Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz | |
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Born | Cameron Michelle Diaz |
Occupation | Actress/Model |
Years active | 1988–1993 (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 Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary, and subsequently appeared in Charlie's Angels, Shrek, 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), born in Los Angeles County, 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 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 Diaz. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg.
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
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. Meanwhile, the film became one of the top-ten blockbusters of the year[9] and earned Diaz nominations for multiple 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 (1997), and A Life Less Ordinary (1997), preferring to feel her way effectively into the business. Her breakthrough began with her roles in 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 won 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, both mainstream and independent, such as Very Bad Things, Head Above Water, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Any Given Sunday, and the hit adaptation of Charlie's Angels. She co-starred with such actors as Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Ann-Margaret, Drew Barrymore, and Jennifer Aniston. 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 film performances were in Shrek 2 (2004), In Her Shoes (2005), and The Holiday (2006). During this time, Diaz explored some of the planet's environmentally unique locations 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, Mark Hoppus, Eva Mendes, and Justin Timberlake. Diaz returned to the screen for Shrek the Third in 2007, in which she co-starred with her then boyfriend Justin Timberlake. 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. She also appeared in the romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas (2008), opposite Ashton Kutcher, followed by The Box (2009), a horror thriller co-starring James Marsden.[11] She made an uncredited guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on February 14, 2009 with guest star Alec Baldwin on a skit called "The Cougars' Den".
On July 7, 2007, Diaz participated at Live Earth in New York by introducing Bon Jovi and The Police. In 2007, People ranked her as the Best Dressed Female Celebrity. In August 2008, Forbes Magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas and the Shrek films.[12][13][14]
In 2010, Diaz will lend her voice to Shrek 4 and reunite with her Vanilla Sky costar Tom Cruise in the action-comedy Knight and Day.[15][16]
Personal life
Diaz received "substantial" defamation damages from suing American Media Incoporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.[17]
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, however in 2004 the video began being distributed online through a Russian website.[18][19]
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.[20]
The actress 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.[21]
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,[22] 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.[23]
On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.[24]
Relationships
From 1990 to 1995, Diaz dated Carlos de la Torre.[25] 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.[26] She then had a relationship with singer/actor Jared Leto from 1999 to 2003. Diaz dated former *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake from 2003 to 2006.[27] 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.[28]
Awards and nominations
- 1995: Best Breakthrough Performance , Most Desirable Female, and Best Dance Sequence (shared with Jim Carrey) for The Mask (nominations)
- 1996: Received award at ShoWest Convention for "Female Star of Tomorrow"
- 1998: Best Dance Sequence (shared with Ewan McGregor) for A Life Less Ordinary (nomination)
- 1998: Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress for My Best Friend's Wedding (won)
- 1998: ALMA Award for My Best Friend's Wedding
- 1999: Golden Globe for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for There's Something About Mary (nomination)
- 1999: American Comedy Award for There's Something About Mary
- 1999: Best Female Performance for There's Something About Mary (won)
- 1999: Teen Choice Award for Most Disgusting Scene for There's Something About Mary (won)
- 1999: Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Actress - Comedy for There's Something About Mary (won)
- 2000: ALMA Award for Any Given Sunday
- 2000: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Being John Malkovich (nomination)
- 2000: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for Being John Malkovich (nomination)
- 2000: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Being John Malkovich (nomination)
- 2001: Best Dance Sequence and Best On-Screen Team (shared with Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore for Charlie's Angels (won)
- 2000: Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Drama for Any Given Sunday (won)
- 2002: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Vanilla Sky (nomination)
- 2002: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for Vanilla Sky (nomination)
- 2003: Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Gangs of New York (nomination)
- 2006: Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress for In Her Shoes (nomination)
- 2007: People's Choice Award for Favorite Leading Lady (won)
- 2008: Kids' Choice Awards- Best Voice From An Animated Movie for Shrek the Third (nomination)
- 2009: On June 22, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Mask | Tina Carlyle | |
1995 | The Last Supper | Jude | |
1996 | She's the One | Heather | |
Feeling Minnesota | Freddie Clayton | ||
Head Above Water | Nathalie | ||
1997 | Keys to Tulsa | Trudy | |
My Best Friend's Wedding | Kimberly Wallace | ||
A Life Less Ordinary | Celine Naville | ||
1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Blonde TV Reporter | |
There's Something About Mary | Mary Jensen | ||
Very Bad Things | Laura Garrety | ||
1999 | Being John Malkovich | Lotte Schwartz | |
Any Given Sunday | Christina Pagniacci | ||
2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Carol Faber | |
Charlie's Angels | Natalie Cook | ||
2001 | The Invisible Circus | Faith | |
Shrek | Princess Fiona | voice | |
Vanilla Sky | Julianna 'Julie' Gianni | ||
2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Christina Walters | |
My Father's House | The Girl | ||
Minority Report | Woman on Metro | ||
Gangs of New York | Jenny Everdeane | ||
2003 | Shrek 4-D | Princess Fiona | voice |
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-Fuller | |
2009 | My Sister's Keeper | Sara Fitzgerald | |
The Box | Norma Lewis | ||
2010 | Shrek Forever After | Princess Fiona | (voice) post-production |
Knight & Day | June | filming | |
The Green Hornet | Lenore Case | filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Shrek the Halls | Princess Fiona | Made for television |
2008–2009 | Saturday Night Live | Kiki Deamore | 2 episodes |
References
- ^ Family ties, Father & mother
- ^ FilmReference.com: Cameron Diaz Biography (1952-)
- ^ CAMERON DIAZ: A Life Less Ordinary: Interview
- ^ "Girl, interrupted". Telegraph.co.uk. 2003-01-09. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
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(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 accessed November 20, 2006
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1994&p=.htm
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110475/awards
- ^ Kit, Borys; Goldstein, Greg (2006-06-29). "Box' is a dark place for Diaz". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990407/
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/dec/23/tom-cruise-cameron-diaz-knight-day
- ^ "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.
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(help) - ^ LiberalArtists.com
- ^ 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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