The popular animated voice of Fiona in the Shrek movie franchise, as well as her hyper-animated performances in the Charlie's Angels series, actress Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego, CA on August 30, 1972,
At age 16, Diaz left high school to become a model, eventually working her way up to the exclusive Elite modeling agency.
Ambitious to start a film career, at age 21 she was cast in her breakthrough role opposite Jim Carrey in The Mask, followed by a series of smaller films.
Critics and audiences alike were eventually hooked with an endearing, underdog performance by Diaz opposite superstar Julia Roberts in My Best Friend's Wedding. She then followed that with her highly popular and ditzy role in There's Something About Mary in 1998.
Two years later, Diaz joined up with Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels big-screen adaptation of the television classic, in which she invited audiences along for a tongue-in-cheek performance that saw all three actresses mixing it up in slapstick comedy scenes and lots of high-speed action.
Diaz gave an equally famous performance as the voice of Princess Fiona in Shrek, another box office hit, along with a string of performances in Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and in Martin Scorses's Gangs of New York opposite Leonard Dicaprio before joining the ranks of mega star Julia Roberts as one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
