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.
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
