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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born on August 30, 1972) is an American actress and a former model. She rose to fame in the 1990s with her roles in My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Mask and There’s Something About Mary. Diaz earned Golden Globe nominations for her roles in There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky and Gangs of New York.

Diaz was born in San Diego, California and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg. She has an older sister, Chimene Diaz.

Diaz began her career at 16, as a fashion model, signing up with top modeling agency Elite Model Management. Following her graduation from high school, Diaz went to work in Japan. In the next few years, her job as a model took her around the world, modeling for famous designers, such as Calvin Klein or Levi’s. Diaz was featured on the cover of Seventeen magazine in the July 1990 issue.

Having no prior acting experience, Diaz auditioned for The Mask, at 21. after getting the lead female role, she started acting lessons without delay. In the following three years, she was cast in independent films, including The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota and She’s the One. The turning point in her career represented the roles in My Best Friend’s Wedding and There Something About Mary, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy. Diaz was acclaimed for her role in Being John Malkovich, earning her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

Throughout the 1990 – 2000 period Diaz starred in several films, including A Life Less Ordinary, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Any Given Sunday and the successful version of Charlie’s Angels. Her performance in Vanilla Sky earned her in 2001, nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards and the AFI Awards. She was also the voice of Princess Fiona in Shrek that earned Diaz $10 million. Her role in Gangs of New York earned Diaz another Golden Globe nomination in 2003. Diaz became the third actress to make $20 million for a role, earning the sum for Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. She next appeared in Shrek 2, In Her Shoes and The Holiday.
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Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s top earning actor at this moment after securing a $33.6 million deal for the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film.

The amount is a guaranteed minimum earning for the film, as that could increase based on the box office success of it. it also positions Deep at the top of the high earning actors above actors such as Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson, who each make around $30 million.

Studio bosses agreed with the deal as the other famous co-stars of Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom will not appear in the film.

With this deal, Depp is on the list of Hollywood’s famous and highest earning actors.

Here is the list with the Top 10 biggest payouts:

Harrison Ford ($63m) Indiana Jones 4
Tom Hanks ($48m) Angels and Demons
Cameron Diaz ($47m) What Happens in Vegas
Jim Carrey ($38m) Cable Guy
Will Smith ($30m) Hancock
Sacha Baron Cohen ($26m) Borat
Mel Gibson ($28m) Lethal Weapon 4
Matt Damon ($25m) The Bourne Supremacy
Tom Cruise ($20m) Mission: Impossible III
Robert Pattinson ($16m) Twilight Saga

For those who did not know yet Johnny Depp was voted the sexiest man alive by People magazine. What do you think?