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CAMERON DIAZ

Name: Cameron Diaz. Birth Name: Cameron M. Diaz. Height: 5'.9". Nationality: American. Birth Date: August 30, 1972. Birth Place: San Diego, California, USA. Occupation: Actress, model. Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. Relationship: Jared Leto (actor; dating as of 1999 until now), Matt Dillon (actor; fiancé; together from 1996 and broke up in late 1998), Carlos de La Torre (video producer; together from 1990 to 1995). Father: Emilio Diaz (an oil foreman). Mother: A exporting agent. Sister: Chimene (older). Claim to fame: as Tina Carlyle in The Mask (1994). Awards: Best Female Performance in the MTV Movie Awards 1999 from her appearance in THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARRY; Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Drama for ANY GIVEN SUNDAY in 2000; Favorite Actress - Comedy for THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY in 1999; Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy for MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING in 1998. Agent: Artists Management Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 519, Beverly Hills, Ca 90212, USA, (310) 271-9818.

BIOGRAPHY SYNOPSIS: The Mask gave Cameron Diaz an ulcer. Now, it’s not that the lovely model was a stranger to the camera. Indeed not. It was the realization, during filming, that her unexpectedly big first role was in a BIG movie, and it didn’t help that she had no training or experience in acting -- no turn as a pre-pubescent Annie or high school Mame. She did well enough, though, and soon could “stomach” even the toughest of movie roles. Six years earlier, the lovely 16 year old unknown met a photographer at a party. Within weeks she had dropped out of her San Diego school to take on a fabulous international career with the Elite Modeling Agency. Diaz was in demand, jetting to exotic locales and being very well paid for the trouble. At 22, though, she decided, perhaps naively, to branch into Hollywood, and quickly won a small part in the big-budget flick The Mask (1994). Executives turned the part from “small” to “lead,” and stressful though it was, it got the novice actor noticed and hired for the physically demanding Mortal Combat, a role she ultimately had to give up due to injury.

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