Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz grew up in Long Beach, California with her Cuban-American father who was a foreman and her broker mum. Her mother was the result of German, Native American and English heritage. Her easy going parents took Cameron everywhere and as a child she was a head banging party going kid. "I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair" Her Mother supported her love of heavy metal music and even accompanied her to her first Van Halen show. 

It was at a party in Hollywood that she got her big break when she was approached by a modeling agency. She took up their offer and at just 16 was off to live in Japan with a girlfriend. Her mixed life of high school and modeling meant she didn't work that much. At 19 with a comfortable career and apartments in both Paris and Los Angeles she landed the dream roll in "The Mask". Despite the fact that she had no acting experience and didn't have the dancing or singing skills required to play the roll she breezed through her 12 auditions. 

She instantly shot to stardom with that entrance and her "excuse me, where I can open an account?" first line. 

Cameron Diaz was out to prove to the critics that she wasn't a blonde bimbo who had a fluke with The Mask deliberately chose a low budget film as her next project. "The Last Supper" was also a success, as have been all her films since. "I did the Last Supper simply to get the opportunity with other actors, I never had any other experience of acting other than The Mask". 

When the script to Feeling Minnesota came along Cameron Diaz didn't exactly jump at it, not reading the script until the last minute. However her lazy attitude worked and she landed the role, opposite Keanu Reeves, ahead of 70 other actresses. The role was another opportunity for Cameron Diaz to display her acting skills and prove to the world that she wasn't another model using just her body to make it in Hollywood. 

Her next film, "She's the One" was unsurprisingly another hit. It was a follow up to "The brothers McMullan" and also starred Jennifer Aniston of 'Friends' fame. She then starred in a lead opposite Harvey Keitel in "Head above Water". 

From the Mask to "She's The One" Ms Diaz has won many admirers and was last year voted 3rd in the FHM 'Sexiest Woman Alive' award. However she does not want to be known as just a sex symbol. She has repeatedly turned down roles in 'bimbo' films and instead settled for the arty roles, which has been a successful career move. 

However the two films that are set to launch her to superstar status were her latest two, "My Best Friends Wedding" and "A Life Less Ordinary". Both are romantic comedies and both have been and look set to continue to be smash hits in both Hollywood and the rest of the world. A Life less Ordinary sees her star in a film from the famous "Trainspotting" team, proof that this girl is as versatile as they come.

Cameron & Justin To Wed
This time Cameron Diaz has said yes to Justin Timberlake - meaning another addition to the Mr and Mrs beautiful club.

Did Diaz Give Model an Icy Reception?
Movie beauty Cameron Diaz has been accused of attacking a model with ice cubes in a jealous rage.

Sex On Legs: Sharon Tops Movie Pins Poll
Sharon Stone has come top of a poll to find the sexiest leg moments on screen.

The actress beat the likes of sex sirens Marilyn Monroe, Halle Berry and Cameron Diaz.

Stone was infamous for the moment when she uncrossed her pins in Basic Instinct as she was being grilled by Michael Douglas.

One man makes it into the top 10 list of sexy leg moments - movie hunk Brad Pitt, as the skirt-wearing Achilles, in Troy.

The top 10 sexy leg moments sees film classic The Seven Year Itch, where Marilyn Monroe's skirt blows up in the wind over a subway grid, reach eighth place.

Julia Roberts strutting her stuff as a high class prostitute in thigh-high boots in Pretty Woman, is seventh in the survey.

The moment when Ursula Andress rises out of the sea in James Bond classic Dr No is second.

Actress Cameron Diaz is third in the list for her scene where she walks into a bank in The Mask.

Around 600 men and women were interviewed for the survey, conducted by Veet Bladeless Razor.

Top 10 Sexiest Leg Moments On Film:

1. Sharon Stone crossing/uncrossing her legs in Basic Instinct2. Ursula Andress' seductive rise from the sea in Dr No3. Cameron Diaz walking into the bank in The Mask4. Brad Pitt in a skirt in Troy5. Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina's high kicking floor exercises in this year's Olympics6. Halle Berry in Catwoman7. Julia Roberts in thigh high boots in Pretty Woman8. Marilyn Monroe's skirt blowing up in The Seven Year Itch9. Anne Bancroft as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate10. The background girls in black dresses in Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video

Leoni Steps in for Diaz
Tea Leoni is close to replacing Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures' remake of the 1977 caper comedy Fun with Dick and Jane. Dean Parisot is on board to direct the film, and Jim Carrey is also attached to star. Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer is producing with shooting slated to begin later this summer.

Judd Apatow and Nick Stoller updated the script that has Carrey starring as a corporate executive who finds himself unemployed and craving the lifestyle to which he's grown accustomed. Leoni will play his wife, who, with her husband, becomes involved in robbery to keep themselves living the good life. George Segal and Jane Fonda starred in the first under the direction on Ted Kotcheff.

Diaz is not the first talent to drop out of the project. Director Barry Sonnenfeld had been attached to the project before dropping out last year.

Leoni can currently be seen on the big screen with Al Pacino in People I Know and will be seen later this year with Adam Sandler in the comedy Spanglish. Other credits for Leoni, who's repped by UTA, include Hollywood Ending, Jurassic Park III and Deep Impact.

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