Both of her parents were born in Puerto Rico.
Attended an all-girls Catholic school for eight years.
Timeline
1990
1997 – First starring role as the murdered Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla, in “Selena.”
June 1999 – Releases first album, “On The 6.” The album goes platinum within two weeks.
December 1999 – Is arrested, questioned, released and cleared of any involvement in the illegal firearms possession and nightclub shooting case involving then boyfriend Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs.
November 2002 – Announces her engagement to Ben Affleck.
September 10, 2003 – The wedding that was scheduled to take place on September 14, 2003, to Affleck is postponed. In a statement, the couple says, “Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date. When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry.”