Jennifer Lopez |
She actually has more in common with Britney Spears than some would think.
Thirty-year-old singer/actress Jennifer Lopez - our users' No. 1 choice for the sexiest female in Hollywood with 16.9% of the votes -- has attained her sex-symbol status along the same route as Spears: through fever-inducing music videos and less-than-conservative award-show appearances. After watching just one video - and just one award presentation - you've basically seen her every curve. And what curves they are.
" Luckily, I like the way my body is shaped, proportion-wise," she has told For Him magazine. "I'm not too big on top, and I have a decent sized waist. I have what you'd call a 'womanly' figure, and I like that."
Though she's amassed a decent list of film credits, Lopez surprisingly tends to shy away from sexy roles, taking parts in such films as this year's sticky-sweet The Wedding Planner, as well as Anaconda (1997), Jack (1996) and Money Train (1995). Of course, there have been exceptions, most notably Out of Sight (1998), in which she and George Clooney redefined magnetism.
So, with Lopez, you never know what you're going to get. One moment, she's playing a lovesick character on the silver screen; the next, she's at the Oscars with headlights blazing. Her much-publicized relationship with rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs dragged her into the tabloids - which tends to ruin one's reputation - yet she's somehow managed to avoid denigration. She's slippery.
And she's slipped right up to number-one.
Sexiest Role:
Playing Federal Marshall Karen Sisco in Out of Sight (1998).
Sexiest Scene:
Trapped in a car trunk with escaped con George Clooney in Out of Sight. Opposites attract.
Sexiest Physical Feature:
She's got back. Rarely does an actress/singer gain such notoriety for their posterior alone.
Best Quote:
"I love my butt and I was never ashamed of it," Lopez tells Details magazine.
Celebrity Praise:
"She has a real sweetness that not everyone sees, like an eight-year-old girl." -- The Wedding Planner co-star Matthew McConaughey in an In Style magazine interview.
In Her Future:
Will star in the film "Angel Eyes" (due out later this year), playing a New York police officer who actually discovers her guardian angel's identity.