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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an
United States|American film Actor|actress. 

Diaz was born and raised in San Diego, California,
the daughter of Emilio Diaz, a Cuban-American
father who worked as a foreman for an oil company,
and mother Billie, whose ancestry included
English, German and Native American. She attended
Long Beach Polytechnic High School. 

At age 16 she landed a contract with the
prestigious Elle modelling agency. After
graduating from High School she went to work in
Japan, there meeting video director Carlo de la
Torre. On her return to America she moved in with
him. For the next few years her modelling took her
'round the world, working for contracts with major
companies.

At the age of 21 she auditioned for a part in the
Jim Carrey movie 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 honed her acting
skills in low budget, independent films such as
The Last Supper (movie)|The Last Supper (1995),
Feeling Minnesota (1996), and She's The One
(1996).

She returned to mainstream as  "perfect" fiancÊe
in the romantic comedy in My Best Friend's Wedding
(1997) with  Julia Roberts. Her lead role in the
crude comedy There's Something About Mary (1998)
brought her genuine star status.

Diaz then returned to independent film with the
quirky Being John Malkovich (1999) and Oliver
Stone took risks when he gave her a role in Any
Given Sunday (1999). Both films enjoyed critical
and commercial success and critics heralded Diaz's
performances.

==Trivia==
Diaz has been listed in "sexiest" and "most
beautiful" lists in various periodicals including
FHM and People (magazine)|People.

Diaz was vocal in her support for Al Gore in the
U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 US
presidential election, sporting a t-shirt that
read "I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while
making publicity for Charlie's Angels.   

Diaz became the second of three actresses to join
the coveted "$20 Million Club" when she signed to
do Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. The first to
join the club was Julia Roberts and most recent
joiner was Angelina Jolie).

==Filmography==
*The Mask (1994)
*The Last Supper (1995)
*She's the One (1996)
*Feeling Minnesota (1996)
*Head Above Water (1996)
*Keys to Tulsa (1997)
*My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
*A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
*Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
*There's Something About Mary (1998)
*Very Bad Things (1998)
*Man Woman Film (1999) 
*Being John Malkovich (1999)
*Any Given Sunday (1999)
*Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
*Charlie's Angels (movie) (2000)
*Welcome to Hollywood (2000) (documentary)
*The Invisible Circus (2001) 
*Shrek (2001) (voice)
*Vanilla Sky (2001)
*Slackers (2002) (Cameo)
*The Sweetest Thing (2002)
*Minority Report (2002) (Cameo)
*Gangs of New York (2002)
*Shrek 4-D (2003) (voice) (short subject)
*Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
*Shrek 2 (2004) (voice)
*Trippin (2005-) (host)
*In Her Shoes (2005) (currently completed filming)
*In Search of Ted Demme (2005) (documentary)
(currently in pre-production)
*Shrek 3 (2007) (voice) (currently in
pre-production)

== External links ==
*http://www.cameron-diaz.ca/ The Ultimate Cameron
Diaz Archive
*imdb name|id=0000139|name=Cameron Diaz
*http://www.escena.ya.com/cameronforever/ Cameron
Diaz Forever
*http://www.somethingaboutcameron.com/ There's
Something About Cameron
*http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biogr
aphies/cameron_diaz_biog.htm/ Cameron's Tiscali
Biography