祖籍波多黎各,出生在美国纽约布朗克斯区。她从小就一直希望能成为一名演员,16岁时就在影片《我的小姑娘》(My Little Girl)中出演一个小角色,使她崭露头角。而詹妮弗真正开始演艺事业,是从音乐舞台剧中担任舞蹈演员开始。她先是在著名舞蹈艺术指导罗兹·佩瑞兹(Rosie Perez)的喜剧系列片《Fly Girl》中扮演一位青春飘逸的舞蹈少女,后又击败两千多名竞争者,在福克斯公司的音乐剧《In Living Color》中担任舞蹈演员。这段时间她从舞蹈演员逐渐向演戏过渡,参加了电视剧《第二次机会》(Second Chances)和《马里布之路》(Malibu Road)的拍摄,1993年她在影片《Nurses on the Line:The Crash of Flight 7》中演出一个角色,并由此开始走上了更加充满魅力的大银幕。她主演的第一部影片是1995年的《金钱列车》(Money Train),真正使她放射星光的是在格里高利·纳瓦(Gregory Nava)执导的拉丁美洲情节剧《我的家庭》(My Family)一片中的演出,这使她引起了好莱坞一流制片人的注意。1996年她在大导演弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉(Francis Ford Coppola)的轻喜剧《杰克》(Jack)中与罗宾·威廉姆斯联合演出。该片并未受到影评界的好评,但詹妮弗“散发着玫瑰的清香”的银幕形象,开始展现在世人的眼前。1997年詹妮弗经过严格的面试,力压群芳,脱颖而出,成功地获得了出演纳瓦的新片《塞琳娜》(Selena)的主角,这是两人的二度合作。她在该片中塑造了逼真的女歌星形象使她受到影评界一致好评,并获得金球奖提名。影片的巨大成功使詹妮弗在好莱坞的身价倍增,从而一跃成为历史上片酬最高的拉丁籍女演员。这一年她还拍摄了(Anaconda),大爆票房。与西恩·潘和演暴力片《U形转弯》(U-Turn),深受观众好评。这一年是詹妮弗事业上最辉煌的一年,她一跃成为好莱坞最走红的明星,并被美国《人物》杂志评为当年50个最美的人之一。 1998年她在性感惊险片《战略高手》(Out of Sight)中,与乔治·克鲁尼(George Clooney)联袂出演,詹妮弗坚强而性感的表演深受观众的欢迎。之后,她还拍摄了《天使之眼》、《曼哈顿女佣》、《怪兽婆婆》等。新近的作品是和丈夫安东尼合作的《歌手》.
Would you mind if I took the time to get to know you ’Cause it’s been a while since all we’ve been through And even though I said my feelings wouldn’t change Nothin’ stays the same, ooh I could see when I look in your eyes you mean no harm It’s just the way you manipulate me with your charm And I can tell the love I have for you’s still strong And there ain’t nothing wrong with me still lovin’ you After all that we’ve been through (Ooh) I find myself still lovin’ you (Yeah) But I think we need to take the time to get back ’Cause I never get up on a good thing I never give up on the love we had (Ooh...ooh...) We just need to take it slow In the past you would act as if you don’t really care You would fight and argue almost anywhere Lookin’ back sometimes I feel like such a fool For puttin’ up with you, boo Baby, please understand me if it seems I’m confused It’s just it might take me some time to get used to you When I things of all the things we used to do, baby I just find myself still lovin’ you After all that we’ve been through (Yeah) I find myself still lovin’ you (Oh) But I think we need to take the time to get back (No, no) ’Cause I never get up on a good thing I never give up on the love we had (Baby) We just need to take it slow I believe you and me have a chance to make this right Oh, baby, if your heart is in it, I’m still with it Even after all this time has passed Oh, I’m still lovin’ you After all that we’ve been through (Yeah) I find myself still lovin’ you (Oh, yeah) But I think we need to take the time to get back ’Cause I never get up on a good thing I never give up on the love we had (Baby) We just need to take it slow After all that we’ve been through (Oh) I find myself still lovin’ you But I think we need to take the time to get back ’Cause I never get up on a good thing (Never give up) I never give up on the love we had (Yeah) We just need to take it slow 。