Cameron Diaz
Biography
Cameron
Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego to a Cuban-American father and
an Anglo-German mother. Looking back on her childhood, Cameron describs
herself as "adventurous, independent, and tough."
Those
all came together, when Cameron left home at 16 to see the world.
For the next 5 years, she lived in Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco,
and Paris. She had started working as a model early on after leaving
home. The Elite agency picked her up, and shipped her around the
world. Her credits include Mademoiselle, Seventeen, Calvin Klein,
Levi's, and Coca-Cola. Despite her traveling, she managed to graduate
high school from Long Beach Poly, in 1990 in Long Beach California.
She returned
to California at the age of 21, continuing work as a model. On a
whim, she auditioned for a big part in The Mask. As luck would have
it, she nailed the role, despite no previous acting experience.
Cameron didn't even have a grasp on the imporance of the role until
after the movie debuted. Also playing into Cameron's favor was the
movie coming in the middle of Jim Carrey's astronomical ascention
to comic legend, so her role received a great deal of attention.
It looked like nothing could stop her now!
But then
she injured her wrist, screwing up plans to star in Mortal Kombat,
and Bridgette Wilson stepped in, making a name for herself, while
Diaz was stuck nursing her wrist. Instead of again taking roles
in big-budget blockbusters, Cameron signed on to do The Last Supper,
Feeling Minnesota, and Head Above Water. All of the films garnered
mixed critical praise, but did nothing for making Diaz a household
name.
Finally,
in 1997 she returned to the big-time as Julia Roberts' competition
in "My Best Friend's Wedding." The film opened to a huge
box office ticket, and helped launch both Diaz and costar Rupert
Everett. Cementing her status as a Hollywood heavyweight, Cameron
turned in one of the funniest performances of the year in 1998's
"There's Something About Mary."
Since
her performance in "There's Something About Mary," Cameron
has appeared in many more box office hit films, such as, "Being
John Malkovich," "Any Given Sunday," "Charlie's
Angels," and a voice part in the animated feature, "Shrek."
Since
her career start in "The Mask," Cameron has come a long
way. She is now know by virtually all and is more than successful
with such salaries as 12 and 15 million dollars for "Charlie's
Angels" and her latest film, "The Sweetest Thing"
respectively.
Cameron
currently lives in California.
Cameron Diaz Filmography
W.A.S.P.S. (2005)
Holiday (2006)
Shrek 3 (2007) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
In Her Shoes (2005) .... Maggie Feller
Far Far Away Idol (2004) (V) (voice) .... Fiona
Shrek 2 (2004) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) .... Natalie Cook
Shrek 4-D (2003) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
... aka Shrek 3-D (USA: DVD title)
Gangs of New York (2002) .... Jenny Everdeane
Minority Report (2002) (uncredited) .... Woman on metro
The Sweetest Thing (2002) .... Christina Walters
Vanilla Sky (2001) .... Julianna 'Julie' Gianni
Shrek (2001) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
The Invisible Circus (2001) .... Faith
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) (V) (voice) .... Princess
Fiona
Charlie's Angels (2000) .... Natalie Cook
... aka 3 Engel für Charlie (Germany)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) .... Carol (segment
"Love Waits For Kathy")
Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Christina Pagniacci
Being John Malkovich (1999) .... Lotte Schwartz
Man Woman Film (1999) .... Random Celebrity
Very Bad Things (1998) .... Laura Garrity
There's Something About Mary (1998) .... Mary Jensen
... aka There's Something More About Mary (USA: DVD title)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) .... Blonde TV Reporter
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) .... Celine Naville
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) .... Kimberly Wallace
Keys to Tulsa (1997) .... Trudy
Head Above Water (1996) .... Nathalie
Feeling Minnesota (1996) .... Freddie Clayton
She's the One (1996) .... Heather Davis
The Last Supper (1995) .... Jude
The Mask (1994) .... Tina Carlyle |
