2024 Gala Honoree
PREMIO ORGULLO
Jennifer Lopez is an award-winning actress, producer, singer, entertainer, and businesswoman who has helped build billion-dollar brands and established herself in film, music, television, and business as one of the most influential artists in history.
The only female artist to ever have a number one album and number one film simultaneously, she has a cumulative worldwide box-office gross of over $3 billion. Additionally, Lopez has sold over 80 million records, had 15 billion global streams and more than 18 billion views of her music videos.
2024 saw the highly anticipated release of her This Is Me … Now musical experience, which included her ninth studio album, This Is Me … Now, her Amazon Original This Is Me … Now: A Love Story, and a documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told. Her next movie ATLAS, a sci-fi thriller where an AI soldier has determined that the only way to end war is to end humanity, will launch on Netflix on Memorial Day weekend in May 2024.
Grammy and Golden Globe nominated, she is the recipient of prestigious industry awards including the 2500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first female recipient of the Billboard Icon Award, and the Telemundo Star Award (2017).
As a fashion icon, entrepreneur, and a philanthropist, Jennifer Lopez has been named on the TIME 100 list, Forbes’ “Most Powerful Celebrity,” and was the first to grace People Magazine’s cover for “Most Beautiful Woman in the World”.
Lopez has also made waves within business as a Founder, Owner, and Investor. She has co-owned Nuyorican Productions for two decades and produced acclaimed film and TV projects.
Philanthropy and giving back are dear to Lopez’s heart. She is particularly passionate about helping children and supports the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club. In 2022, Jennifer partnered with Grameen America, the nation’s fastest-growing microfinance organization, alongside her latest philanthropic project, Limitless Labs, to support Latina-owned small businesses and to empower 600,000 Latina entrepreneurs across 50 U.S. cities with $14 billion in life-changing business capital by 2030.