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Born on August 30, 1972 in Long Beach, California, Cameron Diaz grew up in the typical fashion of any all-American girl. Except of course, she was an exceptional beauty. Cameron's dad, Emilio, a Cuban American, was a foreman at a California Oil Company. Her mom, Billie, who's German, English, and Native American, was an import-export broker. Cameron was raised in Long Beach alongside her sister Chimene. As she was growing up, Cameron was like most girls, listening to lots of modern music and acting wild. But by her mid-teens, Cameron began attending Hollywood parties and staying out until the wee hours of the morning.
It was during this party phase of her life that Cameron ended up meeting a well connected man who would change her whole life. Jeff Dunas spotted Cameron while she was out one night and told her that he could sign her up with the Elite modeling agency. Although Cameron initially thought his proposition was somewhat fishy, she took his card and discussed it with her family and friends. After having left Long Beach and having traveled around the world due to her modeling contracts, and having appeared in such magazines as Mademoiselle and Seventeen, Cameron returned to California at age 21, and although she continued to model, she knew that she wanted more. In 1994, she decided to audition for a small bit part in the movie, The Mask starring the elastic faced Jim Carrey. Although she didn't have any acting experience whatsoever, Cameron was cast as the female lead in the film. Although Cameron was supposed to star in Mortal Kombat, for which she was required to learn martial arts, she ended up injuring her wrist and ultimately had to back out of the film.
But after having received such rave reviews upon The Mask's release, Cameron set out to perfect her acting skills by steering clear of potential blockbuster hits and focused on low budget films such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota which co-starred Keanu Reeves, and Head Above Water, in which she played Harvey Keitel's wife. Once Cameron felt that she had reached her acting acme, she returned to the big screen, starring in My Best Friends Wedding starring opposite Julia Roberts. It was at this time that The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) acknowledged her string of movie triumphs by naming her the ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow.
A little while after that, she hit the silver screen once again with A Life Less Ordinary starring opposite Ewan McGregor. Unfortunately, however, the movie was not well received by critics. The film that really turned Cameron into a household name was her now iconic role in There's Something About Mary, which co-starred comedian Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon. Although Cameron was dating Dillon for nearly three years, whom she met on the set of the film, the couple has recently split. More recently, Cameron starred opposite Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday, with John Cusack in Being John Malkovich (in which she's hardly recognizable), and most recently, she starring in Charlie's Angels with fellow beauties Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu.
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Will Smith, Cameron Diaz hit the Hollywood jackpot - Dallas Morning News
Diaz to visit new man's parents - RTE.ie
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Diaz to visit new man's parentsRTE.ie, Ireland - 14 hours agoCameron Diaz is to travel to England meet the parents of her ex-bricklayer British boyfriend, according to a report. Diaz has been going out with Paul ... |
The Star Report: Who says stars are overpaid? Not Will Smith and ... - San Jose Mercury News
Sting's jeans wanted more than Diaz's - NEWS.com.au
Sting's jeans wanted more than Diaz'sNEWS.com.au, Australia - Jul 23, 2008STING and The Police attracted the top price for their jeans at a charity auction in Sydney, beating Hollywood star Cameron Diaz. ... |
Diaz to meet lover's parents in Essex - Digital Spy
Sting strides to the top in Australian charity jeans auction - AFP
Cameron Diaz is coming to Essex - This is Total Essex
Cameron Diaz is coming to EssexThis is Total Essex, UK - Jul 22, 2008THINGS must be serious between Essex brickie-turned-model Paul Sculfor and Cameron Diaz - she's coming to Upminster to meet his parents. ... |
Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston call love truce - Melbourne Herald Sun
Cameron Diaz engaged? - China Daily
Cameron Diaz prepares to meet the parents of her British beau - hellomagazine.com
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