Jennifer Lopez filmography

Jennifer Lopez has starred in over forty feature films during a career that spans four decades as an actor and a producer. She is the highest-paid Latina actress in Hollywood, and was one of the highest-paid actresses during the 2000s, making in the region of $20 million USD per film role.^[1][2] She is also reportedly the richest actress in Hollywood, with an estimated net worth of $400 million.^[3][4]

Lopez's first high-profile job was as a dancer on the sketch comedy series In Living Color (1991–1993). After deciding to pursue an acting career, she appeared in the television film Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993) before starring in the short-lived television series Second Chances (1993) and its spin-off, Hotel Malibu (1994).^[5] For her theatrical film debut in My Family (1995), Lopez was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She began booking larger film roles; she played a police officer in Money Train (1995), a teacher in Francis Ford Coppola's comedy-drama Jack (1996), and starred opposite Jack Nicholson as a "calculating Cuban maid" in Blood and Wine (1997).^[6] Lopez rose to wider prominence playing singer Selena Quintanilla in the biopic Selena (1997), which is often cited as her breakout role.^[7][8] Selena was a box office success and earned Lopez a Golden Globe Award nomination.^[9] Later that year, she starred in the horror film Anaconda, her first major box office success,^[10] and had an "exploitative femme fatale role" in Oliver Stone's neo-noir thriller U Turn.^[6] She starred as a U.S. Marshal in Steven Soderbergh's crime film Out of Sight (1998), which drew critical praise^[11] and is often cited as her best role.^[12] Lopez also lent her voice to the animated film Antz (1998).

During the early 2000s, Lopez established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.^[13] She starred in the psychological thriller The Cell (2000), followed by her first romantic comedy, The Wedding Planner (2001), both of which were box office successes.^[14][15] Her next films, Angel Eyes (2001) and Enough (2002), were not commercially or critically successful, though Enough has received retrospective praise and developed a cult following.^[16][17] Afterwards, she became known for starring in romantic comedies,^[12] including the commercially successful Maid in Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), and Monster-in-Law (2005).^[18] During this period, she also starred alongside then-boyfriend Ben Affleck in Gigli (2003), often considered one of the worst films of all time, and Jersey Girl (2004).^[19] Lopez's subsequent films were "disappointing-to-middling successes".^[20] She starred in An Unfinished Life (2005), after which she began producing her own projects with El Cantante (2006) and Bordertown (2007).

After a three-year career hiatus,^[20] Lopez starred in the romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan (2010),^[21] and later returned to prominence as a judge on American Idol (2011–2016), which made her one of the highest-paid American television stars.^[22] In 2012, she launched her own talent show, ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen, and appeared in the ensemble comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting.^[23] She continued to produce various television projects through her company Nuyorican Productions, most notably The Fosters (2013–2018). During this period, she appeared in the thriller films Parker (2013), The Boy Next Door and Lila & Eve (both 2015).^[24] She also had voice roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Home (2015) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). Lopez produced and starred in the NBC police drama series Shades of Blue (2016–2018). Her next film, the comedy-drama Second Act (2018), was successful at the box office.^[25] She received critical praise for playing a stripper in the crime drama Hustlers (2019), winning the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and receiving Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her performance.^[26]

Since the early 2020s, Lopez has established herself as one of the "most prominent leading actresses of the streaming era".^[27] She has starred in a string of successful streaming films including Marry Me (2022), Shotgun Wedding (2022), The Mother (2023), This Is Me... Now: A Love Story—her first film as a co-writer―and Atlas (both 2024).^[27][28][29] She also received critical praise for her supporting roles in the sports biopic Unstoppable (2024)^[30][31] and Bill Condon's musical drama, Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025).^[32]

Lopez has various projects in development. She is slated to produce a new animated Bob the Builder movie,^[33] and will star in two films for Netflix: the romantic comedy Office Romance,^[34] and the Robert Zemeckis-directed psychological thriller The Last Mrs. Parrish.^[35]