Year 1995 marks her real beginning in cinema with My Family of Gregory Nava. This first role makes Jennifer Lopez cited in the Independant Spirit Award. The following year, Jennifer Lopez wins a contest to incarnate the main character of film Selena, which traces back the life of the popular Latino singer. Her participation is very noticed and Jennifer Lopez is even nominated at the Golden Globe Awards. Jennifer Lopez, works the same year on U Turn, Anaconda and Blood and Wine.

In 1998, Jennifer Lopez acts with jennifer lopez and ben affleck George Clooney in Out Of Sight and receives positive critics for her performance. Jennifer Lopez still remembers her making love scene with the handsome actor and Jennifer Lopez says of George Clooney he is the actor in Hollywood who kisses the best. Jennifer Lopez divorces the same year with her second husband, Ojani Noa, top model.

Jennifer Lopez wants to do everything: singing, dancing and acting. In June 1999, Jennifer Lopez releases her album "On the Six" (Could This Be Love, Feelin' So Good, If You Had My Love, It's Not That Serious, Let's Get Loud, No Me Ames, No Me Ames (Tropical Remix), Open Off My Love, Promise Me You'll Try, Should've Never, Talk About Us, Too Late, Una Noche Mas, Waiting For Tonight). In December, Jennifer Lopez is arrested with her fiance of the moment, rapper Puff Daddy, after a shooting in a night club of New York. Jennifer Lopez career, filled with scandals, however works pretty well for her. Jennifer Lopez becomes a sex symbol, especially thanks to her butts. Jennifer Lopez becomes the Latino actress the best paid in Hollywood with US$15 million per film.