Cameron Michelle Diaz-Madden (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress, comedian,

producer, author and former fashion model. She rose to stardom with roles in The
Mask (1994), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and There's Something About Mary (1998), and
is also known for voicing the character of Princess Fiona in the Shrek series (2001–2010).

Diaz received four Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Being John
Malkovich (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Gangs of New York (2002) and There's Something About
Mary (1998), for the latter of which she also won the New York Film Critics Best Lead Actress
Award. In 2013, Diaz was named the highest-paid actress over 40 in Hollywood.

Diaz was born in San Diego, California.[5][6] Her mother, Billie (née Early; born August 11, 1950),
was an import/export agent, and her father, Emilio (Queso) Diaz (July 3, 1949 – April 15, 2008),
worked for the California oil company Unocal as a foreman.[7][8][9] Diaz has an elder sister,
Chimene (born June 5, 1970).[8] Her father's family is Cuban, and Diaz's ancestors had
originally moved from Spain to Cuba. Later they settled in Ybor City, Tampa, before moving to
California, where Emilio was born.[10][11] Her mother has English, German, and Cherokee
ancestry.

She began her career as a fashion model at the age of 16 and did contract work with
a modeling agency, Elite Model Management. For the next year, she worked all over the world
on contracts for companies including Calvin Klein and Levi's.[6] When she was 17, she was
featured on the cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen.

At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask playing the sultry smooth jazz singer Tina
Carlyle,[28] based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers
while they were searching for the lead actress. Having no previous acting experience, she
started acting lessons after being cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest-grossing
films of 1994.

Diaz returned to mainstream in 1997 with the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding. In it,
she starred opposite Julia Roberts, playing the wealthy fiancé of a sportswriter who is the long-
time friend of Roberts' character. The film was a global box-office hit[33] and is considered as
one of the best romantic comedy films of all time.[34][35]
In 1998, Diaz starred in There's Something About Mary, as the titular role of a woman living
in Miami having several men vying for her affections.
In the film adaptation Charlie's Angels (2000), Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu played the
trio of investigators in Los Angeles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year,
grossing US$264.1 million.

Also in 2001, she voiced Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek, her role is plagued by a curse that
transforms her into an ogress each and every sunset. Locked in a dragon-guarded castle for
several years, she is "rescued" by the title character, whom she later comes to love.

Currently she is married to the musician Benji Madden