By Sam Manzella
The recipient of this 12 months’s Technology Award has us getting loud.
Jennifer Lopez obtained the lifetime achievement honor on the 2022 MTV Film & TV Awards on Sunday (June 5). Though she is greatest identified for her killer dance strikes and hit pop songs, J.Lo is a consummate multi-hyphenate and has acted in a variety of iconic movies and tv reveals over time.
Accepting the dignity in actual time at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, a teary-eyed Lopez thanked her supporters, in addition to those that have discredited her over time.
“I need to thank all of the individuals who informed me once I wasn’t within the room, or typically to my face, that I may by no means do that,” she mentioned. “I actually couldn’t have carried out this with out you.”
The 52-year-old icon additionally shouted out her kids, who she mentioned taught her “to like”; her longtime supervisor, Benny Medina; and her fiancé, fellow actor Ben Affleck.
Earlier than she was the established triple-threat we’ve come to know and love, Lopez first graced our screens as a “Fly Woman” dancer on Fox’s traditional sketch comedy sequence In Dwelling Shade, which ran for 4 seasons from 1990–1994.
Her breakout film function got here through the critically acclaimed 1997 biopic Selena: The Film, which made her the primary Latina actress to earn greater than $1 million from a characteristic movie. She’s appeared in a variety of memorable films since, from the 2002 Large Apple romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan to 2019’s star-studded girl-power flick Hustlers.
Lopez most not too long ago starred within the 2022 rom-com Marry Me alongside Colombian singer-songwriter Maluma. Earlier within the evening, she additionally took residence this 12 months’s Golden Popcorn for Greatest Tune for “On My Approach (Marry Me),” an unique tune from the lovable flick.
As a newly minted Technology Award winner, Lopez is in good firm. Earlier honorees embrace Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Chris Pratt.
“It’s an honor to attach with audiences,” Lopez added on the finish of her acceptance speech, “and due to all of you, I’ll proceed to do that for so long as I’m round. Thanks.”
The 2022 MTV Film & TV Awards are airing stay from the Barker Hangar in L.A. proper now on MTV, with the Film & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED to observe. Discover all of the winners right here.
