Cameron Diaz facts

  • Cameron Diaz lived with video producer Carlos De La Torre for 5 years.
  • Her father is Cuban.
  • At 15, Diaz began her career as a fashion model.
  • Cameron Diaz gained fame in the 1990s with roles in the blockbuster films The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary.
  • Her mother, Billie, is of Native American, Italian and German descent.
  • Diaz likes snowboarding and surfing.
  • Cameron Diaz is 5' 9" tall (1.75 m). 
  • Became only the second actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts).
  • Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego, California.
  • Cameron Diaz was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
  • Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
  • Cameron Diaz is a huge fan of the band Ratt.
  • Got alcohol poisoning in Australia at age 18.
  • Although Cameron was quoted in a 1997 Time Magazine article saying she was germophobic (mysophobia), Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small comment she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was blown out of proportion.
  • Cameron Diaz has a reputation for being late.
  • Diaz has admitted she is very superstitious.
  • On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.