Cameron Diaz Biography
Real name | Cameron Michelle Diaz |
Birthdate | August 30, 1972 |
Birthplace | San Diego, California, U.S |
Age | 47 years old (in 2020) |
Profession | Actress, Author, Producer, Model |
Years active | 1990–2016 |
Home town | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Spouse(s) | Benji Madden (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Networth | $140 million |
Cameron Diaz Personal Life
Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress of Anglo-German and Cuban origin, born August 30, 1972, in California. Emilio Diaz, of Cuban origin, works on oil rigs, and her mother, Billie, works in import-export. Tomboy, the girl, who grows up in Long Beach, a port suburb of Los Angeles, plays a lot of sports (she breaks her nose on her surfboard) and swearing contests with her little friends.
As a teenager, in 1988, the pretty Cameron began modeling in a prestigious agency, Elite. Cameron is talented and ambitious and for her first casting, she gets the lead role in the feature film The Mask (1994) where she gives the reply to Jim Carrey. The success of the film revealed her to the general public at just 22 years old.
Cameron Diaz Professional Career
After a few independent films (The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, Keys to Tulsa), she reveals her comedic talents in The Wedding of My Best Friend (1997) alongside Julia Roberts. In 1998, the comedy Mary at all costs, with Ben Stiller, definitively raised her to the rank of a world star. Her partners praise the benevolence of this self-deprecating actress and her irresistible humor.
Her filmography has several box office successes in the 2000s: Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels 2, The Holiday, and more recently Bad Teacher (2011). Cameron Diaz regularly breaks her sexy image to take on darker roles; Gangs of New York (2002) by Martin Scorsese, My life for yours (2009) by Nick Cassavetes, or Cartel (2013). She also lends her voice to Princess Fiona in Shrek series.
A fervent environmentalist, she recorded a documentary series, Trippin (2005), broadcast on MTV, intended for young audiences to awaken their environmental awareness. Since her modeling debut, Cameron Diaz has rarely posed in front of the cameras, but in 2009 she agreed to become the face of Swiss Watchmaker Tag Heuer. In 2014, she returned to the industry in which she excelled, comedy, on the banner for Sex Tape, then in the film adaptation of the musical Annie.
Cameron Diaz Marriage / Husband
As for her private life, her successful career did not prevent her from leading an equally rich love life; She dated actor Matt Dillon, from 1996 to 1998, then Jared Leto, between 1999 and 2003. With Justin Timberlake, despite their nine-year difference, she coos for four years (2003-2007). She then shares the life of Alex Rodriguez, an American baseball star, for two years. Their breakup in 2011 allows her to enjoy her celibacy with pleasure.
In June 2014, she appeared on the arm of Benji Madden, musician of the group Good Charlotte and brother-in-law of her very good friend Nicole Richie. After an engagement in December, the couple married discreetly on January 5, 2015, at their property in Los Angeles, surrounded by their families and a few close friends.
Cameron Diaz Movies List
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 | Cameo |
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 | |
2002 | Slackers | Herself | Cameo |
2002 | Minority Report | Woman on train | Uncredited cameo |
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) | |
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 | 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 | Sigmund Freud (voice) | |
2013 | The Counselor | Malkina | |
2013 | The Unbelievers | Herself | Documentary film |
2013 | In a World… | Herself in trailer for The Amazon Games | Uncredited cameo |
2014 | The Other Woman | Carly Whitten | |
2014 | Sex Tape | Annie Hargrove | |
2014 | Annie | Miss Hannigan | Final Film Role |
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