Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez wishes her mom on her 80th birthday

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez celebrated her mother Guadalupe Rodríguez’s 80th birthday in Vegas, which happens to be her mother’s favourite place on earth. Treating the users with a couple of fun glimpses from the birthday celebration, JLo penned an emotional birthday note for her mom, claiming that everything she is today, she because of her mother.

She took to her official Instagram handle and wrote, “Happy Birthday Mommy (White heart emoji) 80 years young!!! You are the heart of our family, my greatest teacher, and my forever example of strength, grace, and unconditional love. Everything I am is because of you...your sacrifices, your faith, your humor, and the way you love so deeply. (sic).”

Showering more love and admiration on her mother, she continued, “Thank you for always believing in me, holding me up, and reminding me who I am. I am so blessed to be your daughter and I love you beyond words. Here’s to 80 years of beauty, resilience, and love and to many, many more moments together.”

“It made me so happy we all got to celebrate together and at your favorite place on earth. VEGAS! Happy birthday mama!! (Sparkles and white heart emojis)”, Lopez’s birthday post concluded.

On another note, JLo was recently in India for the high-profile wedding of Netra Mantena and Vamsi Gadiraju in Udaipur. She made quite a splash in a pink coloured lehenga as she posed alongside the bride’s father, Raj Mantena. The high-profile wedding garnered a lot of attention thanks to its lavish festivities and celebrity guests.

Work-wise, Lopez was last seen in the movie adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman”. She essayed the role of Ingrid Luna in the movie.

Written and directed by Bill Condon, the musical drama also features Diego Luna and Tonatiuh in crucial roles, along with others.

Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood and helping propel the Latin pop movement in music. She is also known for her cultural impact through fashion, branding, and shifting mainstream beauty standards.

After appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy series In Living Color (1991–1993), Lopez rose to wider fame as an actress with leading film roles in Selena (1997), Anaconda (1997), Out of Sight (1998), and The Cell (2000). She successfully ventured into music with her debut album, On the 6 (1999), which spawned the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “If You Had My Love”.

With her second album J.Lo and the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner (both 2001), she became the first woman to simultaneously have the number-one album and film in the United States. Her musical success continued with J to tha L–O! The Remixes —the first remix album to top the US Billboard 200—and This Is Me... Then (both 2002). These projects included the US number-one singles “I’m Real”, “Ain’t It Funny (Murder Remix)”, and “All I Have”.

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