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Cameron Diaz

Early life

Diaz was born and raised in San Diego, California, the daughter of Emilio Díaz, a Cuban-American father who worked as a foreman for an oil company, and mother Billie Early, an exporting agent whose ancestry includes English, German, and Native American. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.

At age 16 she landed a contract with the prestigious Elle modelling agency. After graduating from High School, she went to work in Japan and met video director Carlo de la Torre. On her return to America, she moved in with him. For the next few years, her modelling took her around the world, working for contracts with major companies.

. To her own surprise, and with no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead. Immediately on getting the part, she signed up for acting lessons.

Over the next three years, she won roles in low budget, independent films, such as , which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

She has also starred in the hit adaptation of and its sequel, for which she earned $10 million. In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for , she became the 2nd actress (after Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role, but the film underperformed at the box office.

She will star in Nancy Meyers' M video of Diaz and another girl torturing another man leaked to the Internet. She made the video when she was 19. Diaz filed a suit against the Russian Internet site that distributed the video, but it's now distributed by many porn sites and Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.She's often vocal in her opposition to US President George W Bush. Before 2000's election, Diaz once wore a shirt that said "I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while promoting appearance before 2004's election, Diaz said "Women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote..." Some conservative commentators criticized it as scare tactic against a Bush victory.She's currently in a relationship with Justin Timberlake. In October 2004, they were in an altercation with a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph the couple, they snatched away the camera. Pictures of the incedent appeared in