Model-turned-actress "Cameron Diaz" seemed to come out of nowhere when she made her 1994 screen debut opposite "Jim Carrey" in "The Mask". However, her unusual beauty -- the result of her Cuban-American and Anglo-German-Native-American parentage -- helped to ensure that she would not be soon forgotten.

Born in San Diego, CA, on August 30, 1972, Diaz left school at 16 to become a model. For the next five years, she traveled the globe, working in Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. As a model for... [more]