Cameron Diaz was born on August 30th 1971 in San Diego. She has one sister called Chimese Diaz. Her father Emilo died in 2008. Before Cameron became an actor ,at 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with 상단, 맨 위로 modeling agency Elite Model Management. After graduating from high school, she went to work in 일본 and met video director Carlos de la Torre. On her return to the U.S., she moved in with him and had a five-year relationship from the time she was 17 until she was about 21. For the 다음 few years, her modeling took her around the world, working for contracts with major companies. She modeled for designers such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. She was featured on the cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen magazine.
Acting
At 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask, even though she had no 이전 연기 experience,[8] based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite who met the film's producers while they were searching for the female lead. After obtaining the lead female role, she immediately started 연기 lessons. Over the 다음 three years, she won roles in low-budget, independent films, such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, and She's the One, preferring to feel her way effectively into the business. Her breakthrough began with her roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary, a film for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actress - Musical 또는 Comedy. 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.
At Cannes in 2002During the 1990–2000 period, Diaz starred in many films, such as Things 당신 Can Tell Just 의해 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, the Critics' Choice 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 third actress (after Wedding costar Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Her 다음 film performances were in 슈렉 2, In Her Shoes, and The Holiday . During 2004 and early 2005, Diaz explored some of the planet's environmentally unique locations while discovering ways to help preserve them for the 10-episode 엠티비 series Trippin' which featured numerous 유명인사 and 프렌즈 of Diaz, such as Jessica Alba, Drew Barrymore, Mark Hoppus, Eva Mendes, and Justin Timberlake.
Diaz returned to the screen for 슈렉 the Third in 2007, in which she co-starred with her then 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 dropped out to 별, 스타 in In Her Shoes. She also appeared in the romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas, opposite Ashton Kutcher. Diaz will again voice Princess Fiona in 슈렉 4 and is set to 별, 스타 in The Box, a horror thriller, as well, scheduled to be released October 30, 2009, co-starring James Marsden.[9]
On July 7, 2007, Diaz participated at Live Earth in New York 의해 introducing Bon Jovi and The Police. In 2007, People ranked her as the Best Dressed Female Celebrity. In August 2008, Forbes Magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a 년 ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas and the 슈렉 films.[10][11][12]
She made an uncredited guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on February 15, 2009 with guest 별, 스타 Alec Baldwin as a cougar named Kiki Damore on a skit called "The Cougars' Den".
Personal life
Diaz received "substantial" defamation damages from suing American Media Incoporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.[13]
In 1992 Diaz appeared in a soft-core S&M video entitled "She's No Angel" shot 의해 photographer John Rutter. In 2003 she won a injunction against Rutter preventing him from distributing the video 또는 accompanying photographs, however in 2004 the video began being distributed online through a Russian website, pornazi.com.[14][15]
When Diaz was asked if she can speak Spanish she said:
I go, "God, 당신 know, it all sounds so familiar. I know what you're saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to 당신 back in Spanish. I can barely speak English properly." I didn't grow up in a Cuban community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach, basically. And I'm third generation. I'm of Cuban descent.[16]
The actress was vocal in her support for Al Gore in 2000. Diaz went so far as sporting a t-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making the publicity rounds for Charlie's Angels.[17]
Diaz has also been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest nonprofit for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and outspoken about the need to support military families.”
Although she was quoted in a 1997 Time Magazine 기사 saying she was germophobic,[18] Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small 코멘트 she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was blown out of proportion.[19]
On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.[20]
Relationships
Diaz dated former *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake, whom she met at the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards. 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 연기 out of self-defense.[21] The pair issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007, announcing they had broken up, following weeks of breakup rumors.[22
e an actor she started off as a model.
Acting
At 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask, even though she had no 이전 연기 experience,[8] based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite who met the film's producers while they were searching for the female lead. After obtaining the lead female role, she immediately started 연기 lessons. Over the 다음 three years, she won roles in low-budget, independent films, such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, and She's the One, preferring to feel her way effectively into the business. Her breakthrough began with her roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary, a film for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actress - Musical 또는 Comedy. 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.
At Cannes in 2002During the 1990–2000 period, Diaz starred in many films, such as Things 당신 Can Tell Just 의해 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, the Critics' Choice 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 third actress (after Wedding costar Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Her 다음 film performances were in 슈렉 2, In Her Shoes, and The Holiday . During 2004 and early 2005, Diaz explored some of the planet's environmentally unique locations while discovering ways to help preserve them for the 10-episode 엠티비 series Trippin' which featured numerous 유명인사 and 프렌즈 of Diaz, such as Jessica Alba, Drew Barrymore, Mark Hoppus, Eva Mendes, and Justin Timberlake.
Diaz returned to the screen for 슈렉 the Third in 2007, in which she co-starred with her then 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 dropped out to 별, 스타 in In Her Shoes. She also appeared in the romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas, opposite Ashton Kutcher. Diaz will again voice Princess Fiona in 슈렉 4 and is set to 별, 스타 in The Box, a horror thriller, as well, scheduled to be released October 30, 2009, co-starring James Marsden.[9]
On July 7, 2007, Diaz participated at Live Earth in New York 의해 introducing Bon Jovi and The Police. In 2007, People ranked her as the Best Dressed Female Celebrity. In August 2008, Forbes Magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a 년 ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas and the 슈렉 films.[10][11][12]
She made an uncredited guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on February 15, 2009 with guest 별, 스타 Alec Baldwin as a cougar named Kiki Damore on a skit called "The Cougars' Den".
Personal life
Diaz received "substantial" defamation damages from suing American Media Incoporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.[13]
In 1992 Diaz appeared in a soft-core S&M video entitled "She's No Angel" shot 의해 photographer John Rutter. In 2003 she won a injunction against Rutter preventing him from distributing the video 또는 accompanying photographs, however in 2004 the video began being distributed online through a Russian website, pornazi.com.[14][15]
When Diaz was asked if she can speak Spanish she said:
I go, "God, 당신 know, it all sounds so familiar. I know what you're saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to 당신 back in Spanish. I can barely speak English properly." I didn't grow up in a Cuban community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach, basically. And I'm third generation. I'm of Cuban descent.[16]
The actress was vocal in her support for Al Gore in 2000. Diaz went so far as sporting a t-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making the publicity rounds for Charlie's Angels.[17]
Diaz has also been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest nonprofit for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and outspoken about the need to support military families.”
Although she was quoted in a 1997 Time Magazine 기사 saying she was germophobic,[18] Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small 코멘트 she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was blown out of proportion.[19]
On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.[20]
Relationships
Diaz dated former *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake, whom she met at the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards. 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 연기 out of self-defense.[21] The pair issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007, announcing they had broken up, following weeks of breakup rumors.[22
e an actor she started off as a model.
