Cameron Diaz – Unmasking the Beauty

Cameron Diaz – Net Worth

Diaz has an estimated net worth of Approximately $140 million. She was always in the reckoning till she retired from mainstream Hollywood.  For her voice dubbing in Shrek, Cameron Diaz was paid $10 million.

When she crossed 40 in 2013, Cameron Diaz emerged as the highest paid actress above 40, in Hollywood.   The combined worth of Cameron Diaz’s movies in terms of box office earnings in the US, is $3.2 billion, while the world-wide earnings are pegged at $7  billion. This also makes Cameron Diaz, the fifth highest grossing actress as far as domestic box office performance is concerned.

What makes Cameron Diaz, a success story

Cameron Michelle Diaz is a famous American actress and producer. She is mostly known for her roles in comedy films and has been a former model. Diaz entered the industry in the capacity of a model at the age of sixteen and became the face of big brands such as Levis and Calvin Klein, appearing in their commercials. Often voted one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, Diaz has delivered stellar performances and established herself as a Hollywood A-lister.

Diaz rose to stardom with A-list movies like ‘The Mask’ in 1994, and followed it with commercially successful films such as ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ in 1997, ‘There’s something About Mary’ in 1998, ‘Charlie’s Angles’ in 2000, ‘The Sweetest Thing’ in 2002,’What Happens In Vegas’ in 2008, ‘Knight and Day 2010’ and ‘Annie’ 2014.  During her time, Diaz was one of the highest paid actresses in the industry, often hailed for her extremely powerful screen presence.

Early Life and Education

Diaz was born on 30 August 1972 in San Diego, California to Billie Early and Emilio (Queso) Diaz. While her mother was an import/export agent, her father worked as a foreman for Unocal, an oil company in California. She has only one sibling, an older sister named Chimene. Diaz has Spanish and Cuban ancestry on her father’s side, while her mother has English, German, Scots-Irish and Cherokee ancestry.

Diaz was raised in the city of Long Beach, California where she attended the Los Cerritos Elementary School. She was also a student at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Diaz started her career, with modelling at the age of sixteen.

Career Rise

Diaz shot to fame with ‘The Mask’ in 1994, a movie she auditioned for despite having no acting experience, but was applauded for her performance and established as a sex symbol. The movie also earned her, her first Golden Globe nomination.

Diaz was cast in the 1997 movie ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ alongside Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney for which she won an ALMA award. Her next brilliant performance came with 1998’s ‘There’s Something About Mary’ which won her an ‘MTV movie award for Best actress’ and received several nominations including a Golden Globe nomination.

In the year 1999, ‘Being John Malkovich’ also earned her as many as 8 award nominations across different award shows and remains one of her best performances till date. In 2000, she appeared as ‘Natalie Cook’ in Charlie’s Angels’, an action-comedy, a role she reprised in the 2003 sequel ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’.

Diaz also voiced ‘Princess Fiona’ in the 2001 animation film Shrek. Diaz also appeared in the critically acclaimed, award winning ‘Vanilla Sky’ in the same year. She earned another Golden Globe nomination in 2002 for playing ‘Jenny Everdeane’ in ‘Gangs of New York’. Diaz’s other successful movies include ‘In her shoes’ in 2005, ‘What Happens In Vegas’ in 2008, ‘The Green Hornet’ in 2011, ‘The Other Woman’ in 2014 and ‘Annie’ in 2015.

 

Cameron Diaz – Young Photos

Personal Life

Diaz’s personal life has often garnered a lot of attention in the media. From 1991-1995, Diaz was in a live-in relationship with Carlos de La Torre, a video producer. She also dated Matt Dillon, her co-star on ‘There’s something about Mary’ from 1996 to 1998. In 1999, she entered into a relationship with actor Jared Leto but the couple split in 2003. Around this time, Diaz was involved with actor and singer Justin Timberlake. The relationship lasted until 2007. She was also linked to Alex Rodriguez, from the New York Yankees.

In December 2014, Diaz got engaged to musician Benji Madden and married him in January 2015 at her Beverly Hills Home. The couple was introduced by Nicole Richie who, along with Drew Barrymore served as her bridesmaids.

Cameron Diaz – Height

The charismatic actress stands tall at 1. 74 meters. In other words, she is 5 feet 7 inch tall.

Cameron Diaz – House

Diaz and Madden recently purchased a modest $2.178 million condo in Los Angeles; a 2,483-square-foot home that is tucked behind gates and has enthralling canyon views. The house is decorated in contemporary sleek style.

Books by Cameron Diaz

The fitnes conscious actress has co-written and published a health book called ‘The Body Book – Feed, Movie, Understand and Love your Amazing Body’. The book that was released in 2013, reached no. 2 position on the New York Times Best Seller List. She also released another book in 2016, called ‘The Longevity Book – The Science of Aging’ in 2016.

Why did Cameron Diaz retire from Hollywood?

In July 2017, Diaz stateed taht she was tired of constant traveling for movies. She made it public in March 2018, that she was retiring from acting.