Cameron Michelle Diaz born August 30, is an American actress. She made her film debut at age 21 opposite Jim Carrey in the comedy The Mask Following a supporting role in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding , she starred as the titular character in the Farrelly brothers ' comedy There's Something About Mary , which brought her increased fame and her first Golden Globe nomination.
Her following two projects—the sports drama Any Given Sunday and Spike Jonze 's fantasy film Being John Malkovich both —earned Diaz recognition as a dramatic actress. Diaz received praise for her supporting roles in Cameron Crowe 's Vanilla Sky and Martin Scorsese 's Gangs of New York and had greater commercial success in the action comedy Charlie's Angels and its sequel , as well as for voicing Princess Fiona in the Shrek franchise —present.
After starring in three successful comedies in — The Other Woman , Sex Tape and Annie —Diaz retired from acting to focus on her family, but made a return to the profession with the action comedy Back in Action Her personal life has drawn media attention throughout the course of her career, mostly regarding her relationships and fashion choices. We weren't privileged—very much the opposite. But we were very happy. While still attending high school, Diaz signed a modeling contract with Elite Model Management at age 16 [ 17 ] and appeared in advertisements for Calvin Klein and Levi's.
At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask , playing a jazz singer named Tina Carlyle, [ 22 ] based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers while they were searching for the lead actress. Having no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest-grossing films of [ 23 ] and launched Diaz as a sex symbol. Diaz subsequently starred in the independent black comedy The Last Supper , playing one of several liberal graduate students who invite a group of extremist conservatives to a dinner in an attempt to murder them.
She was scheduled to perform in the film Mortal Kombat , but had to resign after breaking her hand while training for the role. The film was a global box-office hit [ 33 ] and is considered one of the best romantic comedy films of all time. In , Diaz starred in There's Something About Mary , as the titular role of a woman living in Miami having several men vying for her affections.
