez-to-receive-michael-jackson-video-vanguard-awa.html |url-status=dead }} In 2022, she received the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards for her contributions to film and television,{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/mtv-movie-and-tv-awards-2022-jennifer-lopez-accepts-the-generation-award/|title=Jennifer Lopez Thanks Those 'Who Lied to Me' and 'Broke My Heart' at 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards|work=People|first= Jen|last=Juneau|date=June 5, 2022|access-date=June 6, 2022}} and the Icon Award at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.{{Cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/jennifer-lopez-drag-queens-iheart-radio-music-awards-rcna21198|title=12 drag queens join Jennifer Lopez onstage dressed in her greatest looks|first=Chrissy|last=Callahan|work=Today|date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2022}}

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{{Main|Jennifer Lopez discography|List of songs recorded by Jennifer Lopez}}

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• On the 6 (1999)
• J.Lo (2001)
• This Is Me... Then (2002)
• Rebirth (2005)
• Como Ama una Mujer (2007)
• Brave (2007)
• Love? (2011)
• A.K.A. (2014)
• This Is Me... Now (2024)

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{{Main|Jennifer Lopez filmography|Jennifer Lopez videography}}

Films starred

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• Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993)
• My Family (1995)
• Money Train (1995)
• Jack (1996)
• Blood and Wine (1996)
• Selena (1997)
• Anaconda (1997)
• U Turn (1997)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• Antz (1998) (voicing)
• The Cell (2000)
• The Wedding Planner (2001)
• Angel Eyes (2001)
• Enough (2002)
• Maid in Manhattan (2002)
• Gigli (2003)
• Shall We Dance? (2004)
• Monster-in-Law (2005)
• An Unfinished Life (2005)
• El Cantante (2006)
• Bordertown (2007)
• The Back-up Plan (2010)
• What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
• Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) (voicing)
• Parker (2013)
• The Boy Next Door (2015)
• Lila & Eve (2015)
• Home (2015) (voicing)
• Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) (voicing)
• Second Act (2018)
• Hustlers (2019)
• Marry Me (2022)
• Shotgun Wedding (2022)
• The Mother (2023)
• This Is Me... Now: A Love Story (2024)
• Atlas (2024)
• Unstoppable (2024)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
• Office Romance (2026)
• The Last Mrs.Parrish (2026)

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Lopez has written a memoir and co-written a children's book.

• Lopez, Jennifer. True Love. Celebra, 2014. {{ISBN|9780451468680}}.
• Lopez, Jennifer and Jimmy Fallon (authors). Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure. Feiwel & Friends, 2022. {{ISBN|9781250876362}}.

{{Main|List of Jennifer Lopez live performances}}

Headlining tours

• Dance Again World Tour (2012)
• It's My Party Tour (2019)
• Up All Night: Live in 2025 (2025)

Co-headlining tours

• Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto (2007)
• Enrique Iglesias & Jennifer Lopez Tour (2012)

Residencies

• Jennifer Lopez: All I Have (2016–2018)
• Jennifer Lopez: Up All Night Live in Las Vegas (2025-2026){{cite web | last=Kaplan | first=Ilana | title=Jennifer Lopez Announces New Las Vegas Residency After Hosting 2025 American Music Awards: 'We're Back!' | website=People.com | date=May 27, 2025 | url=https://people.com/jennifer-lopez-reveals-las-vegas-residency-after-hosting-amas-2025-11742140 | access-date=May 28, 2025}}

Cancelled tours

• This Is Me... Live (2024)

• History of women in Puerto Rico
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• List of dancers
• List of Puerto Ricans
• Mami (hip hop)
• Nuyorican
• List of most-followed Instagram accounts

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• {{Cite book

|first = Luis

|last = Reyes

|title = Hispanics in Hollywood: A Celebration of 100 Years in Film and Television

|publisher = iFilm Publishing/Lone Eagle

|year = 2000

|isbn = 978-1-58065-025-0

|url = https://archive.org/details/hispanicsinholly0000reye

}}

• {{cite book|last=Marquez|first=Herón|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1BW88v0_zMC&pg=PA47 |title=Latin Sensations |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |year=2001 |access-date=July 3, 2012| isbn=9780822549932}}
• {{Cite book

|first = Sarah

|last = Gallick

|title = J.Lo: The Secret Behind Jennifer Lopez's Rise to the Top

|series = From the Files of the National Enquirer Series

|editor = National Enquirer

|publisher = Ami Books

|year = 2003

|isbn = 1-932270-07-8

|url = https://archive.org/details/jlosecretsbehind00gall

}}

• {{cite book |last1=Negrón-Muntaner |first1=Frances |author1-link=Frances Negrón-Muntaner |title=Boricua pop: Puerto Ricans and the latinization of American culture |date=2004 |publisher=New York Univ. Press |location=New York |isbn=0814758185 }}
• {{cite book|title=Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Beyoncé, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez & Mya: Divas of the New Millennium|first1=Stacy|last1=Deanne|first2=Kelly|last2=Kenyatta|first3=Natasha|last3=Lowery|editor-first=Kwynn|editor-last=Sanders|publisher=Amber Books Publishing|year=2005|isbn=9780974977966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZGMcUEvkyEC}}
• {{cite book |last1=Mendible |first1=Myra |title=From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture |date=2007 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292714939}}
• {{cite book|last=Redmond|first=Sean|title=Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1446202388|year=2007|pages=282–283|editor-first=Su|editor-last=Holmes}}
• {{cite book |last1=Bruns |first1=Roger |author1-link=Roger Bruns |title=Icons of Latino America: Latino Contributions to American Culture, Volume 1 and 2 |date=August 30, 2008 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9781573567961}}
• {{cite book |last1=Tracy |first1=Kathleen A. |title=Jennifer Lopez: A Biography |date=September 30, 2008 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313355165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIDDEAAAQBAJ |access-date=February 22, 2024}}
• {{Cite book

|first = Robert C.

|last = Cottrell

|title = Icons of American Popular Culture: From P. T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez

|publisher = M. E. Sharpe

|year = 2009

|isbn = 9780765628350

}}

• {{cite book |last1=Parish |first1=James Robert |author1-link=James Robert Parish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh1Y2OK-VdsC |title=Jennifer Lopez |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |location=New York |access-date=February 22, 2024|isbn=9781438111919}}
• {{cite book |last1=Riley |first1=Sam G. |title=Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture |date=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313358135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9k3EEAAAQBAJ |access-date=February 24, 2024}}
• {{Cite book

|first = Priscilla Peña

|last = Ovalle

|title = Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom

|publisher = Rutgers University Press

|year = 2011

|isbn = 978-0813548807

}}

• {{Cite book

|first = Jennifer

|last = Lopez

|title = True Love

|publisher = Celebra

|year = 2014

|isbn = 9780451468680

}}

• {{Cite book

|first = Adam

|last = Woog

|title = The Great Hispanic Heritage Series: Jennifer Lopez, Updated Edition

|publisher = Infobase Publishing

|year = 2020

|isbn = 9781438197999

}}

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