Cameron Diaz
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At age 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with top modeling agency, Elite Model Management. 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 own surprise, and with no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead. Immediately after 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.
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. She became the second actress (after Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role. Future work for Diaz includes, roles in: Nancy Meyers' The Holiday in 2006 and Shrek 3 in 2007.
Public Name: Cameron Diaz
Birth Name: Cameron Michelle Diaz
Date of Birth: August 30, 1972
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
Filmography
- What Happens in Vegas... (2008)
- Shrek the Halls (2007)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- The Holiday (2006)
- In Her Shoes (2005)
- "Saturday Night Live" (3 episodes, 1998-2005)
- Far Far Away Idol (2004)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
- Shrek 4-D (2003)
- Gangs of New York (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- My Father's House (2002)
- The Sweetest Thing (2002)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Shrek (2001)
- The Invisible Circus (2001)
- Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)
- Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- Being John Malkovich (1999)
- Man Woman Film (1999)
- Very Bad Things (1998)
- There's Something About Mary (1998)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- Keys to Tulsa (1997)
- Head Above Water (1996)
- Feeling Minnesota (1996)
- She's the One (1996)
- The Last Supper (1995)
- The Mask (1994)
Awards
- Chicago Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actress "Vanilla Sky" 2002
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actress "Vanilla Sky" 2001
- MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Team "Charlie's Angels" 2001
- American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture "There's Something About Mary" 1999
- MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance "There's Something About Mary" 1999
- New York FIlm Critics Circle Award Best Actress "There's Something About Mary" 1998
- NATO/ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award 1996
