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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) in San Diego, California is a
four-time Golden Globe nominated American actress and former fashion model.
She is well known for her roles in blockbuster movies such as The Mask, There's
Something About Mary, My Best Friend's Wedding, Charlie's Angels, Shrek, Gangs Of
New York, The Sweetest Thing, and In Her Shoes.
Diaz is the second of two actresses (the other being Julia Roberts) to join the
coveted "$20 Million Club" after receiving this salary for Charlie's Angels: Full
Throttle.
At age 17, 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 Carlo de la Torre. On her return to America, she
moved in with him. For the next few years, her modeling took her around the world,
working for contracts with major companies. She modelled for designers such as
Calvin Klein and Levi's. She also graced the cover of the July 1990 issue of
Seventeen magazines.
At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for the Jim Carrey film The Mask. Even though she
had no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead. She signed up
for acting lessons right after getting the part. Over the next three years, she won
roles in low-budget, independent films, such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota,
and She's The One.
She then regained mainstream success with her roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and
There's Something About Mary. 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.
Cameron Diaz with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese at the 2002 Cannes Film
Festival, photo by Rita MolnárDuring the 1999-2000 period, Diaz starred in many
films, such as Things You Can Tell Just by 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 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 second actress (after
Wedding costar Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. After Full Throttle, Diaz only appeared in three
films, Shrek 2, In Her Shoes and The Holiday .
During 2004 and early 2005, Diaz explored some of the environmentally unique
locations on the planet while discovering ways to help preserve them for the
10-episode MTV series Trippin’ which featured numerous celebrities and friends of
Diaz, such as Jessica Alba, Drew Barrymore, Eva Mendes and Justin Timberlake.
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