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Cameron Michelle Díaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American film actress.

Early life

Cameron Diaz was born and raised in San Diego, California. Her Cuban-American father Emilio Díaz worked as a foreman for an oil company, and her mother Billie Early (whose ancestry includes English, German, and Native American) worked as an exporting agent.

Cameron attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. At age 16, she landed a modeling contract with the prestigious Elle agency. After graduating 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.

Career

At the age of 21, Díaz auditioned for Jim Carrey's The Mask
. To her own surprise, and with no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead. Immediately on getting the part, she signed up for acting lessons.

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 My Best Friend's Wedding
and There's Something About Mary
, and won critical acclaim for Being John Malkovich
, which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

Diaz has also starred in the hit adaptation of Charlie's Angels
and its sequel, and she voiced a lead character in Shrek
and its sequel, for which she earned $10 million. In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for Vanilla Sky
. For Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
, she became the second actress (after Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role; the film underperformed at the box office. Future work for Diaz include roles in Nancy Meyers The Holiday
in 2006 and Shrek 3 in 2007.

Filmography

Covers and features in magazines

Entertainment Weekly (October 14, 2005, Issue 844/845): Cover and was featured
Rolling Stone (April 25, 2002, Issue No. 894): Cover with Christina Applegate
, and Selma Blair
Rolling Stone (August 22, 1996, Issue No. 741): Cover and feature article

Trivia

In 2004, a commercial S&M video of Diaz and another girl torturing another man leaked to the Internet. She made the video when she was 19. Diaz filed a suit against the Russian Internet site that distributed the video, but the video file is now distributed by many porn sites and Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

Diaz has been vocal in her opposition to US President George W. Bush. Before 2000's election, Diaz once wore a shirt that said "I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while promoting Charlie's Angels. During an Oprah appearance before 2004's election, Diaz said "Women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote..."
Cameron Diaz is currently in a romantic relationship with Justin Timberlake
. In October 2004, they were in an altercation with a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph the couple, the celebrities snatched the camera. Pictures of the incident appeared in Us Weekly. Representatives for the couple claimed that they were "ambushed" and acting out of self-defense.

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