Born on August 30, 1972 in Long Beach, California, Cameron Diaz grew up in the typical fashion of any all-American girl. Except of course, she was an exceptional beauty.
cameron diaz's dad, Emilio, a Cuban American, was a foreman at a California Oil Company. Her mom, Billie, who's German, English, and Native American, was an import-export broker. cameron diaz was raised in Long Beach alongside her sister Chimene.
As she was growing up, cameron diaz was like most girls, listening to lots of modern music and acting wild. But by her mid-teens, cameron diaz began attending Hollywood parties and staying out until the wee hours of the morning. It was during this party phase of her life that cameron diaz ended up meeting a well connected man who would change her whole life.
Jeff Dunas spotted cameron diaz while she was out one night and told her that he could sign her up with the Elite modeling agency. Although cameron diaz initially thought his proposition was somewhat fishy, she took his card and discussed it with her family and friends.
After having left Long Beach and having traveled around the world due to her modeling contracts, and having appeared in such magazines asMademoiselle and Seventeen, cameron diaz returned to California at age 21, and although she continued to model, she knew that she wanted more.
In 1994, she decided to audition for a small bit part in the movie, The Mask starring the elastic faced Jim Carrey. Although she didn't have any acting experience whatsoever, cameron diaz was cast as the female lead in the film.
Although cameron diaz was supposed to star in Mortal Kombat, for which she was required to learn martial arts, she ended up injuring her wrist and ultimately had to back out of the film.
But after having received such rave reviews upon The Mask's release, cameron diaz set out to perfect her acting skills by steering clear of potential blockbuster hits and focused on low budget films such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota which co-starred Keanu Reeves, and Head Above Water, in which she played Harvey Keitel's wife.
Once cameron diaz felt that she had reached her acting acme, she returned to the big screen, starring in My Best Friends Wedding starring opposite Julia Roberts. It was at this time that The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) acknowledged her string of movie triumphs by naming her the ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow.
A little while after that, she hit the silver screen once again with A Life Less Ordinary starring opposite Ewan McGregor. Unfortunately, however, the movie was not well received by critics.
The film that really turned cameron diaz into a household name was her now iconic role in There's Something About Mary, which co-starred comedian Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon. Although cameron diaz was dating Dillon for nearly three years, whom she met on the set of the film, the couple has recently split.
More recently, cameron diaz starred opposite Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday, with John Cusack in Being John Malkovich (in which she's hardly recognizable), and most recently, she starring in Charlie's Angels with fellow beauties Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu.
A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and an Anglo-German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," cameron diaz left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the age of 21, she was working as a model when she auditioned for a big part in The Mask (1994) To her amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead in the film opposite Jim Carrey . Over the next 3 years, she honed her acting skills in such low budget independent films as The Last Supper (1995); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996). She returned to main stream films in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), in which she held her own against veteran actress Julia Roberts . She earned full fledged star status in 1998 for her performance in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). With her name near the top on virtually every list of Hollyood's sexiest actresses, and firmly established as one of filmdom's hottest properties and most sought after actresses, Cameron Diaz appears to possess everything necessary to become one of the super stars of the new century.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#13). [1995]
Chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world. [1998]
cameron diaz Started working as a model when was 16.
cameron diaz Has a reputation for being late.
cameron diaz Auditioned for the film Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) but lost the role to Gabrielle Anwar .
cameron diaz Was set to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat (1995) but broke her wrist prior to filming and was replaced by Bridgette Wilson .
cameron diaz Got alcohol poisoning in Australia at age 18.
Very superstitious.
Father, Emilio Diaz , had a small role in There's Something About Mary (1998) as a 'Jailbird'.
cameron diaz Graduated High School from Long Beach Poly Class of 1990 in Long Beach California
Was a half-time dancer at football games in high school.
Police caught an airline security guard at Los Angeles International Airport stealing items from cameron diaz. Diaz reported her passport and a large sum of cash missing. [December 1999]
Engaged to actor Jared Leto . [November 2000]
cameron diaz Auditioned for the film Waking the Dead (2000/I) but lost the role to Jennifer Connelly .
cameron diaz's parents allowed the then-16-year old to spend five years traveling the world to pursue her modeling career beginning in Japan, where she was accompanied only by a 15 year old fellow model.
cameron diaz Was discovered by a photographer at a Hollywood party who, within a week, helped her land a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency.
Lived with video producer Carlos De La Torre for five years.
Her father is Cuban.
cameron diaz Will ONLY wash her face in Evian spring water!
Became only the second actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts ), when cameron diaz signed for that amount to do Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) in January 2002.
Named by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [2002]
cameron diaz Has an older sister named Chimene.
Her mother, Billie, is of Native American, Italian and German descent.
Voted the 11th "Sexist Female Movie Star" in the Australian Empire Magazine. [September 2002]
Measurements: 34B-23-36 (on set of The Mask (1994)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Broke off her engagment to Jared Leto .
30 August 2003 - Broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday.
Photographer John Rutter was ordered to stand trial for attempted extortion, attempted grand theft, perjury, and forgery after trying to blackmail her with topless shots he had of cameron diaz from a 1992 shoot. [20 November 2003]
Voted as #8 on the" Top 100 Sexiest Women" in FHM [DK]. [2004]
Ranked #3 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World." [2002]
cameron diaz salary
Shrek 2 (2004) $10,000,000
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) $20,000,000
Gangs of New York (2002) $17,500,000
The Sweetest Thing (2002) $15,000,000
Vanilla Sky (2001) $10,000,000
Shrek (2001) $3,000,000
Charlie's Angels (2000) $12,000,000
Any Given Sunday (1999) $500,000
There's Something About Mary (1998) $2,000,000
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