Cameron Diaz: Recent News

May 07, 2012

Cameron Diaz & Jennifer Lopez: What They Think About Motherhood

Apr 26, 2012

Alex Rodriguez on Ex Cameron Diaz: She's 'One of the Greatest Human Beings I've Ever Met'

Mar 12, 2012

Cameron Diaz: Snapshot

Name: Cameron Diaz
Date of Birth: August 30, 1972
Birth Place: San Diego, Calif.

One of the truly great film moments from late '90's: Cameron Diaz pulling off the gross-out "hair-gel" scene in There's Something About Mary. The model-turned-actress proved she could laugh at herself and needn't rely on her good looks.

Diaz's work runs the gamut from action flicks (Charlie's Angel's) to more serious fare (Gangs of New York) and even animation (Shrek), helping her become one of Hollywood's most powerful and highest-paid actresses. As for her personal life, the blonde beauty stayed busy offscreen, dating Matt Dillon, Justin Timberlake and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.

People Hot List - Which Stars Have the Most Buzz?

The Hot List shows the most buzzed about celebs of the moment as measured by reader activity on People.com

See All 25 Hot Listers

Cameron Diaz: Video

* Non Franchise

This California girl has the lock on easy red carpet glamour with her winning smile and model physique

(02:19)

Cameron Diaz: Five Fun Facts

Julia Roberts taught Cameron Diaz to knit on the set of their romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding.
If she'd been a boy, Cameron Diaz said her parents would have named her Menachem El Genio or Sebastian Emilio. "Luckily, I was a girl," she told PEOPLE in 1994.
A heavy-metal fan, Cameron Diaz went to her first Van Halen concert as a teenager with her mother. "I banged my head quite a bit," she told Harper's Bazaar. "I liked everything from Iron Maiden to Ozzy to AC/DC."
Cameron Diaz's mega-curves in her first movie, The Mask, were courtesy of a $36 Frederick's of Hollywood padded bra.
Cameron Diaz, a self-proclaimed "technophoboic", said she doesn't know how to turn on a computer. "I think technology is a really terrifying thing," she told the Houston Chronicle, "and it is going to cause a lot of problems for our society, socially."

Cameron Diaz: Biography

1989: A Star Discovered
Photographer Jeff Dunas spots 16-year-old Diaz at a party and offers to help her land modeling work. Within days she has a contract with Elite and shortly thereafter is working for clients such as Coca-Cola and Nivea. "She has an energy, an electricity in her face, a sparkle that is unmistakable," Dunas tells PEOPLE in 1998.
1990: Dating in the Workplace
While shooting an ad for L.A. Gear, Diaz falls for video producer Carlos de La Torre, 27. "I spent the entire day trying to get him to talk to me," she tells PEOPLE in 1994.
1994: July 29
First-Movie Jitters
Diaz hits the big screen in the Jim Carrey comedy The Mask. The model, whose only acting experience was in a high school drama class, "tried out as a joke," according to her agent, Robin Levy. Diaz lands the part after 12 callbacks. Still, "the first day was hell," Diaz tells PEOPLE. "When Carlos was driving me to the studio it was like, 'Babe, pull over. I'm going to throw up.'"