CAMERON DIAZ

Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She rose to prominence during the 1990s with roles in the movies.

 Diaz has received four Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in the movies.

in this movie There's Something About Mary for which she also won the New York Film Critics Best Lead Actress Award. She is also a BAFTA nominee. In 2013, Diaz was named the highest paid actress over 40 in Hollywood.

 

Early life

Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego. Her mother, Billie Joann , is an import-export agent, and her father, Emilio Luis Diaz, worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for more than 20 years as a field gauge. Diaz has an older sister, Chimene. Her father's family were Cuban,later moving to California, where Emilio was born.Diaz was raised in Long Beach California, and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career

Modeling

She began her career as a fashion model at age 16, and contracted with a modeling agency, Elite Model Management. For the next few years she worked around the world on contracts for companies such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. When she was age 17 she was featured on the front cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen.


Acting

At age 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers while they were searching for the female main actress. Having no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1994 and launched Diaz as a sex symbol. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Being John Malkovich.