Birthday:
30 August 1972, San Diego, California, USA
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Biography
A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed bottle blonde,
Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego. She is the daughter of
Billie (Anglo-German) and Emilio Diaz (Cuban-American). Self described
as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16
and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan,
Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the
age of 21, she was working as a model when her agency secured her an
audition for the female lead in The Mask (1994). Despite having no
previous acting experience, she made a strong impression and was cast as
the sultry lounge singer, "Tina Carlyle". The film was one of 1994's
biggest hits and launched her into stardom virtually overnight. However,
she preferred to feel her way effectively into the industry and stayed
away from large studio films for the next three years. She honed her
acting skills in such character-driven independent films as The Last
Supper (1995/I); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996).
She stepped back into the mainstream in 1997 with My Best Friend's
Wedding (1997) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). The following year, her
status as a super star was firmly cemented when she played the title
role in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998).
Cameron Diaz is now one of filmdom's hottest properties and most
sought-after actresses
Modeling
At age 16, she began her career as a fashion model, contracted with a modeling agency Elite Model Management. For the next few years, she worked around the world on contracts for companies such as Calvin Klein and Levi's.[11] When she was age 17, she was featured on the front cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen.[12]
Acting
Diaz at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio for the movie Gangs of New York.
Tom Cruise and Diaz at the MTV Movie Awards, June 6, 2010
At age 19 Cameron Diaz starred in She's No Angel, a 1992 soft core bondage movie. At age 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask,[13]
based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's
producers while they were searching for the female main actress. Having
no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being
cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1994.[14] Diaz's performance as the sultry lounge singer Tina Carlyle earned her nominations for several awards[15] and launched her as a sex symbol.[16][17]
Preferring to feel her way effectively into the industry, Diaz
avoided large studio films for the next three years and took roles in
the independent films The Last Supper (1995), Feeling Minnesota (1996), She's the One (1996), and Head Above Water (1996). She was scheduled to feature in the film Mortal Kombat, but had to resign after breaking her hand while training for the role.[18] During this time she earned considerable tabloid fame for being actor Matt Dillon's steady date, 1995 through 1998.
Diaz returned to mainstream films with My Best Friend's Wedding and A Life Less Ordinary, both released in 1997. The following year, she played the title role in the smash hit There's Something About Mary (1998), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the category of Best Actress – Musical or Comedy.[11] She received critical acclaim for her performance in Being John Malkovich (1999), which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards). Between 1998 and 2000, Diaz featured in many movies, such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Very Bad Things, Any Given Sunday, and the successful adaptation of Charlie's Angels.[11] In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globe Awards, the SAG Awards, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the American Film Institute Awards for Vanilla Sky, and also voiced Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek,[11] for which she earned $10 million.
In 2003, Diaz received another Golden Globe nomination for Martin Scorsese's 2002 epic Gangs of New York, and became the third actress (after Wedding costar Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Her next movies were In Her Shoes (2005) and The Holiday (2006). She was preparing to work again with The Mask co-star Jim Carrey for the film Fun with Dick and Jane, but resigned to feature in In Her Shoes. Diaz reportedly earned $50 million during the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas opposite Ashton Kutcher, and the Shrek sequels.[19][20][21] In 2009, she starred in My Sister's Keeper and The Box.
In 2010, Forbes Magazine ranked Cameron Diaz as the richest Hispanic female celebrity, ranking number 60 among the wealthiest 100.[22][23] Also that year, Diaz voiced Princess Fiona for the movie Shrek Forever After, and reunited with her Vanilla Sky co-star Tom Cruise in the action adventure Knight and Day. In 2011, she played Lenore Case, the journalist in the remake of the 1940s film The Green Hornet, and was the central lead in the hit comedy Bad Teacher. She was listed among CEOWORLD magazine's Top Accomplished Women Entertainers.[24]
Personal life
Diaz received "substantial" defamation damages from suing American Media Incorporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on Justin Timberlake.[25] She endorsed Al Gore publicly during 2000. Diaz wore a t-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making publicity visits for Charlie's Angels.[26] Diaz has also been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest nonprofit organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has spoken as an advocate for military families.[27] Although she was quoted by a 1997 Time magazine article as saying she was germophobic,[28] Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009, edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small comment she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was distorted out of proportion.[29] On April 15, 2008, Cameron's father, Emilio Diaz, died at the age of 58 from pneumonia.[30]
Relationships
From 1990 to December 1994, Diaz cohabited with video producer Carlos de la Torre.[31][32] In 1995, Diaz dated actor Vincent D'Onofrio during the production of Feeling Minnesota.[32] Later in 1995, she began a relationship with actor Matt Dillon. The relationship ended in December 1998.[33] She began dating Jared Leto in 1999, and the couple became engaged in 2000.[34] In 2003, they ended their four-year relationship.[35] Diaz dated singer Justin Timberlake from 2003 to 2006.[33] In October 2004, Diaz and Timberlake were in an altercation with a tabloid
photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man
tried to photograph them, the couple snatched the camera. Pictures of
the incident appeared in Us Weekly. Representatives for the pair claimed that they were acting a scene on a set.[36] Diaz was in a romantic relationship with New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez from July 2010 to September 2011.[37]
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Mask | Tina Carlyle | |
| 1995 | The Last Supper | Jude | |
| 1996 | She's the One | Heather Davis | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Freddie Clayton | |
| 1996 | Head Above Water | Nathalie | |
| 1996 | Keys to Tulsa | Trudy | |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Kimmy Wallace | ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role Blockbuster Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Celine Naville | |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | TV reporter | |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Mary Jensen | American Comedy Award for Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture Blockbuster Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1998 | Very Bad Things | Laura Garrety | |
| 1999 | Man Woman Film | Celebrity | Cameo |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Lotte Schwartz | Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1999 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Carol Faber | |
| 1999 | The Invisible Circus | Faith | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Christina Pagniacci | ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Drama |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Natalie Cook | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team (shared with Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 2001 | Shrek | Princess Fiona | Voice |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Julie Gianni | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – AFI Award for Best Actress Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Christina Walters | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Jenny Everdeane | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Natalie Cook | Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Princess Fiona | Voice |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Maggie Feller | Nominated – Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Amanda Woods | Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Princess Fiona | Voice |
| 2007 | Shrek the Halls | Princess Fiona | Voice |
| 2008 | What Happens in Vegas | Joy McNally | |
| 2009 | My Sister's Keeper | Sara Fitzgerald | Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress – Motion Picture |
| 2009 | The Box | Norma Lewis | |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Princess Fiona | Voice Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production |
| 2010 | Scared Shrekless | Princess Fiona | Voice |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | June Havens | |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Lenore Case | |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher | Elizabeth Halsey | Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress – Musical or Comedy |
| 2012 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Jules | |
| 2012 | Gambit | PJ Puznowski | |
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography | Sigmund Freud | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Malkina |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Trippin' | Herself[38] | Documentary |
| 2008–2009 | Saturday Night Live | Kiki Deamore | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Sesame Street | Herself | |
| 2010 | Top Gear | Herself | Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car |
| 2011 | The X Factor | Herself | Guest judge |
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