Cameron Diaz
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Born: 30 August 1972
Birthplace: Long Beach, California
Best Known As: The title character in the movie Something About Mary
As a teen model, Cameron Diaz toured the world. She made a conspicuous movie debut opposite Jim Carrey in 1994's The Mask, then appeared in over a dozen movies in just six years. In both independent and mainstream movies, Diaz has played hot babes, nice girls (There's Something About Mary, 1998), and even frumpy, neurotic types (Being John Malkovich, 1999). One of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, her films include Charlie's Angels (2000, with Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu), Shrek (2001, with Mike Myers), Vanilla Sky (1999, with Tom Cruise) and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis).
Diaz's father is Cuban-American; her mother is a German, English, and native American mix.
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