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.
