Cameron Michelle Diaz was born on August 30,1972 and is an American actress.
35 Facts About Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz has received various accolades, including nominations for four Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
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Cameron Diaz made her film debut at age 21 opposite Jim Carrey in the comedy The Mask.
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Cameron Diaz has written two health books: The Body Book, a New York Times bestseller, and The Longevity Book.
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Cameron Diaz was raised in Long Beach and attended Los Cerritos Elementary School, and then Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where she was a schoolmate of Snoop Dogg.
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Cameron Diaz modeled for 2 to 3 months in Australia and shot a commercial for Coca-Cola in Sydney in 1991.
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Cameron Diaz stated that he was offering her first right of refusal to them; she saw it as attempted blackmail and sued him.
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At the age of 21, Cameron Diaz auditioned for The Mask, playing a jazz singer named Tina Carlyle, based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers while they were searching for the lead actress.
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Cameron Diaz subsequently starred in the independent black comedy The Last Supper, playing one of several liberal graduate students who invite a group of extremist conservatives to a dinner in an attempt to murder them.
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Cameron Diaz was scheduled to perform in the film Mortal Kombat, but had to resign after breaking her hand while training for the role.
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Besides a starring part in the little-seen A Life Less Ordinary, Cameron Diaz returned to mainstream in 1997 with the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding.
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In 1998, Cameron Diaz starred in There's Something About Mary, as the titular role of a woman living in Miami having several men vying for her affections.
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Cameron Diaz starred in the critically panned comedy Very Bad Things.
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Cameron Diaz starred in Spike Jonze's directorial debut Being John Malkovich, portraying the pet-obsessed wife of an unemployed puppeteer who, through a portal, finds himself in the mind of actor John Malkovich.
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In 2001, Cameron Diaz starred in the Sundance-premiered independent drama The Invisible Circus, as a young woman who commits suicide in Europe in the 1970s, and next in the year, she appeared in Vanilla Sky, as the former lover of a self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate.
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Cameron Diaz next reprised her roles in the commercially successful sequels Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and Shrek 2.
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The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and Cameron Diaz garnered acclaim for her performance of a dyslectic wild child engaged in a love-hate struggle with her plain, sensible sister, with USA Today calling it "her best work" at the time.
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Cameron Diaz followed In Her Shoes with a role in Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy The Holiday, starring Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black.
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Also that year, Cameron Diaz reprised her voice role of Princess Fiona in Shrek Forever After, the fourth installment in the Shrek series.
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Also in 2010, Cameron Diaz reunited with her Vanilla Sky co-star Tom Cruise in the action comedy film Knight and Day.
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In 2011, Cameron Diaz was cast as Lenore Case, a journalist, in the remake of the 1940s film The Green Hornet.
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Also in 2011, Cameron Diaz was listed among CEOWorld Magazines Top Accomplished Women Entertainers.
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In 2012 Cameron 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.
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Cameron Diaz, who filmed her scenes in a two-week period, portrays Jules Baxter, 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.
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Cameron Diaz voiced Sigmund Freud in A Liar's Autobiography, a British animated comedy film that is a completely inaccurate portrayal of the life of Monty Python alumnus Graham Chapman.
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The role required Cameron Diaz to perform multiple scenes of nudity.
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Cameron Diaz took on the role of Miss Colleen Hannigan, the cruel control freak of the foster home where the titular character resides.
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Cameron Diaz decided to take a break from acting following the release of Annie, stating in July 2017 that she became tired of traveling for filming, and confirmed her retirement the following March.
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Cameron Diaz then released The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time in June 2016.
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Cameron Diaz has since invested in health and biotech startups, including Seed Health and Modern Acupuncture.
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In 2020, Cameron Diaz launched an organic wine brand, Avaline, with business partner Katherine Power.
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From May 2010 to September 2011, Cameron Diaz dated former New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez.
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Cameron Diaz married musician Benji Madden at her home in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5,2015, in a Jewish ceremony.
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Cameron Diaz has been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the first and largest non-profit organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has spoken as an advocate for military families.
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Cameron Diaz has received various accolades throughout her career, including nominations for four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a British Academy Film Award.