At age 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz contracted with modeling agency Elite Model Management. For the next few years she worked around the world for contracts with major companies.
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and There’s Something About Mary.
Other notable movie credits include Charlie’s Angels, and voicing the character Princess Fiona for the Shrek series. Diaz received Golden Globe award nominations for her performances in the movies There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.
At age 21, Diaz auditioned for the movie The Mask, even though she had no previous acting experience, based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite who met the film’s producers while they were searching for the female main actress. After obtaining the main female role, she immediately started acting lessons. The Mask became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1994, and earned Diaz nominations for several awards.
Cameron Diaz’s Filmography
2015 Bad Teacher 2
2014 Annie
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Other Woman
2013 The Counselor
2013 In a World…
2012 Gambit
2012 A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman (voice)
2012 What to Expect When You’re Expecting
2011 Bad Teacher
2011 The Green Hornet
2010 Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-tacular (Short)
2010 Scared Shrekless
2010 Knight and Day
2010 Shrek Forever After
2009 The Box
2009 My Sister’s Keeper
2008 What Happens in Vegas
2007 Shrek the Halls
2007 Shrek the Third
2006 The Holiday
2005 In Her Shoes
2004 Shrek 2
2003 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
2002 Gangs of New York
2002 Minority Report (uncredited)
2002 The Sweetest Thing
2001 Vanilla Sky
2001 Shrek (voice)
2001 The Invisible Circus
2000 Charlie’s Angels
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
1999 Any Given Sunday
1999 Being John Malkovich
1999 Man Woman Film
1998 Very Bad Things
1998 There’s Something About Mary
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1997 A Life Less Ordinary
1997 My Best Friend’s Wedding
1997 Keys to Tulsa
1996 Head Above Water
1996 Feeling Minnesota
1996 She’s the One
1995 The Last Supper
1994 The Mask
