Fact Sheet:

Birthdate: August 30, 1972
Birthplace: San Diego, CA
Occupations: Actor, Model
Quote: "I was the tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket, the feathered hair. It was frightening." --Rolling Stone, August 22, 1996
Claim to Fame: Feature acting debut, The Mask (1994)
Significant Other(s): Jared Leto, Actor; dating as of 1999 Matt Dillon, Actor; together 1996-98 Carlos de La Torre, Video producer; born 1967; together 1990-95
Mother: Exporting agent
Father: Oil foreman
Sister: Chimene, older
Awards:
1996: NATO/ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award; presented by National Association of Theater Owners
1998: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress, There's Something About Mary
1999: American Comedy Award: Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture, There's Something About Mary
1999: MTV Movie Award: Best Female Performance, There's Something About Mary
Factoids: Diaz started modeling at age 16; signed with the Elite Modeling Agency; in the early '90s, she appeared on several magazine covers and in commercials
Education: Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California
Contact: Cameron Diaz
c/o Artists Management Group
9465 Wilshire Blvd., #212
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Biography: A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and an Anglo-German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the age of 21, she was working as a model when she auditioned for a big part in Mask, The (1994) To her amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead in the film opposite Jim Carrey. Over the next 3 years, she honed her acting skills in such low budget independent films as Last Supper, The (1995); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996). She returned to main stream films in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), in which she held her own against veteran actress Julia Roberts. She earned full fledged star status in 1998 for her performance in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). With her name near the top on virtually every list of Hollyood's sexiest actresses, and firmly established as one of filmdom's hottest properties and most sought after actresses, Cameron Diaz appears to possess everything necessary to become one of the super stars of the new century.