starring jennifer lopez
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Awards
Nominations
Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an actress in a Musical or Comedy motion picture, Jennifer Lopez.
ALMA Awards: The film was nominated for six American Latino Media Awards (ALMA) and won four.
Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Composition, Dave Grusin.
MTV Movie Awards: Best Breakthrough Performance, Jennifer Lopez.
“Selena” Cast
ALMA Awards: The film was nominated for six American Latino Media Awards (ALMA) and won four.
Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Composition, Dave Grusin.
MTV Movie Awards: Best Breakthrough Performance, Jennifer Lopez.
“Selena” Cast
Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Jackie Guerra as Suzette Quintanilla
Constance Marie as Marcela Quintanilla
Alex Meneses as Sara
Jon Seda as Chris Pérez
Edward James Olmos as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.
Jacob Vargas as A.B. Quintanilla
Lupe Ontiveros as Yolanda Saldivar
Pete Astudillo as himself, Dinos 1990s
Rueben Gonzáles as Joe Ojeda
Rebecca Lee Meza as young Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez as Herself (singing voice) (archive footage)
Victoria Elena Flores as Young Suzette
Rafael Tamayo as Young A.B.
Panchito Gomez as Young Abraham
Seidy López as Deborah
Jackie Guerra as Suzette Quintanilla
Constance Marie as Marcela Quintanilla
Alex Meneses as Sara
Jon Seda as Chris Pérez
Edward James Olmos as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.
Jacob Vargas as A.B. Quintanilla
Lupe Ontiveros as Yolanda Saldivar
Pete Astudillo as himself, Dinos 1990s
Rueben Gonzáles as Joe Ojeda
Rebecca Lee Meza as young Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez as Herself (singing voice) (archive footage)
Victoria Elena Flores as Young Suzette
Rafael Tamayo as Young A.B.
Panchito Gomez as Young Abraham
Seidy López as Deborah
Selena (1997) is an American biographical film about the life and career of the late Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist who was well known in the Mexican-American and Latino communities in the United States and Mexico before her untimely death at the age of 23
The film is directed by Gregory Nava and stars Jennifer Lopez as Selena, in the breakthrough role of her career. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., who served as executive producer of the movie, is played by Edward James Olmos. Constance Marie plays Marcela Quintanilla.
