Cameron Diaz, featured in 4REAL Peru, made her feature film debut at age 21, captivating moviegoers as femme fatale Tina Carlisle in “The Mask.” In addition to becoming one of Jim Carrey’s biggest hits, “The Mask” gained distinction as the film that launched Cameron Diaz’ career in motion pictures.
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Cameron Diaz, featured in 4REAL Peru, made her feature film debut at age 21, captivating moviegoers as femme fatale Tina Carlisle in “The Mask.” In addition to becoming one of Jim Carrey’s biggest hits, “The Mask” gained distinction as the film that launched Cameron Diaz’ career in motion pictures.
Cameron starred in a handful of features including “Feeling Minnesota,” “The Brothers McMullen,” and “Head Above Water.”
In 1996, Cameron was named ShoWest’s Female Star of Tomorrow by the National Association of Theatre Owners (a title previously held by such actresses as Winona Ryder, Nicole Kidman and Julia Ormond). Cameron’s first studio film since “The Mask,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” became one of the biggest hits of the summer of 1997 and one of the 10 top-grossing films of the year.
Starring opposite Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and Rupert Everett as a sweet debutante on the eve of her nuptials, “My Best Friend’s Wedding” gave Cameron an opportunity to show yet another side of her many talents, capturing the hearts of critics and moviegoers in the process. Her performance earned her the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress in a Comedy, voted on by more than 11 million customers of Blockbuster Video internationally.
For her performance in the title role in the romantic comedy “There’s Something About Mary,” Cameron was honored with the New York Film Critics Circle Award as Best Actress, in addition to a Golden Globe nomination, the American Comedy Award, the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Movie Actress and the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance. Directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the 20th Century Fox feature was released to worldwide box-office success in July, 1998 and also set records in its subsequent release on video and DVD.
Following the dark comedy, “Very Bad Things,” written and directed by actor-filmmaker Peter Berg and starring Christian Slater, Cameron starred in “Being John Malkovich,” opposite John Cusack, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Spike Jonze, the film captured the imaginations of filmgoers around the world and Cameron’s performance was nominated for a Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the British Academy of Film (BAFTA) Award, while the film amassed numerous awards, nominations and other honors for the film, cast and filmmakers.
Her career continued to soar with Sony Pictures’ feature film version of the 70’s television series, “Charlie’s Angels,” opposite Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Bill Murray, which broke the domestic box office record for a non-holiday weekend and has grossed $265 million worldwide. The Angels won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award and were selected Favorite Action Team and Cameron was singled out for Best Dance Sequence at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards, voted on by the viewers of MTV. The film’s sequel, “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” was released in 2003 and grossed over $250 million worldwide.
She provided the voice of the feisty Princess Fiona in DreamWorks’ worldwide animated hit “Shrek” with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow. “Shrek” was one of the most successful films of any genre in 2001, setting box office records and breaking more records with its release on video and DVD and appearing on dozens of critics lists of the best movies of 2001. That film’s sequel, “Shrek 2,” has become one of the largest box-office hits in history and “Shrek the Third” will open in May, 2007.
Over the course of 2004 and early 2005, Cameron took on a worldwide adventure with MTV for a 10-episode series, entitled “Trippin.’” Joined by an ever-changing group of travelers, Cameron and her crew explored some of the most exotic, environmentally unique places on the planet while discovering ways to help preserve them. In 2007, she co-starred in 4REAL Peru an adventured documentary hosted by Sol Guy that took her high into the Andes mountains to meet medicine man and community leader Puma Singona.
Cameron grew up in Southern California and her family’s lineage includes Cuban, German and Native American.