Jennifer Lopez may be the hyphenate to end all hyphenates. Let’s see: singer-actor-dancer-perfumer-producer—is there anything she can’t do? It’s no surprise, then, that her beauty secret is self-assurance. "Jennifer's look is a reflection of her deep inner confidence—it's almost otherworldly," her longtime hairstylist Oribe has said. She shows flawless taste as she moves between short hair and long, bronzed skin and pale, dark locks and light. "She doesn't mind taking a risk, as long as she looks beautiful," hair colorist Rita Hazan has said. And, needless to say, she's never looked better than in her latest role as the (add another hyphen!) mother of twins, Emme and Max.

1987: Lopez graduated from Preston High School in the Bronx with big dreams. "I remember watching Rita Moreno in West Side Story and going, ‘That's what I want to do. I want to sing and I want to dance and I want to act,’” she has said. (Yearbook Archives)

1997: Lopez landed the title role in Selena. "Our styles are very different," she said of playing the singer. "I'm into a more minimalist look. But part of getting into character for me was to look in the mirror and see her face and not my own." (Steve Granitz/Retna)

2000: She stole the show at the Grammys in a down-to-there Versace dress. "Sometimes I like to be glamorous and sexy in a Marilyn Monroe type of way," she has said. (Jeff Vespa/WireImage)

2006: Mrs. Marc Anthony settled into married life and began "making her appearance a little more natural," makeup artist Scott Barnes has said. (Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)

2007: She attended the El Cantante premiere wearing '60s-inspired pale shadow, major lashes and soft ringlets. (Evan Agostini/Getty)

2008:On February 22, the superstar gave birth to twins, Max and Emme. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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