Cameron Diaz

     Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other notable movie credits include Charlie's Angels, and voicing the character Princess Fiona for the Shrek series. Diaz received Golden Globe award nominations for her performances in the movies There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.

     At age 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz contracted with modeling agency Elite Model Management. For the next few years she worked around the world for contracts with major companies. She modeled for designers such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. When she was seventeen years old she was featured on the front cover of the July 1990 issue of the magazine Seventeen magazine.

     During 1995, she began a relationship with actor Matt Dillon, with whom she co-starred in There's Something About Mary; the relationship ended during 1998. She then had a relationship with singer/actor Jared Leto from 1999 to 2003. Diaz dated singer Justin Timberlake from 2003 to 2006. During October 2004, Diaz and Timberlake were in an altercation with a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph them, the couple snatched the camera. Pictures of the incident appeared in Us Weekly. Representatives for the pair claimed that they were acting a scene on a set. As of July 2010, Diaz has been in a romantic relationship with New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

     During 1996, Diaz received an award at the ShoWest Convention for "Female Star of Tomorrow." During 2006, she won a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Leading Lady." On June 22, 2009, she was commemorated by a star-figure on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

1994 The Mask
1995 The Last Supper
1996 She's the One
          Feeling Minnesota
          Head Above Water
          Keys to Tulsa
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding
          A Life Less Ordinary
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
          There's Something About Mary
          Very Bad Things  
1999 Man Woman Film
          Being John Malkovich
          Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
          The Invisible Circus
          Any Given Sunday
2000 Charlie's Angels
2001 Shrek
          Vanilla Sky
2002 The Sweetest Thing
          Gangs of New York
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2004 Shrek 2
2005 In Her Shoes
2006 The Holiday
2007 Shrek the Third
2008 What Happens in Vegas
2009 My Sister's Keeper
          The Box
2010 Shrek Forever After
          Knight and Day
2011 The Green Hornet
          Bad Teacher