CAMERON DIAZ

'Cameron Michelle Diaz' (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her roles in blockbuster movies such as ''The Mask'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''My Best Friend's Wedding'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Shrek'', and ''Gangs of New York''. Diaz was the second of three actresses (the others being Julia Roberts, and Reese Witherspoon) to join the coveted "$20 Million Club" after receiving this salary for ''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Relationships

Personal life

Award nominations

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Diaz was born in San Diego, California to Emilio Diaz who worked as a foreman for an oil company, and Billie (née Early), an import-export agent.^[1] Diaz's father is a second-generation Cuban-American^[2] and her mother has Native American, English and German ancestry.^[3][4][5] Diaz attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg^[6]. During her school days, she was called Skeletor by her classmates because she was so thin.

Career

At 17 she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with top modeling agency Elite Model Management. After graduating from 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. She modelled for designers such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. She also graced the cover of the July 1990 issue of ''Seventeen'' magazine.
At 21, Diaz auditioned for the Jim Carrey film ''The Mask''. Even though she had no previous acting experience,^[7] she was cast as the female lead. She signed up for acting lessons right after getting the part. 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 her roles in ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' and ''There's Something About Mary''. She won critical acclaim for her performance in ''Being John Malkovich'', which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

During the 1999-2000 period, Diaz starred in many films, such as ''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her'', ''A Life Less Ordinary'', ''Any Given Sunday'', and the hit adaptation of ''Charlie's Angels''. In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for ''Vanilla Sky'', and also voiced Princess Fiona in ''Shrek'', for which she earned $10 million. In 2003, Diaz received another Golden Globe nomination for Martin Scorsese's epic ''Gangs of New York'', and became the second actress (after ''Wedding'' costar Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for ''. After ''Full Throttle'', Diaz only appeared in three films, ''Shrek 2'', ''In Her Shoes'' and ''The Holiday ''. During 2004 and early 2005, Diaz explored some of the planet's environmentally unique locations while discovering ways to help preserve them for the 10-episode MTV series ''Trippin''' which featured numerous celebrities and friends of Diaz, such as Jessica Alba, Drew Barrymore, Mark Hoppus, Eva Mendes and Justin Timberlake.
Future work for Diaz includes a role in ''Shrek the Third'' in 2007, where she co-stars with former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. She was set to team up again with ''The Mask'' co-star Jim Carrey in the film ''Fun with Dick and Jane'', but she dropped out to star in ''In Her Shoes''. She will also appear in ''Shrek 4''. She will also star in ''The Box'', a horror thriller which is due to start filming in November 2007. ^[8]
July 7, 2007, Diaz participated at Live Earth in New York by introducing The Police.

Relationships

Diaz dated actor Matt Dillon from 1995 to 1998. She is also the ex-fiancée of actor, musician, and guitarist Jared Leto. They had a low-profile relationship from 1998 to 2002. There had been reports that Leto had broken up with Diaz because he was jealous of her increasing acting popularity. Other reports have said that they broke up because Diaz was concentrating more on her acting as Leto was more concerned about his band.
Most recently, Diaz dated former
★ NSYNC member Justin Timberlake, whom she met at the Kids' Choice Awards in 2003. The pair issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007, announcing they had broken up, following weeks of breakup rumors.^[9]
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 "ambushed" and acting out of self-defense.^[10]
Diaz and Timberlake were involved in another paparazzi incident while walking out of a friend's house. A photographer jumped out of bushes and photographed them. He then entered his car and allegedly drove it towards Diaz, who had to jump out of the way. Diaz pressed charges against the photographer, whose agency supported his actions as legal and safe.

Personal life

Diaz has publicly admitted she is deeply germophobic and habitually rubs doorknobs so hard before opening doors to clean them that the original paint fades afterwards. Along with her floors, she says, she washes her hands "many times" each day and uses her elbows to push open doors.^[11] Diaz has perhaps modified her fears somewhat, saying on May 10, 2007, "I think I've made my peace with it."^[12]
Diaz received "substantial" libel damages from suing American Media Incoporated, after ''The National Enquirer'' had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.^[13]
Diaz has been vocal in her opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush^[14]. Before 2000's election (on October 26 to be exact), Diaz (along with her ''Charlie's Angels'' co-stars, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) wore a shirt that said "''I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!''" while promoting ''Charlie's Angels'' on MTV's ''Total Request Live''. During an ''Oprah'' appearance before 2004's election, Diaz said ^[15]
When Diaz was asked if she can speak Spanish she said ^[16]
Diaz is currently represented by Creative Artists Agency.

Award nominations

★ 1999: Golden Globe for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for ''There's Something About Mary''

★ 2000: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for ''Being John Malkovich''

★ 2000: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Being John Malkovich''

★ 2000: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Being John Malkovich''

★ 2002: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for ''Vanilla Sky''

★ 2002: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Vanilla Sky''

★ 2003: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for ''Gangs of New York''

★ 2005: ''The Hitch''

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1994	''The Mask''	Tina Carlyle
1995	''The Last Supper''	Jude
1996	''She's the One''	Heather
	''Feeling Minnesota''	Freddie Clayton
	''Head Above Water''	Nathalie
1997	''Keys to Tulsa''	Trudy
	''My Best Friend's Wedding''	Kimberly Wallace
	''A Life Less Ordinary''	Celine Naville
1998	''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''	Blonde TV Reporter
	''There's Something About Mary''	Mary Jensen
	''Very Bad Things''	Laura Garrety
1999	''Being John Malkovich''	Lotte Schwartz
	''Any Given Sunday''	Christina Pagniacci
2000	''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her''	Carol Faber
	''Charlie's Angels''	Natalie Cook
2001	''The Invisible Circus''	Faith
	''Shrek''	Princess Fiona (voice)
	''Vanilla Sky''	Julianna 'Julie' Gianni
2002	''The Sweetest Thing''	Christina Walters
	''My Father's House''	The Girl
	''Minority Report''	Woman on Metro
	''Gangs of New York''	Jenny Everdeane
2003	''Shrek 4-D''	Princess Fiona (voice)
	''	Natalie Cook
2004	''Shrek 2''	Princess Fiona (voice)
2005	''In Her Shoes''	Maggie Feller
2006	''The Holiday''	Amanda Wood
2007	''Shrek the Third''	Princess Fiona (voice)
	''Shrek the Halls (TV)''	Princess Fiona (voice)
	''Sashank''	Jessica Mclure
	''The Box''
2008	''My Sister's Keeper''	Sara Fitzgerald
	''What Happens In Vegas...''
2010	''Shrek 4''	Princess Fiona (voice)

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References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Cameron-Diaz.html
2. http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/interviews/diaz
3. http://www.hilary.com/celebrity/cameron-diaz.html
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4717013.stm
5. http://www.nyrock.com/spc/1998/diaz.asp
6. Cameron Diaz Information and Quotes by Celebrina.com ''celebrina.com'' accessed September 09, 2007
7. Actress of the week - Cameron Diaz ''askmen.com'' accessed November 20 2006
8. Box' is a dark place for Diaz
9. Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz call it quits ''CTV - E-Talk Daily'' January 11, 2007
10. Justin, Cameron Go Camera Shy ''E-online'' Joal Ryan - November 10 2004
11. Cameron Diaz on OCD ''Time Magazine'' November 10 1997
12. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, May 10, 2007
13. Libel damages for US actress Diaz
14. Cameron Diaz on Bush and the 2000 Election
15. US Presidential Election 2004 - Analysis ''The Irish Times'' accessed November 20 2006
16. Personal Quotes when asked if she can speak Spanish

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