Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz | |
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 Diaz receiving a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, June 2009 | |
| Born | Cameron Michelle Diaz |
| Occupation | Actress/model |
| Years active | 1988–93 (model) 1993–present (actress) |
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model.
She broke out in the 1990s with her roles in the blockbuster films The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary, and subsequently appeared in Charlie's Angels, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, and several other Hollywood films. Diaz has received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.
Early life
Diaz was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Billie (née Early), an import-export agent, and Emilio Diaz (1949–2008), who worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for more than 20 years as a field gauger, and in the pipeline department, until he retired in 1998.[1][2] Her father, who was born in Los Angeles County, was a second-generation Cuban American (her grandparents settled in Tampa's Ybor City)[3] and her mother is of English, German and Cherokee ancestry.[4][5][6] She has one older sister, Chimene, and one older brother, Michael. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Chris Heider, he was also the one who took her virginity.
Career
Modeling
At 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with top modeling agency Elite Model Management. After graduating from high school, she went to work in Japan 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.[7] For the next 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
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At 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask, even though she had no previous acting 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 acting lessons. The Mask became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1994,[9] and earned Diaz nominations for several awards.[10]
Over the next three years, she took roles in low-budget independent films, such as The Last Supper (1995), Feeling Minnesota (1996), She's the One (1996), Keys to Tulsa (1996), and A Life Less Ordinary (1997), preferring to feel her way effectively into the business.
She returned to mainstream films with the major box office successes My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and There's Something About Mary (1998), a film for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe 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 Globes, the BAFTA Awards, and the SAG Awards. During 1990–2000, Diaz starred in many films, such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Very Bad Things, 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 next films were In Her Shoes (2005), and The Holiday (2006). 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 star in In Her Shoes. Diaz reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas opposite Ashton Kutcher, and the Shrek sequels.[11][12][13] In 2009 she starred in the film My Sister's Keeper and made an uncredited guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on a skit called "The Cougars' Den".
In 2010, Diaz again voiced Princess Fiona in Shrek Forever After, and will reunite with her Vanilla Sky costar Tom Cruise in the action/comedy Knight and Day.
Personal life
Diaz received "substantial" defamation damages from suing American Media Incorporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.[14]
In 1992 Diaz appeared in a soft-core S&M video entitled "She's No Angel" shot by photographer John Rutter. In 2003 she won an injunction against Rutter preventing him from distributing the video or accompanying photographs, but in 2004 the video began being distributed online through a Russian website.[15][16]
When Diaz was asked if she can speak Spanish she said:
I go, 'God, you know, it all sounds so familiar. I know what you're saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to you 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.[17]
She 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.[18]
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 has spoken as an advocate for military families.
Although she was quoted in a 1997 Time Magazine article saying she was germophobic,[19] Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small comment she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was blown out of proportion.[20]
On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.[21]
Relationships
From 1990 to 1995, Diaz dated video director Carlos de la Torre.[22] In 1995 she began a relationship with actor Matt Dillon, with whom she co-starred in There's Something About Mary and broke up with in 1998.[23] She then had a relationship with singer/actor Jared Leto from 1999 to 2003. Diaz dated singer Justin Timberlake from 2003 to 2006.[24] 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 acting out of self-defense.[25]
Filmography and awards
In 1996 Diaz received an award at the ShoWest Convention for "Female Star of Tomorrow." In 2006 she won a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Leading Lady." On June 22, 2009, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Shrek the Halls | Princess Fiona | Made for television |
| 2008–2009 | Saturday Night Live | Kiki Deamore | 3 episodes |
References
- ^ Post to: (2004-05-20). "Family ties, Father & mother". People.com. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
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- ^ "CAMERON DIAZ: A Life Less Ordinary: Interview". Urbancinefile.com.au. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ^ Jenkins, David (2003-01-09). "Girl, interrupted". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Cameron Diaz: Hollywood crowd-pleaser". BBC News. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ Hawk, Mason (1998). "A Cheap Date With Cameron Diaz". NYRock. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ Norbert B. Laufenberg Entertainment Celebrities, p. 179, Trafford Publishing, 2005 ISBN 978-1412053358
- ^ Actress of the week – Cameron Diaz askmen.com'.' Retrieved November 20, 2006.
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1994&p=.htm
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110475/awards
- ^ Rose, Lacy (2008-08-07). "Hollywood's Top-Earning Actresses". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Top 5 list of Hollywood's highest paid actresses." Hollyscoop.com 2008]
- ^ "Only women to make it into top earners." Adelaide Now
- ^ "Libel damages for US actress Diaz". BBC News. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ "Kinky Cameron Diaz video hits web". China Daily. 2004-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Topless Diaz hits internet". News24.com. 2004-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ James, Christine (1999). "Cameron Diaz: Bringing a Woman's Touch to Any Given Sunday". Reel.com. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "LiberalArtists.com". LiberalArtists.com. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ^ Cameron Diaz on OCD Time Magazine November 10, 1997
- ^ Real Time with Bill Maher, Episode 159 (June 26, 2009)
- ^ "Cameron Diaz's father succumbs to pneumonia". 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020297/bio
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020297/bio
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020297/bio
- ^ Justin, Cameron Go Camera Shy E-online Joal Ryan – November 10, 2004
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