DIAZ, Cameron 1972–

PERSONAL

Full name, Cameron Michelle Diaz; born August 30, 1972, in Long Beach (some sources say San Diego), CA; daughter of Emilio (an oil company foreman) and Billie (an import–export agent) Diaz. Education: Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School; studied acting with John Kirby.

Addresses: Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Artists Management Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 519, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—The Firm, 1999 Century Park East, 18th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Publicist—Bragman/Nyman/Cafarelli, 9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Contact—Weschler & Associates, 955 South Carrillo Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actress and producer. Worked as a model, 1989–c. 1994; appeared in television commercials for Salon Selectives, 1994, and www.actgreen.com, 2003.

Awards, Honors: MTV Movie Award nominations, best dance sequence (with Jim Carrey), best breakthrough performance, and most desirable female, 1994, and named female star of tomorrow, National Theatre Owners Association, 1996, all for The Mask; ShoWest Award, female star of tomorrow, ShoWest Convention, 1996; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best supporting actress in a comedy or musical motion picture, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite supporting actress in a comedy, 1997, ALMA Award, outstanding individual performance in a crossover role in a feature film, 1998, all for My Best Friend's Wedding; MTV Movie Award nomination (with Ewan McGregor), best dance sequence, 1997, for A Life Less Ordinary; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a comedy or musical motion picture, American Comedy Award, funniest lead actress in a motion picture, ALMA Award, outstanding actress in a feature film in a crossover role, New York Film Critics Circle Award, best actress, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress in a comedy, MTV Movie Award, best female performance, and MTV Movie Award nominations, best comedic performance, best kiss (with Ben Stiller), and best onscreen duo (with Stiller), 1998, all for There's Something about Mary; selected one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world, People Weekly, 1998; Golden Globe Award nomination, best supporting actress in a motion picture, 1999, Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture (with others), and outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best supporting actress, Sierra Award nomination, best supporting actress, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, comedy or musical, Film Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, American Comedy Award nomination, funniest supporting actress in a motion picture, 2000, all for Being John Malkovich; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress—drama, ALMA Award, outstanding actress in a feature film, 2000, both for Any Given Sunday; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical, MTV Movie Award nomination, best line from a movie, MTV Movie Awards, best dance sequence and best on–screen team (with others), Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite action team (with others), Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actress, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 2001, all for Charlie's Angels; Boston Society of Film Critics Award, best supporting actress, 2001, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, best supporting actress, Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actress, ALMA Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, AFI Film Award nomination, AFI Featured Actor of the Year—Female—Movies, 2002, all for Vanilla Sky; MTV Movie Award nomination (with others), best on–screen team, Blimp Award nomination, favorite voice from an animated movie, 2002, both for Shrek; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture, Teen Choice Award nomination (with Leonardo DiCaprio), choice movie liplock, MTV Movie Award nomination (with DiCaprio), best kiss, 2003, for Gangs of New York; MTV Movie Award nominations, best look and best dance sequence (with others), 2004, for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Tina Carlyle, The Mask, New Line Cinema, 1994.

Freddie, Feeling Minnesota, Fine Line, 1996.

Heather Davis, She's the One, Fox Searchlight, 1996.

Jude, The Last Supper, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1996.

Nathalie, Head above Water, Fine Line, 1996.

Trudy, Keys to Tulsa, Gramercy, 1997.

Kimberly "Kimmy" Wallace, My Best Friend's Wedding, TriStar, 1997.

Celine Naville, A Life Less Ordinary, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Blonde television reporter, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Rhino Films, 1998.

Mary Jensen Matthews (title role), There's Something about Mary (also known as There's Something More about Mary), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Laura Garrety, Very Bad Things, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998.

Lotte Schwartz, Being John Malkovich, USA Films, 1999.

Random celebrity, Man Woman Film, Canis Lupus Entertainment, 1999.

Christina Pagniacci, Any Given Sunday, Warner Bros., 1999.

Carol, "Love Waits for Kathy," Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her, United Artists, 2000.

Natalie Cook, Charlie's Angels (also known as 3 Engel fuer Charlie), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000.

Herself, Welcome to Hollywood (documentary), PM Entertainment Group, 2000.

Herself, The Master and the Angels (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2000.

Herself, Getting G'd Up (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2000.

Faith O'Connor, The Invisible Circus, Fine Line, 2001.

Voice of Princess Fiona, Shrek (animated), Dream-Works, 2001.

Julie Gianni, Vanilla Sky, Paramount, 2001.

Voice of Princess Fiona, Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party, DreamWorks, 2001.

Christina Walters, The Sweetest Thing, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002.

(Uncredited) Woman on metro, Minority Report, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Jenny Everdeane, Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002.

Herself, Slackers (also known as Les complices), Screen Gems, 2002.

Herself, The Making of "The Sweetest Thing" (documentary; also known as Politically Erect), Columbia, 2002.

Voice of Princess Fiona, Shrek 4–D (also known as Shrek 3–D), DreamWorks, 2003.

Natalie Cook, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Voice of Princess Fiona, Shrek 2 (animated), Dream-Works, 2004.

Herself, In Search of Ted Demme (documentary), IFC Films, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Herself, I Love the '70s (documentary), VH1, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 1995 NCLR Bravo Awards (also known as National Council of La Raza Bravo Awards), Fox, 1995.

Presenter, The 1995 MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 4th Annual MTV Movie Awards), MTV, 1995.

The 1996 ShoWest Awards, TNT, 1996.

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 1998 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1998.

ALMA Awards, 1998.

Presenter, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

The 1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1999.

Herself, The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000.

Presenter, The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000.

Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2001.

The 7th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001.

The 2001 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2001.

Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002.

Presenter, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Herself, The 2003 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2003.

Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2003.

Nickelodeon's 17th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (also known as Saturday Night Live: Bad Boys), 1998.

Herself, Reel Comedy: Something about Mary (also known as Reel Comedy: There's Something about Mary), 1998.

Herself, Full Contact: The Making of "Any Given Sunday" (documentary), 1999.

Tony Bennett: An All–Star Tribute—Live by Request, Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

Herself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000.

(In archive footage) Herself, Headliners & Legends: Cameron Diaz, 2001.

Herself, Creating A Fairy Tale World: The Making of "Shrek" (documentary), 2001.

Herself, America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.

Herself, Reel Comedy: The Sweetest Thing, Comedy Central, 2002.

(In archive footage) Herself, MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 2003.

The Stars' First Time ... On Entertainment Tonight with Mary Hart, CBS, 2003.

Charlie's Angels Uncensored, MTV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Herself, Why Blitt?, Fox, 2003.

Herself, Trippin', MTV, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Herself, "Surprise!," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network, 1994.

Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 1997.

Herself, Lo mas plus, 1997.

Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1998, 2002.

The Entertainment Business, Bravo, 1998.

Herself, Mad TV, Fox, 2000.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.

Herself, Total Request Live, MTV, 2002.

Herself, "Cannes Festival 2002," Leute heute, 2002.

Herself, RI:SE, 2002.

Herself, Leute heute, 2002.

Herself, "Charlie's Angels," Player$, 2003.

Herself, Holiday, 2003.

Herself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2003.

Herself, Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones, 2003.

(In archive footage) Herself, Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2003, 2004.

Herself, Tinseltown TV, 2003.

Herself, Matthew's Best Hit TV, 2004.

Herself, The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2004.

Herself, This Morning, ITV, 2004.

Herself, Smap x Smap, 2004.

Herself/Fiona, "Shrek," VH1 Goes Inside, VH1, 2004.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Trippin', MTV, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in REM's "The Great Beyond."

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 1, Gale Group, 2002.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed., St. James Press, 2000.

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 1, Gale Group, 1999.

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, November, 1997, p. 217.

Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998, p. 24.

Interview, August, 1994, p. 74.

People Weekly, August 22, 1994, pp. 51–52; May 11, 1998, p. 167; December 28, 1998, p. 52.

Premiere, August, 1994, pp. 58–59.

Rolling Stone, August 22, 1996, p. 50.

Teen, June, 1997, p. 54.

Time, November 16, 1998, p. 133.