There was a time when Cameron Diaz was one of those actress names that you were not surprised to see announced in the next movie of Hollywoodbut for several years we hardly know anything about the protagonist of Charlie’s Angels. What happened to Cameron Diaz?Are your days as an actress over?
Cameron Michelle Diaz was born in 1972, in California. The first steps of her career were taken by her at the age of 15 when she began to be a model, and at 17 he was already traveling the worldposing for great designers, and in a relationship with the director Charles of the Tower which would last five years.
Cameron Diaz, protagonist of The Mask to Shrek
Nevertheless, her first acting role It did not reach him until 1992, when he participated in the short film She’s No Angel. A short time later, she made her film debut starring in La máscara (1994) by Chuck Russell along with Jim Carrey, and from there his career only grew.
The next year, Jim Carrey’s partner starred The Last Supper (1995), which was followed by feature films such as the drama moon without honey (1996), where he shared the limelight with Keanu Reeves.
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Those years we also began to see her in various romantic comedies such as: A different story (1997), in which she had an affair with Ewan McGregor, My best friend’s Wedding (1997), in which Julia Roberts also starred, or There’s Something About Mary (1998), where she shared the screen with Ben Stiller.
Cameron Michelle Diaz She was proving to be very versatile, with her participation in films of different genres, but she could still exploit her acting qualities more, in feature films such as: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1997), Terry Gilliam; any given sunday (1999), by Oliver Stone, or How to be John Malkovich (1999) by Spike Jonze.
It was precisely How to be John Malkovich which made him receive several award nominations such as the Golden Globes and the BAFTAmade it more and more consecrated as actress. In the year 2000 she starred in the remake of Charlie’s Angels beside Drew Barrymore y Lucy Liuwhich would receive a sequel three years later.
But if Cameron Diaz has an iconic roleis not interpreting a woman of flesh and blood, but a cartoon, because a year later he put himself in the shoes of princess fiona in Shrek (2001). The DreamWorks tape was a complete success, so Cameron Diaz repeated her success in all the sequels to Shrek.
What happened to Cameron Diaz
The former partner of Julia Roberts and Ben Stiller it had already conquered Hollywood, but it could still produce hits. In 2001 she premiered the thriller Vanilla Sky together with Tom Cruise y Penelope Cruzin 2002 Gangs of New York by Martin Scorsese, and in 2005 he returned to the comedy con In his shoes.
the protagonist of My best friend’s Wedding also starred in a romantic comedy con Ashton Kutcher en Something’s up in Vegas (2008), returned to thriller with The Box (2009), and action movies with Night and day (2010), where he acted once again with Tom Cruise.
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In 2009 Cameron Diaz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and this is possibly the greatest event that he experienced in the last years of his career. In 2011 she starred in the comedy Bad Teacher, then a handful of movies that no one remembers, and finally the adaptation of the musical Annie in 2014.
Tras Annie, Cameron Diaz announced that she was retiring from the world of cinema because she was tired of traveling and wanted to dedicate herself to taking care of her family, formed at that time by su marido benji madden y su hija Raddix Madden Diaz.
In his almost ten years of retirement from the world of cinema, the protagonist of Something happens with Mary he also invested in new projects: he wrote several books, gave conferences and created his own brand of organic wine. now at last returns to the screen, but this time to the small one.
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The next movie of Cameron Diaz will be Back in Action, which we could translate as Back to Actiona feature film for Netflix of comedy and action whose title could not be more appropriate.
Details about the plot are not yet known. Back in Actionbut it will be directed by Seth Gordonand co-starring Jamie Foxx. will this be the definitive return of Cameron Diaz to the world of cinema?
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Now that you know what what happened to Cameron Diazwe invite you to discover other celebrities such as Meg Ryan, America’s sweetheart who now prefers to direct her own movies or Katherine Heigl, the actress of Grey’s Anatomy and many romantic comedies.
Every week we will post new stories from other mythical actresses and actors whose lives also took an unexpected turn as in the case of Cameron Diaz.
