Jennifer » Filmography
"El Cantante"
Year of production: 2006
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Running Time: 106 min
Director: Leon Ichaso
Cast: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Puchi Lavoe
Summary: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002. In the early 1960s, Héctor comes to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Success comes quickly. "The more he grew as an artist," Puchi says, "the more he sank as a person." It's a tale of talent - creating salsa with Willie Colón, with the Fania All Stars, and as a soloist - and a story of disintegration - fueled by drugs, alcohol, partying, and depression. Puchi's voice - proud and querulous - dominates off-stage as Héctor's does on.
"Bordertown"
Year of production: 2006
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 112 min
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas
Jennifer's character: Lauren Adrian
Summary: Lauren, an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican bordertown, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.
"An Unfinished Life"
Year of production: 2005
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 107 min
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman
Jennifer's character: Jean Gilkyson
Summary: In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston, Jean Gilkyson moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley, who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter.
"Monster-in-Law"
Year of production: 2005
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 101 min
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes
Jennifer's character: Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini
Summary: After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini finally finds the man of her dreams, Kevin Fields, only to discover that his mother, Viola, is the woman of her nightmares. A recently fired news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has just lost her career, Viola determines to scare off her son's new fiancé by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law. While Viola's long-time assistant Ruby does her best to help Viola execute her crazy schemes, Charlie decides to fight back and the gloves come off as the two women battle it out to see just who is the alpha-female.
"Shall We Dance?"
Year of production: 2004
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music, Comedy
Running Time: 106 min
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon
Jennifer's character: Paulina
Summary: John Clark is a man with a wonderful job, a charming wife and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home through Chicago, John sees a beautiful woman staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for ballroom dancing lessons, hoping to meet her. At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina, but the older Miss Mitzi, and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John falls in love with dancing.
"Jersey Girl"
Year of production: 2004
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Running Time: 102 min
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Gertrude Steiney
Summary: Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.
"Gigli"
Year of production: 2003
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Running Time: 121 min
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha
Jennifer's character: Ricki
Summary: Gigli, a lowly and inept hitman, is assigned a job by the mob to kidnap a mentally retarded brother of a California district attorney. Gigli abducts the brother from his mental hospital and holds him hostage in his apartment. Ricki, a "lesbian assassin", is sent to oversee Gigli's job and make sure he doesn't screw it up. Comedic high jinks ensue as the two go on the lam and start to fall in love.
"Maid in Manhattan"
Year of production: 2002
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 105 min
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci
Jennifer's character: Marisa Ventura
Summary: Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.
"Enough"
Year of production: 2002
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 115 min
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Tessa Allen
Jennifer's character: Slim Hiller
Summary: An abused woman discovers that the dream man she married isn't who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him.
"Angel Eyes"
Year of production: 2001
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Running Time: 102 min
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel
Jennifer's character: Sharon Pogue
Summary: While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until a mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.
"The Wedding Planner"
Year of production: 2001
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 103 min
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson
Jennifer's character: Mary Fiore
Summary: Mary Fiore is the wedding planner. She's ambitious, hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a spectacular event. Bt when Mary falls (literally) for a handsome doctor her busy yet uncomplicated life is turned upside down - he's the groom in the biggest wedding of her career! Will she help him walk down the aisle with his internet tycoon girlfriend, or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself? When it comes to love, you can never plan what's going to happen.
"The Cell"
Year of production: 2000
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Running Time: 107 min
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio
Jennifer's character: Catherine Deane
Summary: Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher's damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.
"Out of Sight"
Year of production: 1998
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Running Time: 123 min
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames
Jennifer's character: Karen Sisco
Summary: A career bank robber busts out of jail with the help of his buddy and kidnaps a US Marshal in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
"Antz"
Year of production: 1998
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Running Time: 83 min
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Azteca (voice)
Summary: Z the worker-ant strives to reconcile his own individuality with the communal work-ethic of the ant colony. Falling in love with the ant-Princess Bala, Z strives to make social inroads, and then ultimately must save the ant colony from the treacherous schemings of the evil General Mandible that threaten to wipe out the entire worker population. Themes of individuality run rampant.
"U-Turn"
Year of production: 1997
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 125 min
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Grace McKenna
Summary: When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
"Anaconda"
Year of production: 1997
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Adventure, Action
Running Time: 89 min
Director: Luis Llosa
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight
Jennifer's character: Terri Flores
Summary: A film crew headed by anthropologist Steve Cale and director Terri Flores journey through a river to find a mysterious Indian tribe and shoot a documentary on them. They save a guy called Paul Sarone from a sinking boat. He offers to help in their search for the tribe, but he is actually a snake-hunter looking for legendary anaconda snake, and when Cale is bitten by some tropical insect, Sarone takes over the boat.
"Selena"
Year of production: 1997
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Running Time: 127 min
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Guerra, Jon Seda, Edward James Olmos
Jennifer's character: Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Summary: "Selena" tells the story of Latin Queen Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who was the most popular Latin Singer at the time of her tragic death at the age of only 23 years in 1995. The film tells the story of the singer as she is accidently discovered by her own father at the age of 10. Her life story takes off when Jennifer Lopez accurately portrays Selena through her unforgettable concerts, her family struggles, and her secret marriage to her guitarist Chris Perez.
"Blood and Wine"
Year of production: 1996
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Running Time: 101 min
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Gabriela 'Gabby'
Summary: Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, Victor, things start coming apart. His wife sets out to interrupt what she thinks is another one of his weekend dalliances, but is really his trip to pawn the jewels.
"Jack"
Year of production: 1996
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 113 min
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Miss Marquez
Summary: The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. Movie picks up when Jack is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and tries to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance causes him lots of problems, however.
"Money Train"
Year of production: 1995
Genre: Action
Running Time: 103 min
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Grace Santiago
Summary: Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?
"My Family"
Year of production: 1995
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 128 min
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Young Maria
Summary: Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the 50's. As the second generation become adults in the 60's, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
"Lost in the Wild"
Year of production: 1993
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 89 min
Director: Larry Shaw
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Loggia, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Rosie Romero
Summary: A couple of student nurses decide to join some doctors to work in a medical station in the rain-forest a few hours flying-time from the Mexican town Catamaco. As they fly from Catamaco towards the clinic (which actually consists of just a few huts and almost none equipment) one of their three planes has to go down because of engine malfunction. It crashes somewhere in the jungle causing severe injuries to the passengers.
"Labmada"
Year of production: 1990
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 104 min
Director: Joel Silberg
Cast: J.Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Booker
Summary: Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics. But when a jealous student exposes Kevin's double life, his two worlds collide, threatening his job and reputation.
"My Little Girl"
Year of production: 1987
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 118 min
Director: Connie Kaisermann
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page
Jennifer's character: Myra
Summary: A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.
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"Will & Grace"
Year of production: 2004
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 23 min
Director: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Cast: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes
Jennifer's character: Herself
Episodes with Jennifer: 3
Summary: Will & Grace are best friends. Will is a gay lawyer and Grace is a straight interior designer. They both live in New York. Grace is engaged to a real jerk, but when that relationship falls apart, she moves in with Will. This is only supposed to be until Grace finds a place of her own, but she and Will end up with each other as permanent roommates. Also in the cast are Jack, Will's flamboyant gay friend and Karen, Graces' secretary/assistant who doesn't really need to work because she married money several times.
"Hotel Malibu"
Year of production: 1994
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 60 min
Director: Sharron Miller
Cast: Joanna Cassidy, John Dye, Cheryl Pollak, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Melinda Lopez
Episodes with Jennifer: 1
Summary: Melinda Lopez is a receptionist. She works in Malibu Hotel.
"South Central"
Year of production: 1994
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 30 min
Director: W.E. Baker, Stan Lathan
Cast: Tina Lifford, Larenz Tate, Tasha Scott, Keith Mbulo
Jennifer's character: Cashier
Episodes with Jennifer: 1
Summary: Joan Moseley, a single mother, raises her three children, teenage Andre, Tasha, and foster child Deion Carter, in South Central Los Angeles. Joan finds support from Dr. Ray McHenry, who also serves as Andre's mentor, Sweets, Joan's good friend, Bobby Deavers, a neighborhood grocer, and Mayo Bonner, a store employee.
"Second Chances"
Year of production: 1993-1994
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 60 min
Director: Gene Reynolds
Cast: Connie Sellecca, Matt Salinger, Megan Follows, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Melinda Lopez
Episodes with Jennifer: 6
Summary: Melinda Lopez works as a waitress. She's getting married with law student Kevin Cook. Soon turns out that his parents are racists.
"In Living Color"
Year of production: 1991-1994
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 30 min
Director: Terri McCoy, Paul Miller
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier, Jennifer Lopez, Rosie Perez
Jennifer's character: Fly Girl
Episodes with Jennifer: 16
Summary: The Keenan Ivory Wayans, afro-American comedy sketch hit that starred several family members, and featured the comedic talents and introduced rap, hip-hop culture with the dancing talents of the new "fly girls", who opened every show.
