In what year was actress Cameron Diaz born?

Actress Cameron Diaz was born in 1972.

Cameron Michelle Diaz was born on August 30, 1972, in San Diego, California, and was raised in Long Beach. Before becoming a film star, she signed with Elite Model Management while still in high school and worked as a model internationally. Her early entertainment career helped her transition into acting.

Diaz made her major film debut in The Mask in 1994, appearing opposite Jim Carrey. She later became known for films such as My Best Friend’s Wedding, There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels, and Shrek, in which she voiced Princess Fiona.

People sometimes confuse her birth year with the dates of her most successful films, many of which arrived in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Diaz stepped back from acting for several years after 2014 before returning to film work in the 2020s.