Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Birth name: Cameron Michelle Diaz
Born: August 30, 1972
Age: 51
Birthplace: San Diego, California, U.S.
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Biography

Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She rose to stardom with roles in The Mask (1994), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and There's Something About Mary (1998), and is also known for voicing the character of Princess Fiona in the Shrek series (2001-10). Other high-profile credits include Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), The Sweetest Thing (2002), In Her Shoes (2005), The Holiday (2006), What Happens In Vegas (2008), My Sister's Keeper (2009), Knight and Day (2010), The Green Hornet (2011), Bad Teacher (2011), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), The Counselor (2013), The Other Woman (2014), Sex Tape (2014), and Annie (2014).

Diaz received four Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Being John Malkovich (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Gangs of New York (2002) and There's Something About Mary (1998), for the latter of which she also won the New York Film Critics Best Lead Actress Award. In 2013, Diaz was named the highest-paid actress over 40 in Hollywood. As of 2015, the U.S. domestic box office grosses of Diaz's films total over US$3 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $7 billion, making her the highest-grossing U.S. domestic box office actress.

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Early life

Diaz was born in San Diego, California. Her mother, Billie (née Early; born August 11, 1950), was an import/export agent, and her father, Emilio Diaz (July 3, 1949 - April 15, 2008), worked for the California oil company Unocal as a foreman. Diaz has an elder sister, Chimene (born June 5, 1970). Her father's family is Cuban, and Diaz's ancestors had originally moved from Spain to Cuba. Later they settled in Ybor City, Tampa, before moving to California, where Emilio was born. Her mother has English, Scots-Irish, German and Cherokee ancestry. Diaz grew up in Long Beach and attended Los Cerritos Elementary School, and then Long Beach Polytechnic High School; where she attended school with rapper Snoop Dogg.

Career

Early work

She began her career as a fashion model at the age of 16, and did contract work with a modeling agency, Elite Model Management. For the next months, she worked all over the world on contracts for companies including Calvin Klein and Levi's. When she was 17, she was featured on the front cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen. Diaz also modeled for 2-3 months in Australia and shot a commercial for Coca-Cola in Sydney in 1991.

At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask, based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers while they were searching for the lead actress. Having no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1994 and launched Diaz as a sex symbol.

1995-2004

For the next three years, Diaz played roles in the independent films The Last Supper (1996), Feeling Minnesota (1996), She's the One (1996), and Head Above Water (1996). She was scheduled to perform in the film Mortal Kombat, but had to resign after breaking her hand while training for the role. Diaz returned to mainstream films with My Best Friend's Wedding and A Life Less Ordinary, both released in 1997. The following year, she played the title role in There's Something About Mary (1998), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actress - Musical or Comedy.

She received critical acclaim for her performance in Being John Malkovich (1999), which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG Awards. Between 1998 and 2000, Diaz was featured in many movies, such as Very Bad Things, Any Given Sunday, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, and the successful adaptation of Charlie's Angels. In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globe Awards, the SAG Awards, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the American Film Institute Awards for Vanilla Sky, and also voiced Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek, for which she earned $10 million. In 2002 she starred in Gangs of New York.

2005-2009

In 2005, Diaz played opposite Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine in In Her Shoes (2005), a comedy-drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner, which focuses on the relationship between two sisters and their grandmother. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and Diaz garnered acclaim for her performance of a dyslectic wild child engaged in a love-hate struggle with her plain, sensible sister (Collette), with USA Today calling it "her best work" then. She followed In Her Shoes with a role in Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy The Holiday, also starring Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. In it she played Amanda, an American movie trailer producer who temporarily exchanges homes with a British woman (Winslet). Released to a mixed reception by critics, the film became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, grossing more than $205 million worldwide.

Diaz's only film of 2007 was Shrek the Third, the third installment in the Shrek franchise. Although the film was met with mixed reviews from critics, it grossed $798 million worldwide. The same year, Diaz also voiced Princess Fiona in a thirty-minute Christmas special, directed by Gary Trousdale. Diaz earned an estimated $50 million during the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in the Shrek sequel and her next film What Happens in Vegas opposite Ashton Kutcher. A romantic comedy by Tom Vaughan, Diaz and Kutcher portrayed two strangers who awaken together to discover they have gotten married following a night in which they won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. While audiences reacted positively to the film, reviews were negative.

In 2009, she starred in My Sister's Keeper and The Box. Based on Jodi Picoult's novel of the same name, My Sister's Keeper was released to mixed reviews in June 2009. In the drama, Diaz plays a former lawyer and mother of two, one of whom is dying of leukemia. A moderate commercial success, it grossed $95 million worldwide, mostly from its domestic run. Set in 1976, The Box, written and directed by Richard Kelly, stars Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of a box, knowing that someone, somewhere, will die from it. Critical response towards the psychological horror film was mixed, and, though having grossed its budget back, was considered a financial disappointment.

2010-2015

In 2010, Forbes ranked Diaz as the richest female celebrity, ranking her number 60 among the wealthiest 100. Also that year, Diaz reprised her voice role of Princess Fiona in Shrek Forever After, the fourth installment in the Shrek series. Although the film opened to mixed reviews from critics, it grossed a worldwide total of over $752 million and became the fifth top grossing films released that year. Also in 2010, Diaz reunited with her Vanilla Sky co-star Tom Cruise in the action comedy film Knight and Day. In it, Diaz plays a classic car restorer who unwittingly gets caught up with the eccentric secret agent Roy Miller, played by Cruise, who is on the run from the Secret Service. Knight and Day received mixed reviews, and while the comedy performed poorly at the box office in its debut, it became a sleeper hit at the box office at a worldwide gross of $262 million.

In 2011, she played Lenore Case, a journalist, in the remake of the 1940s film The Green Hornet. Directed by Michel Gondry, Diaz starred alongside Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, and Christoph Waltz in the superhero action comedy film. Released to mixed to negative reviews from critics, who called it an "overblown, interminable and unfunny update", the film ended its theatrical run on April 21, 2011, with a worldwide gross total of $228 million. The same year, she played opposite Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel in Jake Kasdan's adult comedy Bad Teacher. In the film, Diaz plays an immoral, gold-digging Chicago-area middle school teacher at the fictional John Adams Middle School who curses at her students, drinks heavily, and smokes marijuana. Again, it received mostly negative reviews from critics who felt that "in spite of a promising concept and a charmingly brazen performance from Diaz, Bad Teacher is never as funny as it should be." A commercial hit however, the R-rated comedy grossed $216 million worldwide. Also in 2011, Diaz was listed among CEOWorld Magazine's Top Accomplished Women Entertainers.

In 2012, Diaz was cast in What to Expect When You're Expecting, directed by Kirk Jones and based on the pregnancy guide of the same name. Diaz, who filmed her scenes in a two-week period, portrays Jules Baxer, a contestant on a celebrity dance show and a host to a weight-loss fitness show, who becomes pregnant with her dance partner's baby. Upon release, the ensemble comedy received mostly negative reviews, but became a moderate commercial success with a worldwide gross of $84.4 million. Diaz's other film that year was Gambit, a remake of the 1966 film of the same name directed by Michael Hoffman and scripted by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews, and performed poorly at the box office, grossing only $10 million internationally. Diaz also voiced Sigmund Freud in A Liar's Autobiography (2012), a 2012 British animated comedy film that is a completely inaccurate portrayal of the life of Monty Python alumnus Graham Chapman.

In Ridley Scott's The Counselor, Diaz's only film project of 2013, a thriller film about greed, death, the primal instincts of humans and their consequences, she starred along with Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Brad Pitt. Diaz plays a pathological liar and a sociopath, an immigrant who is now living the high-life after escaping a sordid past as an exotic dancer. While Diaz earned positive reviews for her performance, the film was largely panned by critics.

Diaz's first film of 2014 was the romantic revenge comedy The Other Woman opposite Leslie Mann and Kate Upton. Filmed in Downtown Manhattan, New York City, it depicts Diaz as a successful, strong-minded lawyer, who discovers her boyfriend is married, only to bond with his wife and another woman she discovers he has been cheating with. While The Other Woman received mostly negative reviews from critics, who felt that it settled for cheap laughs, it opened atop the US weekend box office with earnings of $24.7 million across the three days. Also in 2014, Diaz starred in the comedy Sex Tape, with Jason Segel, and co-starred in another adaptation of the musical, Annie, playing Miss Colleen Hannigan.

In late 2013, she published a health book, The Body Book: Feed, Move, Understand and Love Your Amazing Body, co-written with Sandra Bark. It was no. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list in March 2014.

Personal life

Diaz has had long-term relationships with video producer Carlos de la Torre, actor Matt Dillon, actor/singer Jared Leto, singer/actor Justin Timberlake, and New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez. She married musician Benji Madden at her home in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2015, after a 17-day engagement, having been introduced seven months earlier by her close friend and now sister-in-law, Nicole Richie. The marriage came as a reversal for Diaz, who had previously referred to the custom as a "dying institution" that doesn't "suit our world any longer".

Diaz received substantial defamation damages from suing American Media Incorporated, after the National Enquirer posted an article and pictures with the headline “Cameron Caught Cheating” on their website in May 2005. The photos claimed to show Diaz cheating on her boyfriend of the time, Justin Timberlake, with the married MTV producer of her show Trippin', Shane Nickerson. After Diaz complained, the article and pictures were removed from the web and the hard copy did not contain any of the content. The magazine apologized to Diaz, Timberlake, Nickerson and his wife for the distress caused and said the story was untrue and the picture showed no more than a goodbye hug between friends.

She endorsed Al Gore publicly during the United States presidential election, 2000. Known for her environmental activism, she is an early adopter of the Prius electric car and worked to promote Gore's Live Earth campaign, raising awareness of climate change. Diaz wore a T-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making publicity visits for Charlie's Angels.

Diaz has been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest nonprofit organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has spoken as an advocate for military families. Although she was quoted by a 1997 Time article as saying she was germophobic, in 2009, Diaz specifically stated that a small comment she made 12 years earlier regarding public-bathroom doorknobs was distorted.

On April 15, 2008, Diaz's father, Emilio Diaz, died at the age of 58 from pneumonia.

In February 2015, Diaz spoke of the effect of practicing Transcendental Meditation, saying, "To have that tool now and to be able to go inside to the deepest part of myself and to access that and to recharge my battery internally, within myself, I feel so badass. I really do. I think it's so awesome. I feel so empowered that I actually possess that."

As of 2010, Diaz lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Mask Tina Carlyle
1995 The Last Supper Jude
1996 She's the One Heather Davis
1996 Feeling Minnesota Freddie Clayton
1996 Head Above Water Nathalie
1997 Keys to Tulsa Trudy
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding Kimmy Wallace
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Celine Naville
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas TV reporter
1998 There's Something About Mary Mary Jensen
1998 Very Bad Things Laura Garrety
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 Julie Gianni
2002 The Sweetest Thing Christina Walters
2002 Gangs of New York Jenny Everdeane
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Natalie Cook
2004 Shrek 2 Princess Fiona Voice
2005 In Her Shoes Maggie Feller
2006 The Holiday Amanda Woods
2007 Shrek the Third Princess Fiona Voice
2007 Shrek the Halls Princess Fiona Voice
2008 What Happens in Vegas Joy McNally
2009 My Sister's Keeper Sara Fitzgerald
2009 The Box Norma Lewis
2010 Shrek Forever After Princess Fiona Voice
2010 Scared Shrekless Princess Fiona Voice
2010 Knight and Day June Havens
2011 The Green Hornet Lenore Case
2011 Bad Teacher Elizabeth Halsey
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting Jules
2012 Gambit PJ Puznowski
2012 A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Sigmund Freud Voice
2013 The Counselor Malkina
2013 The Unbelievers Herself
2013 In a World... Herself in trailer for The Amazon Games (uncredited)
2014 The Other Woman Carly Whitten
2014 Sex Tape Annie Hargrove
2014 Annie Hannigan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Herself Episode: Surprise
1998 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Cameron Diaz/The Smashing Pumpkins"
2002 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Cameron Diaz/Jimmy Eat World"
2005 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Cameron Diaz/Green Day"
2005 Trippin' Herself (host) 10 episodes; also executive producer
2009 Sesame Street Herself 3 episodes
2010 Top Gear Episode: "15.5"
2014 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Cameron Diaz/Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars"
2015 Yo Gabba Gabba! China Gabbas Episode: "The Yo Gabba Gabba! Movie 2"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Charlie's Angels Natalie Cook Voice

As producer

Year Title Notes
2014 Bad Teacher 13 episodes

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Cameron Diaz
Year Nominated work Award Result
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
1998 My Best Friend's Wedding ALMA Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Role Crossover in a Feature Film Won
1998 There's Something About Mary American Comedy Award for Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture Won
1998 There's Something About Mary New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Won
1998 There's Something About Mary Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
1999 There's Something About Mary MTV Movie Awards Best Female Performance Won
1999 There's Something About Mary MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Performance Nominated
1999 There's Something About Mary MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss Nominated
1999 There's Something About Mary Teen Choice Awards Most Disgusting Scene in a Movie Won
1999 Being John Malkovich American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
1999 Being John Malkovich Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated
2000 Any Given Sunday ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Won
2000 Charlie's Angels Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2000 Charlie's Angels Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
2001 Charlie's Angels MTV Movie Awards Best Dance Sequence Won
2001 Charlie's Angels Kids Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress Nominated
2001 Charlie's Angels Kids Choice Awards Best Burp Won
2001 Vanilla Sky Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
2001 Vanilla Sky Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
2001 Vanilla Sky American Film Institute Award for Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
2001 Vanilla Sky ALMA Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated
2002 Gangs of New York Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
2002 Gangs of New York Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
2007 The Holiday ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress - Motion Picture Nominated
2007 The Holiday NRJ Ciné Awards Meilleur baiser ("Best Kiss") Nominated
2007 The Holiday Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Nominated
2008 Shrek the Third Kids Choice Awards Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Nominated
2008 Shrek the Third Kids Choice Awards Wannabe Award Won
2009 My Sister's Keeper ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress in Motion Picture Nominated
2010 Shrek Forever After Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated
2011 Bad Teacher ALMA Awards Favorite Movie Actress - Comedy/Musical Nominated
2011 Bad Teacher Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress - Comedy Won
2011 Bad Teacher CinemaCon Awards Female Star of the Year Award Won
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting ALMA Awards Favorite Movie Actress - Comedy/Musical Nominated
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Nominated
2013 What to Expect When You're Expecting People's Choice Awards Favorite Comedic Movie Actress Nominated
2014 The Counselor MTV Movie Awards Best WTF Moment Nominated
2014 The Other Woman Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Nominated
2014 The Other Woman Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Chemistry Nominated
2015 The Other Woman People's Choice Awards Favorite Comedic Movie Actres Nominated
2015 Annie Kids Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress Nominated
2015 Annie Kids Choice Awards Favorite Villain Nominated
Charities

Cameron Diaz supports the following charitable causes: Environment, Animals, Leukemia, Cancer, AIDS, Homeless.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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