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Cameron Michelle Díaz (born August 30 , 1972 ) is a popular American film Actress and model.


BIOGRAPHY


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

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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 Film s, 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 '''', 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 .


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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.

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  • 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.

  • Her favourite Soccer team is Liverpool. Sometimes she can be seen wearing a red and white woolly hat.

  • In 2005, Cameron revealed that during her school days, she was called Skeletor , a villain in He-Man cartoon, by her classmates. Many tabloids published this.

  • Diaz was the host of the 2005 MTV television series '' Trippin' ''.

  • She drives a Toyota Prius .



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