Biography

She was born on August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California. For the majority of her youth Cameron Diaz lived in Long Beach with her father her mother and her sister. Cameron attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School where she fit in best with a crowed of skateboarders. She was the typical head-banging rocker chick of the 80s. She liked everything from Iron Maiden to Ozzy to AC/DC.Her other musical interests included Poison, Metallica and Van Halen.

Then, one night at a typical Hollywood party Jeff Dunas, a photographer, approached Cameron. He gave her his business card and told her he could set her up with Elite Modeling Agency. Over the next few days Cameron thought the offer over. She discussed it with her parents and close friends before she called Jeff. She decided to go for it and less than a week after contacting him she had landed a modeling deal with Elite. Cameron worked with them to build a portfolio and finally after a few months she got a job doing a shoot for "Teen" magazine.

At the age of sixteen Cameron had the opportunity to travel to Japan with another young model. After a little coaxing of her parents who were fairly considerate, she was on her way to Asia for six months. Cameron lived with another model that was fifteen. During the day she was devoted to agents and to photo shoots. However, by sundown she was out partying on the town. Since Cameron had no adult around to discipline her, it was easy for her to get into trouble, but she survived.

After Japan Cameron began doing photo shoots all over the world. She filmed a Coca-Cola commercial in Australia and spent a lot of time flying between the US and Europe doing a lot of modeling for magazines. Despite all of this, Cameron also found time to get her high school degree and meet and fell in love with movie producer Carlos de la Torre. Eventually she ended up moving into his Hollywood apartment. Their relationship would last for five years.

Cameron was having tons of fun with her Modeling career, but there was something missing. She did not feel she was able to express herself to her full potential. That was when her agent suggested to her that she try her hand at acting. Cameron stuck out twelve auditions before she finally got a part in the movie "The Mask" with Jim Carrey. In an interview she once said: "Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.

Filmography

Shrek 2 (2004) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
Charlie's Angels 2 (2003) .... Natalie Cook
Gangs of New York (2002) .... Jenny Everdeane
Minority Report (2002) (uncredited) .... Woman on Metro
Sweetest Thing, The (2002) .... Christina Walters
74th Annual Academy Awards, The (2002) (TV) .... Presenter:
Slackers (2002) .... Herself
Headliners & Legends: Cameron Diaz (2001) (TV) (archive footage) .... Herself
Shrek: Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) (V) (singing voice) .... Princess Fiona
Vanilla Sky (2001) .... Julie Gianni
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Herself
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of 'Shrek' (2001) (TV) .... Herself
Shrek (2001) (voice) .... Princess Fiona
Invisible Circus, The (2001) .... Faith
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) (as Cameron Diza) .... Presenter
Making of 'Charlie's Angels', The (2000) (V) .... Herself
Charlie's Angels (2000) .... Natalie Cook
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) .... Carol (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")
1999 MTV Movie Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Christina Pagniacci
Being John Malkovich (1999) .... Lotte Schwartz
Man Woman Film (1999) .... Random Celebrity
Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Herself
Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live, The (1998) (TV) .... Host
Very Bad Things (1998) .... Laura Garrity
There's Something About Mary (1998) .... Mary Jensen Matthews
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) .... The Blonde (Reporter in Elevator)
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997) .... Celine Naville
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) .... Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Wallace
Keys to Tulsa (1997) .... Trudy
Head Above Water (1996) .... Nathalie
Feeling Minnesota (1996) .... Freddie Clayton
She's the One (1996) .... Heather Davis
Last Supper, The (1995) .... Jude
Mask, The (1994) .... Tina Carlyle
Last Supper (1992)