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51 years old (Born on August 30, 1972)

fashion model (1988?C1993), actress (1993?Cpresent); She is famous from The Mask, There´s Something About Mary and Charlie's Angels..

Cameron's parents allowed the then-16-year old to spend five years traveling the world to pursue her modeling career beginning in Japan, where she was accompanied only by a 15-year-old fellow model. December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar she got paid, Cameron Diaz's movies averaged $9 of gross income. During her interview on "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994), said that she doesn't read scripts and wishes movies were filmed from start to finish because sometimes she doesn't understand them. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#13). [1995] Robbie Williams mentions her in his song "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen".

Julie Andrews has said that Cameron would be her choice to play Maria if The Sound of Music was ever remade

Photographer John Rutter was ordered to stand trial for attempted extortion, attempted grand theft, perjury, and forgery after trying to blackmail her with topless shots he had of her from a 1992 shoot. [20 November 2003]

Measurements: 34B-23-36 (on set of The Mask (1994)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Was discovered by a photographer at a Hollywood party who, within a week, helped her land a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency.

If she`d been a boy, Cameron Diaz said her parents would have named her Menachem El Genio or Sebastian Emilio. "Luckily, I was a girl," she told PEOPLE in 1994. (people.com)

Cameron had been listed by several sources--including "Autograph Magazine"--as one of the rudest autograph signers. When asked for one, she has been known to lecture fans about how dumb autographs are

Used to be a vegetarian.

Ranked #3 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World." [2002]

Best friends with Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu since Charlie's Angels (2000). Both Drew and Cameron are huge fans of the rock group Ratt.

Became only the second actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts), when she signed for that amount to do Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) in January 2002.

A heavy-metal fan, Cameron Diaz went to her first Van Halen concert as a teenager with her mother. "I banged my head quite a bit," she told Harper`s Bazaar. "I liked everything from Iron Maiden to Ozzy to AC/DC." (people.com)

Cameron likes snowboarding and surfing

Cameron has admitted she is very superstitious

Was considered for the role of Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire (1996).

Said that her role in Gangs of New York (2002) marked the pinnacle of her career.

Has a reputation for being late.

Cameron broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii, on her birthday in 2003.

Julia Roberts taught Cameron Diaz to knit on the set of their romantic comedy My Best Friend`s Wedding. (people.com)

Ranked #19 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world. [1998]

Christophe Gans originally wanted her to play the part of Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill (2006).

Cameron became only the second actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts), when she signed for that amount to do Charlie`s Angels: Full Throttle in January 2002

Will ONLY wash her face in Evian spring water!

Attended Jordan High School in North Long Beach, California.

When Cameron was 16-years-old, her parents allowed her to spend five years traveling the world to pursue her modeling career, beginning in Japan, where she was accompanied only by a 15-year-old fellow model

Her father is Cuban. Her mother is Anglo with partial Cherokee ancestry.

After having her nose broken 4 times, she decided to undergo corrective surgery. [November 2006]

Cameron once got alcohol poisoning in Australia at the age of 18.

Police caught an airline security guard at Los Angeles International Airport stealing items from Diaz. Diaz reported her passport and a large sum of cash missing. [December 1999]

Her mother, Billie, is of German, English and Native American descent.

Named #13 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Auditioned for the film Waking the Dead (2000) but lost the role to Jennifer Connelly.

Cameron Diaz`s mega-curves in her first movie, The Mask, were courtesy of a $36 Frederick`s of Hollywood padded bra. (people.com)

Went to the same high school at the same time as Snoop Dogg.

Cameron's father Emilio Diaz appeared in her movie There's Something About Mary (1998) as a "Jailbird.".

In late 2006, Cameron decided to have plastic surgery to fix her bumpy nose, which she had broken on four previous occasions

Is portrayed in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) by Anna Faris. Although Faris' movie character is named Kelly and Coppola denied connections to Diaz in an Entertainment Weekly interview, the similarities between Kelly and Diaz are obvious.

Was set to play Jane in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), but bowed out shortly before production due to scheduling conflicts.

Named #23 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Named #11 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Cameron Diaz, a self-proclaimed "technophoboic", said she doesn`t know how to turn on a computer. "I think technology is a really terrifying thing," she told the Houston Chronicle, "and it is going to cause a lot of problems for our society, socially." (people.com)

Named #47 on Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).

In December 2006, Cameron admitted in the gay magazine, The Advocate, that she had a "girl-crush" on Pamela Anderson since she fell for her as a teenager, when she saw her in a skin-tight red swimsuit on Baywatch

Was set to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat (1995) but broke her wrist prior to filming and was replaced by Bridgette Wilson.

Cameron was a half-time dancer at football games in high school

Her name is mentioned in the lyric of Brian Wilson's 1998 song "South America".

In May 2007, Cameron was embarrassed when her loose-fitting top slipped down, exposing her right br**st on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Cameron is a huge fan of the band Ratt.

As a child, her friends nicknamed her "Skeletor," because she was tall and had an infectious smile.

Voted the 11th "Sexiest Female Movie Star" in the Australian Empire Magazine. [September 2002]

Cameron was named ‘Favorite Leading Lady’ at the 2007 People`s Choice Awards.

She graduated from Long Beach, California's Polytech High School (Class of 1990). As a member of that school's "Polyettes" dance-drill team, Cameron performed during half-time at football games.

Voted as #8 on the "Top 100 Sexiest Women" in FHM [DK]. [2004]

Named by People Magazine as one of the the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [2002]

Ranked #1 in the "Worst Hollywood Signers 2006" list by "Autograph Collector" magazine (May 2006).

Has an older sister, Chimene; they also have a brother.