Jennifer Lopez's firstserious screen role in Gregory Nava's 1995 Latino melodrama My Family followedyears of training in television movies and series. Like Rosie Perez, Lopezbegan her career as a Fly Girl a danceron the sketch comedy series, In Living Color and appeared in music videos byPuff Daddy and Janet Jackson. Her big break came in 1997 when she appeared inthe title role of Nava's Selena, the story of the successful Tejano singer whowas tragically murdered in 1995.