At the age of 16, Cameron met a photographer at a Hollywood party, and within a week of their meeting she had landed a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency. The ritz and glamour of the modeling industry came quickly to the beautiful Diaz, but she felt that something was missing. Cameron debuted in 1994's hit The Mask opposite Jim Carrey. Her next movie was set to be Mortal Kombat but Diaz injured her wrist karate-chopping her trainer's head in preparation for the role and had to back out of the movie modeled after the successful video game. Diaz ran off with her brother-in-law, played by Keanu Reeves, in Feeling Minnesota; she slept with brothers Edward Burns and Mike McGlone in She's the One; and perhaps most difficult of all to believe, she played Harvey Keitel's wife in Head Above Water. The National Association of Theater Owners acknowledged her string of indie triumphs by naming her the N.A.T.O./ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow. Diaz returned to the big studio movies in My Best Friend's Wedding, opposite Julia Roberts. Rave reviews followed and it appeared that Diaz had made the transition from model to actress. She next stepped into A Life Less Ordinary. Diaz also went on to star in the smash, There's Something About Mary. Critics and audiences agreed that the movie was a hit, and Diaz was the shining star. Her biggest movie since then was the tounge-in-cheek action flick "Charlie's Angels", in which Diaz starred alongside Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore.

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