New Mom Jennifer Lopez Signs To Play Movie Thief 7/29/08

Jennifer Lopez has signed up to play a professional thief in her first movie role since becoming a new mother. The superstar will start shooting The Governess in Massachusetts this autumn (08), just months after the February birth of twins Max and Emme.

Lopez will play a criminal who poses as a nanny for a wealthy family in a bid to pull of a bank heist, reports Daily Variety. The movie is being directed by Calendar Girls filmmaker David Cole and written by Kevin Wade - who wrote Lopez' role in 2002 movie Maid in Manhattan.