Jennifer Lopez Steps Out Solo at Atlas Premiere amid Ben Affleck Marriage Strain

The actress wore her wedding ring while promoting her latest film, a sci-fi Netflix movie out Friday

Jennifer Lopez is stepping out in support of her latest film Atlas in Los Angeles.

Amid reports of marriage tension with Ben Affleck, the actress-singer, 54, posed on the red carpet as she debuted her Netflix sci-fi action flick at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Monday, May 20. She was wearing her wedding ring.

Lopez also published an Instagram Reel, showing her smiling at photographers as she walked down the red carpet.

Alleck, 51, did not attend the premiere as he is now filming The Accountant 2.

Affleck and Lopez married in 2022, two decades after they called off a previous engagement They are currently living separately in Los Angeles amid reported tension between the two.

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Jennifer Lopez attends the Premiere For Netflix's "Atlas" at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on May 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Jennifer Lopez on May 20.

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Over the weekend, Lopez and Affleck were photographed smiling together and have continued wearing their wedding rings in public, though multiple sources have indicated to PEOPLE that there's a strain on their relationship.

Jennifer Lopez attends the Premiere For Netflix's "Atlas" at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on May 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Jennifer Lopez on May 20.

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"They just have very different approaches when it comes to media attention," one insider said. "Ben hates all attention and it makes him very uncomfortable. Jennifer has always had a different approach."

 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Las Vegas on Nov. 17, 2023.

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Per the new movie’s synopsis, Lopez plays Atlas Shepherd, “a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence.” After joining a “mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past,” her “only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.”

Directed by Brad Peyton from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite, Atlas also stars Simu LiuSterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.

In a behind-the-scenes video from the movie, which Lopez also co-produced, she opened up about why its story resonated on such a deep level.

“The first time I read the script for Atlas, I felt very passionately about the story and particularly the friendship story at the core of it,” she said in the clip, shared exclusively with PEOPLE on May 14. “At the end of it I was literally sobbing.” 

On its surface, Lopez added, “It's kind of a big action movie, but it has at the emotional core a story about love and friendship.”

Atlas is on Netflix May 24.

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