Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress
and former fashion model.
At age 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with
top modeling agency, Elite Model Management. 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.
At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for Jim Carrey's The Mask. To her
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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.
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 Diaz include roles in Nancy Meyers' The Holiday in
2006 and Shrek 3 in 2007.
Trivia
* She suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and has publicly
admitted she habitually rubs doorknobs before opening doors to clean
* In 2004, a commercial S&M video of Diaz and another girl torturing
another man leaked to the Internet. She made the video when she was
* Diaz has been vocal in her opposition to US President George W.
Bush. Before 2000's election, Diaz once wore a shirt that said "I
WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while promoting Charlie's Angels.
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,
* Cameron Diaz is currently dating former *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake.
Also dated Jared Leto from 1999-2003 and was engaged to Leto for 2
years.
* Her favourite soccer team is Brentford. 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 by her classmates. Many tabloids published this.
* Diaz was the host of the 2005 MTV television series Trippin'.
* Maxim ranked her #22 in their annual hot 100 in 2004, then she
ranked #11 in 2005. In 2006 she made the top 10 by ranking in at #7