From her early days promoting the 1997 film Selena to the Versace dress that literally launched Google Images to her inimitable maternity style.From her early days promoting the 1997 film Selena to the Versace dress that literally launched Google Images to her inimitable maternity style.
Jennifer Lopez has been many things over the years—a dancer, actor, musician, mother, producer, fashion icon, philanthropist—but today, she’s a birthday girl. As the Hollywood and music legend turns 57, we’re marking the occasion by taking a tour through the early years of her sprawling career.
From her promotional tour for the 1997 film Selena to turns in films like Anaconda, Maid in Manhattan, and Monster-in-Law, here are 15 beguiling old images of Jennifer Lopez.
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Photo: Getty Images 1/151992
Lopez during a portrait session in Los Angeles.
c. 1994
In a promotional still for the short-lived CBS drama Hotel Malibu.
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Photo: Getty Images 3/151995
At the Elton John AIDS Foundation Gala at the Waldorf Astoria in 1995.
1996
Lopez with costar Becky Lee Meza during a press conference for Selena at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.
c. 1997
On stage in the biopic Selena.
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Photo: Getty Images 6/151997
Appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
c. 1997
In the Oliver Stone crime drama U Turn.
c. 1997
In the neo-noir Blood and Wine, co-starring Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis, and Michael Caine.
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Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection 9/15c. 1997
In Anaconda.
c. 1998
In Steven Soderbergh’s crime-comedy Out of Sight, co-starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks.
2000
Promoting the sci-fi horror film The Cell in Madrid.
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Photo: Getty Images 12/152002
Shooting Maid in Manhattan, co-starring Ralph Fiennes, in Central Park.
c. 2002
In Michael Apted’s psychological thriller Enough.
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Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge Talk Samba, Shaved Heads, and Sherlock Holmes in the Latest Off the Cuff
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18 Vintage Photos of Audrey Hepburn’s Idyllic Summertime Style
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A Day of Espressos, Edith Piaf, and Epic Vintage Shopping with Cortis
2002
Promoting her J.LO clothing line and greeting fans at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City.
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Photo: Getty Images 15/152004
On the Los Angeles set of Monster-in-Law, co-starring Jane Fonda and Wanda Sykes.
