Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Michelle Diaz was born on August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California. She is not only an American actress, but also former fashion model. She rose to fame thanks to roles in such hits as The Mask, There's Something About Mary, My Best Friend's Wedding, Charlie's Angels, Shrek, and Gangs of New York. For Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle she got over $20 million salary and that let her join to three best pay actresses, Julia Roberts, and Reese Witherspoon. At the age of 17 she began as a model. That profession let her visit many interesting places, she traveled a lot. Cameron worked for eminences such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. Four years later she appeared on a big screen in The Mask. Although it was her debut as an actress, earned her a great success. That was the beginning, she started attending an acting class to improve her skills. Next years brought her a few roles in low-budget, independent films, like The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, and She's The One. Thanks to My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary she showed talent again and number of her funs drastically increased. The role in Being John Malkovich brought her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards, but she did not win until her nomination for Vanilla Sky, which earned her the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards. Next production, Gangs of New York of Martin Scorsese brought her another nomination for Golden Globe. Her appearance in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle gave her not only great success as an actress but also she became second actress, just after Julia Roberts to earn $20 million for a role. Between 2004 and 2005 she embarked on helping preserve planet's environmentally unique locations, which was documented by 10-episode MTV series Trippin. Her private life is not much complicated. Since 1995 she was in three serious relationship. For four years she has been linked to actor Matt Dillon , but they split in 1998. Her next boyfriend was a guitarist, Jared Leto and they were even engaged. They romance ended in 2002. A year after that she met her latest boyfriend, former *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake. Their relationship last until January 11,2007, when the couple announced their split.