Full Name: Cameron Diaz (Pronounced - Cam-Room Dee-az)
Nickname: Cami
Birthday: August 30, 1972
Birth Place: San Diego, Calif., USA
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Body Measurement: B86cm W58cm H87cm (34-23-32)
Height: 175cm (5 feet 9 inches)
Shoes Size: 8(US)
Occupation: Actress, Model
Hair: Natural Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Face: Oval Shaped. Prominent Features
Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long
Beach, California
They say first impressions last and the first time
I ever saw Cameron Diaz was her amazing entrance in
the Mask. She made such an impression that she merits
a few bits and bytes on my own web site.
Cameron grew up in Long Beach, California with her
Cuban-American father who was a foreman and her broker
mum. Her mother was the result of German, Native American
and English heritage. Her easy going parents took Cameron
everywhere and as a child she was a head banging party
going kid. "I was a tough kid with the jeans, the
concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in
the back pocket and the feathered hair" Her Mother
supported her love of heavy metal music and even accompanied
her to her first Van Halen show.
It was at a party in Hollywood that she got her big
break when she was approached by a modelling agency.
She took up their offer and at just 16 was off to live
in Japan with a girlfriend. Her mixed life of high school
and modelling meant she didn't work that much. At 19
with a comfortable career and appartments in both Paris
and Los Angeles she landed the dream roll in "The
Mask". Despite the fact that she had no acting
expierience and didn't have the dancing or singing skills
required to play the roll she breezed through her 12
auditions.
She instantly shot to stardom with that entrance and
her "excuse me, where I can open an account?"
first line.
Cameron was out to prove to the critics that she wasn't
a blonde bimbo who had a fluke with The Mask deliberatley
chose a low budget film as her next project. "The
Last Supper" was also a success, as have been all
her films since. "I did the Last Supper simply
to get the oppurtunity with other actors, I never had
any other expierience of acting other than The Mask".
When the script to Feeling Minnesota came along Cameron
didn't exactly jump at it, not reading the script until
the last minute. However her lazy attitude worked and
she landed the role, opposite Keanu Reeves, ahead of
70 other actresses. The role was another oppurtunity
for Cameron to display her acting skills and prove to
the world that she wasn't another model using just her
body to make it in Hollywood.
Her next film, "She's the One" was unsurprisingly
another hit. It was a follow up to "The brothers
McMullan" and also starred Jenifer Aniston of 'Friends'
fame. She then starred in a lead opposite Harvey Keitel
in "Head above Water".
From the Mask to "She's The One" Ms Diaz
has won many admirers and was last year voted 3rd in
the FHM 'Sexiest Woman Alive' award. However she does
not want ot be known as just a sex symbol. She has repeatedly
turned down roles in 'bimbo' films and instead settled
for the arty roles, which has been a successful career
move.
However the two films that are set to launch her to
superstar status were her latest two, "My Best
Friends Wedding" and "A Life Less Ordinary".
Both are romantic comedies and both have been and look
set to continue to be smash hits in both Holywood and
the rest of the world. A Life less Ordinary sees her
star in a film from the famous "Trainspotting"
team, proff that this girl is as versatile as they come.
The fact is, Cameron Diaz is a serious actress with
vast potential, and she will continue to light up the
screen.