It was during this party phase of her life that Cameron Diaz ended up
meeting a well connected man who would change her whole life. Jeff
Dunas spotted Cameron while she was out one night and told her that he
could sign her up with the Elite modeling agency. Although Cameron
initially thought his proposition was somewhat fishy, she took his card
and discussed it with her family and friends. After having left Long
Beach and having traveled around the world due to her modeling
contracts, and having appeared in such magazines as Mademoiselle and
Seventeen, Cameron returned to California at age 21, and although she
continued to model, she knew that she wanted more. In
1994, she decided
to audition for a small bit part in the movie, The Mask starring the
elastic faced Jim Carrey. Although she didn’t have any acting experience
whatsoever, Cameron was cast as the female lead in the film. Although
Cameron was supposed to star in Mortal Kombat, for which she was
required to learn martial arts, she ended up injuring her wrist and
ultimately had to back out of the film.
But after having received such rave reviews upon The Mask’s release,
Cameron Diaz set out to perfect her acting skills by steering clear of
potential blockbuster hits and focused on low budget films such as The
Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota which co-starred Keanu Reeves, and Head
Above Water, in which she played Harvey Keitel’s wife. Once Cameron felt
that she had reached her acting acme, she returned to the big screen,
starring in My Best Friends Wedding starring opposite Julia Roberts. It
was at this time that The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO)
acknowledged her string of movie triumphs by naming her the ShoWest
Female Star of Tomorrow.
A little while after that, she hit the silver screen once again with A
Life Less Ordinary starring opposite Ewan McGregor. Unfortunately,
however, the movie was not well received by critics. The film that
really turned Cameron into a household name was her now iconic role in
There’s Something About Mary, which co-starred comedian Ben Stiller and
Matt Dillon. Although Cameron was dating Matt Dillon for nearly three
years, whom she met on the set of the film, the couple later split. More
recently, Cameron starred opposite Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday, with
John Cusack in Being John Malkovich (in which she’s hardly
recognizable), and most recently, she starring in Charlies Angels with
fellow beauties Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu.
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