Cameron Diaz hooked fans in with her debut role in 1994’s The Mask — and for 20 years she was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
The actress surprised moviegoers in 2018 when she announced her retirement from the industry, having last starred in 2014’s Annie. During her break, Diaz wed Benji Madden in 2015 and the couple have gone on to welcome daughter Raddix and son Cardinal via surrogate.
“When you do something at a really high level for a long period of time, when you’re the person that’s sort of delivering on this one thing, everything around, all parts of you that isn’t that, has to sort of be handed off to other people,” Diaz said during an August 2021 appearance on Hart to Heart.
In May 2022, Diaz announced that she was ready to make her movie comeback in Netflix’s Back In Action alongside friend Jamie Foxx. The January 2025 release is not the only iconic movie in Diaz’s catalog.
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