Cameron Diaz
From The Mask to Back in Action: the enduring star power of Cameron Diaz.
A British Academy Film Award and four Golden Globe Awards are among the honors for which she has been nominated.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Cameron Michelle Diaz
- Born
- 30 August 1972
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, US
- Occupation
- Actress
- author
- model
- Years active
- 1990–2014 • 2021–present
- Spouse
- Benji Madden (2015)
- Children
- 3
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
She auditioned for The Mask at age 21 with no previous acting experience.[2][3] In 1998, she starred in There's Something About Mary, which was the highest-grossing comedy of 1998 in North America.[4] Diaz published a health book, The Body Book, in 2013.[5] She married musician Benji Madden on January 5, 2015.[6]
On her father's side, Diaz's family roots are Cuban, while her mother's lineage is mostly English and German.[7] Long Beach was where she grew up, and she completed her education at Long Beach Polytechnic High School.[8] In 1994, The Mask ranked among the ten movies that earned the most money that year.[3]
What the cited sources add
The BBC News account states that photographer John Rutter was convicted of forgery, attempted grand theft and perjury.[9] The Guardian reports that Rutter attempted to sell topless photos back to Diaz for $3.5 million after she became a movie star.[10] The Guardian also notes that Diaz testified she was not ashamed of the shots.[10] The Golden Globes record lists her four nominations, including for Being John Malkovich and Vanilla Sky.[11]
According to the Marie Claire excerpt, Diaz stated that she has no objection to appearing nude if it serves the narrative.[12]
References
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "People Index", Box Office Mojo; Siegel, "From Cameron Diaz to Sandra Bullock, the A-list of actresses is aging along with the moviegoer as their clout (and salaries) skyrocket, and Hollywood fails to groom another generation amid franchise fever.", Jun (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Actress of the week – Cameron Diaz" askmen.com. Retrieved November 20, 2006. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1994 DOMESTIC GROSSES, #1–50", Box Office Mojo; "Cameron Diaz: being a sex symbol is limiting", Topcelebrityheadlines.com, May 18, 2009; "The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols", Channel 4, February 13, 2009; Us Weekly Staff, "Cameron Diaz's Love Life", Us Weekly, January 28, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Baumgarten, "Film Review: There's Something About Mary", The Austin Chronicle, July 17, 1998; "There's Something About Mary", Box Office Mojo; "Cameron Diaz", Golden Globes (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Counselor (2013)", Rotten Tomatoes (Flixster); Diaz, "The Body Book - Cameron Diaz - Hardcover" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Us Weekly Staff, "Cameron Diaz's Love Life", Us Weekly, January 28, 2015; "Jared's a fine actor but no pickup artist, say beauties who've delivered a Leto veto", Daily News, March 14, 2014; People Staff, "Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz Break Up", People, January 11, 2007; Sears, "The top 10 women A-Rod played ball with off the field", New York Post, August 11, 2016; "Why did Cameron Diaz have a Jewish wedding?", January 6, 2015; "Cameron Diaz has a Jewish wedding - through neither she nor beau are Jewish", Haaretz, January 7, 2015; "Ca en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tom Ford and people born between August 24th and 30th", August 24, 2018; "Cameron Diaz's Family Pays Tribute to Her Father", April 23, 2008; Kappes, "Becoming Cameron Diaz", May 20, 2004; Stein, "Leaders & Visionaries - Cameron Diaz", September 22, 2009; Kappes, "Becoming Cameron Diaz", May 20, 2004; Fischer, "Cameron Diaz: A Life Less Ordinary: Interview", Urbancinefile.com.au, n.d.; "Cameron Díaz confiesa que su familia era de Cádiz", La Voz de Cádiz, January 17, 2025; "YouTube interview about her Spanish-Cuban roots", Youtube.com, June en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cameron Diaz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stein, "Leaders & Visionaries - Cameron Diaz", September 22, 2009; "Cameron Diaz", Yahoo! Movies; Johnson, Billy Jr., "Snoop Dogg Recalls High School Days With Cameron Diaz, Talks 'Reincarnated' Film", Yahoo!, March 15, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Cameron Diaz photographer jailed", BBC News, September 16, 2005. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
- "Diaz photographer convicted", The Guardian, July 26, 2005. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- "Cameron Diaz", Golden Globes. facts only, no text reused. goldenglobes.com
- "Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Cameron Diaz's November Cover Story", Marie Claire, October 12, 2014. facts only, no text reused. marieclaire.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Cameron Diaz (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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