Cameron Diaz is an American model and an actress with a net worth of $120 million. Diaz was ranked number 5 in Forbes magazine’s amongst the richest 20 women in entertainment sector category.
Diaz started her modelling career with Elite Model Management at the age of 16.
Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego, California. Her parents were Emilio Diaz who worked for an oil company as a foreman and her mother, Billie an import/export agent.
She has an elder sister Chimene. Diaz’s childhood was spent in Long Beach. She attended Los Cerritos Elementary School and then moved to Long Beach Polytechnic High School where she attended the school with the rapper Snoop Dogg.
She returned to California after being into modelling for 5 years. She worked for companies like Calvin Klein and Levi’s. At the age of 17, she became the cover model for the July 1990 issue of Seventeen.
Cameron Diaz had long-term relationship with Carlos de la Torre, actor Matt Dillon, actor and singer Jared Leo, actor and singer Justin Timberlake, and the basket ball fame Alex Rodriguez. She attended an audition for a film based on the recommendation from an agent for Elite.
Without any prior acting experience and got selected in The Mask co-starring with Jim Carrey. Movie, The Mask was a great hit and grossed handsome revenue of $343.9 million.
Other box office hits of Cameron Diaz were My Best Friend’s Wedding with gross revenue of $299 million dollar worldwide, There’s Something about Mary with gross revenue of $369 million. The later movie also earned her the first Golden Globe nomination.
Moving further in her career, she had best supporting actress nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG awards for her performance in the movie, Being John Malkovich.
The movie, Charles Angles had gross revenue of $264 million, the movie Vanilla Sky also earned her nominations on Best supporting actress for Golden Globe awards, SAG awards, Critic’s Choice Award. The movie Gangs of New York with gross revenue of $193 million fetched her Academy-Award.
Cameron Diaz was also involved in providing voice for the animation movie in the Shrek Franchise for Princess Fiona; The Shrek 2 had gross revenue of $919 million. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, helped Cameron Diaz to earn $20 million for her role. She received her star in Hollywood walk of fame 2009.
The actress purchased a marvellous estate at $10 million dollars, located in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. The estate comprises of an elegant 5000 square feet property.
She also owns a Toyota Prius and Tesla Model S also a metallic black Maserati Quattroporte.
Diaz has also been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, which was the first non-profit organization for veterans of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She has spoken as an advocate for the military families.
Late in 2013, she also published a book, The Body Book: Feed, Move, Understand and Love your Amazing Body which was co-authored by Sandra Bank. This book was ranked as No.2 on the New York Times Best Seller List in the year March 2014.
Quick Summary:
Full name: Cameron Diaz
Date of birth: 30 August1972
Birth place: San Diego, California, United States
Age: 44 Years
Profession: Actress, Model
Height: 1.75 m
Weight: 54 Kg
Net worth:$120 million
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