MARRY ME
Lopez plays music superstar Kat Valdez, who discovers just before she is about to get married that her partner has been unfaithful and decides to marry a stranger (Owen Wilson) instead.
HUSTLERS
Many thought Lopez should have been at least nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Ramona, who with her crew of former strip club employees hustle men out of their money.
SECOND ACT
Disappointed by how her life has turned out, a store worker (Lopez) reinvents her life and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do in this dramedy co-starring Vanessa Hudgens.
SHADES OF BLUE
Harlee Santos (Lopez) is torn between loyalty to her colleagues and the law as a police officer forced to work with the FBI in this TV drama co-starring Ray Liotta.
THE BOY NEXT DOOR
In this thriller, Lopez plays a newly separated high school teacher who has an affair with her son’s friend, who then develops a dangerous obsession with her.
THE BACK-UP PLAN
After waiting for Mr Right for too long, Lopez’s Zoe decides to become artificially inseminated … only to then meet Mr Right (Alex O’Loughlin) in a tale full of fun and laughter.
MONSTER-IN- LAW
When she meets the man of her dreams, Lopez’s character is forced to contend with the titular ‘monster-in-law’ played by Jane Fonda in this sparkling rom-com.
MAID IN MANHATTAN
Described as “Cinderella without the shoes”, Lopez plays a maid wooed by a politician (Ralph Fiennes) who believes she is actually a socialite. Will true love win out?
THE WEDDING PLANNER
In what critics call one of her best roles, Lopez plays a wedding planner whose life is turned upside down when she meets Steve (Matthew McConaughey).
GIGLI
The chemistry is palpable between Ben Affleck and Lopez in this crime comedy. Affleck plays a hitman asked to perform a kidnapping; Lopez’s Ricki is sent to oversee him. Fireworks ensue.
SELENA
In perhaps a sign of her own future fame, she plays Selena Quintanilla Pérez, a real-life singer who becomes a big sensation, in this 1997 biopic. Critics called it a moving tribute.