Cameron Diaz is Top Earning Actress

Cameron Diaz came out far ahead on the list of top earning actresses.Cameron Diaz tops the list of top earning actresses by banking $50 million between June 2007 and June 2008. That’s right. In one year, Cameron Diaz raked in 50 million dollars. A big chunk of that is thanks to her role as princess-turned-ogre in DreamWorks’ Shrek franchise. Shrek may have made her more money, but one of her most popular roles was that of Mary in “There’s Something About Mary.”

The race for top earning actress wasn’t even close. Second place finisher was Keira Knightley who earned $32 million - $18 million less than Cameron Diaz. Jennifer Aniston was third with $27 million.Cameron Diaz was born August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California. Her age is 35 years. She will turn 36 later this month. She is 5′ 9″ tall, has blue eyes and natural blonde hair, and her measurements are 34B - 23 - 36. Cameron Diaz’s father is Cuban-American, and her mother is an Anglo-German. She has an older sister, Chimene, and she also has a brother.

Cameron Diaz headed out on her own when she was 16 year old and lives in various places around the world - Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco and paris. She returned to California when she was 21 and began working as a model. In 1994 she auditioned for “The Mask”, and although she had no previous acting experience, she got the female lead in the movie playing opposite Jim Carrey. She went on to appear in several low budget films - “The Last Supper” (1994), “Feeling Minnesota” (1996), “Head Above Water” (1996). Then in 1997, she was in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1997) where she appeared with Julia Roberts. Her reached star status in 1998 with “There’s Something About Mary.”

Cameron Diaz’s most recent movie was Twentieth Century Fox’s “What Happens in Vegas.” Her next project is “My Sister’s Keeper” and then the fourth installment of “Shrek.”Here’s some trivia about Cameron Diaz. Are there any that you didn’t know already?At one time Cameron Diaz was a vegetarian. (Since that’s in the past tense, she must have returned to eating meat).Cameron’s father, Emilio Diaz, appeared in “There’s Something About Mary.”She will only wash her face with Evian spring water.Cameron and Snoop Dogg attended the same high school.She has broken her nose FOUR times - and finally had to have corrective surgery.