Cameron DiazCameron Diaz
Early Life Cameron Diaz was born and raised in San Diego, California. Her Cuban-American father Emilio Díaz worked as a foreman for an oil company, and her mother Billie Early (whose ancestry includes English, German, and Native American) worked as an exporting agent. Cameron attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. At age 16,
she landed a modeling contract with the prestigious Elle agency.
After graduating high school, she went to work in Japan and met
video director Carlo de la Torre. On her return to America, she
moved in with him. For the next few years, her modeling took her
around the world, working for contracts with major companies.
Career At the age of 21, Díaz auditioned for Jim Carrey's The Mask. To her own surprise, and with no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead. Immediately on getting the part, she signed up for acting lessons. Over the next three years, she won roles in low budget, independent films, such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, and She's The One. She then regained mainstream success with My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary, and won critical acclaim for Being John Malkovich, which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards. Cameron Diaz has also starred in the hit adaptation of Charlie's Angels and its sequel, and she voiced a lead character in Shrek and its sequel, for which she earned $10 million. In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for Vanilla Sky. For Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, she became the second actress (after Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role; the film underperformed at the box office. Future work for Cameron Diaz include roles in Nancy Meyers' The Holiday in 2006 and Shrek 3 in 2007.
Filmography 2007 Shrek 3 Trivia In 2004, a commercial S&M video of Cameron Diaz and another girl torturing another man leaked to the Internet. She made the video when she was 19. Cameron Diaz filed a suit against the Russian Internet site that distributed the video, but the video file is now distributed by many porn sites and Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Cameron Diaz has been vocal in her opposition to US President George W. Bush. Before 2000's election, Cameron Diaz once wore a shirt that said "I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while promoting Charlie's Angels. During an Oprah appearance before 2004's election, Cameron Diaz said "Women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote..." Cameron Diaz is currently in a romantic relationship with Justin Timberlake. In October 2004, they were in an altercation with a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph the couple, the celebrities snatched the camera. Pictures of the incident appeared in Us Weekly. Representatives for the couple claimed that they were "ambushed" and acting out of self-defense.
Her favourite soccer team is Liverpool. Sometimes she can be seen wearing a red and white woolly hat. In 2005, Cameron revealed that during her school days, she was called Skeletor, a villain in He-Man cartoon, by her classmates. Many tabloids published this. She was involved in an unusual automobile collision when a bird flew into and shattered the windscreen of the car that was taking her to the set of The Holiday in Shere. Cameron Diaz was the host of the 2005 MTV television series Trippin'. She drives a Toyota Prius. Cameron Diaz Picture GalleryThis article (or parts thereof) is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. |
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Cameron Michelle Díaz (born August 30, 1972) is an
American film actress and model.
