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Cameron Diaz
Birth name Cameron Michelle Diaz
Born August 30, 1972 (1972-08-30) (age 34)
San Diego, California, USA
Notable roles Mary Jensen in There's Something About Mary
Natalie Cook in Charlie's Angels
Princess Fiona in Shrek
Jenny Everdeane in Gangs of New York
Christina Walters in The Sweetest Thing
Maggie Feller in In Her Shoes
Amanda Woods in The Holiday
BAFTA Awards
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress
1999 Being John Malkovich
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 four actresses (the others being Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, and Reese
Witherspoon) to join the coveted "$20 Million Club" after receiving this
salary for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
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. During her school days, she was called Skeletor by her classmates
because she was so thin.
Career
At age seventeen, 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 magazines.
At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for the Jim Carrey film The Mask. Even
though she had no previous acting experience,[6] 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 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. 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
environmentally unique locations on the planet 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 was recently set to star
opposite Carrey again in A Little Game Without Consequence that was planned
to start filming in October for a summer release date. The film was shelved
and filming is still yet to commence. 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. [7]
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 from 30 Seconds to Mars. They
had a low-profile relationship from 1998 to 2002. There had been reports
that Leto had broken up with Diaz because of 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. After nearly four years together,
the pair issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007, announcing they had
broken up, following weeks of break-up rumors.[8]
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.[9]
Diaz and Timberlake were involved in another paparazzi incident while
walking out of a friend's house. The paparazzi 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
paparazzi, 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. "I'm not
scared of germs. I'm just aware of them...I'm not into other people's fluids
unless I know them really well."[10] Years later, Diaz perhaps modified her
fears somewhat when she said "I think I've made my peace with it."[11]
Diaz received "substantial" libel damages from suing American Media
Incoporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on
then-boyfriend Timberlake.[12]
Diaz supports the West London football club Brentford FC after visiting a
Hollywood cafe owned by a Brentford supporter.
Diaz has been vocal in her opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush[13].
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
“ Women have so much to lose... I mean, we could lose the right to our
bodies. If you think rape should be legal then don't vote. But if you think
you have a right to your body and you have a right to say what happens to
you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote. ”
[14]
When Diaz was asked if she can speak Spanish she said
“ I know what you're saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to you back
in Spanish. I can barely speak English properly. I didn't grow up in a Cuban
or Latin community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach,
basically. And I'm third generation. I'm of Cuban descent, but I'm American.
”
[15]
During a generally very well received visit to Peru in June 2007, Diaz was
photographed using a green handbag with a red star and a Maoist political
slogan ("Serve the People" - printed in Chinese) that the non-Peruvian media
alleged evoked painful memories.[16] Diaz was unaware that the country was
involved with a bloody conflict with the brutal Peruvian maoist guerilla
Sendero Luminoso from 1980 until Abimael Guzmán's arrest in 1992. Diaz since
apologized by the statement:
“ I'm sorry for any people's pain and suffering and it was certainly never
my intention to reopen what I now know is a painful wound in this country's
history. ”
Diaz is currently represented by Creative Artists Agency. [7]
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
1996 Feeling Minnesota Freddie Clayton
1996 Head Above Water Nathalie
1997 Keys to Tulsa Trudy
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding Kimberly Wallace
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Celine Naville
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Blonde TV Reporter
1998 There's Something About Mary Mary Jensen
1998 Very Bad Things Laura Garrety
1999 Man Woman Film Random Celebrity
1999 Being John Malkovich Lotte Schwartz
1999 Any Given Sunday Christina Pagniacci
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Carol Faber
2000 Charlie's Angels Natalie Cook
2001 The Invisible Circus Faith
2001 Shrek Princess Fiona (voice)
2001 Vanilla Sky Julianna 'Julie' Gianni
2002 The Sweetest Thing Christina Walters
2002 My Father's House The Girl
2002 Minority Report Woman on Metro
2002 Gangs of New York Jenny Everdeane
2003 Shrek 4-D Princess Fiona (voice)
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 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)
2007 Shrek the Halls (TV) Princess Fiona (voice)
2007 The Box
2008 What Happens In Vegas...
2010 Shrek 4 Princess Fiona (voice)
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. ^ Actress of the week - Cameron Diaz askmen.com accessed November 20 2006
7. ^ a b "Box' is a dark place for Diaz", The Hollywood Reporter,
2006-06-29.
8. ^ Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz call it quits CTV - E-Talk Daily
January 11, 2007
9. ^ Justin, Cameron Go Camera Shy E-online Joal Ryan - November 10 2004
10. ^ Cameron Diaz on OCD Time Magazine November 10 1997
11. ^ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, May 10, 2007
12. ^ "Libel damages for US actress Diaz", BBC News, 2007-02-16. Retrieved
on 2007-02-16.
13. ^ Cameron Diaz on Bush and the 2000 Election
14. ^ US Presidential Election 2004 - Analysis The Irish Times accessed
November 20 2006
15. ^ Personal Quotes when asked if she can speak Spanish
16. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4917204.html
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