In 2013, Diaz was named the highest-paid actress over 40 in Hollywood. Her mother, Billie (née Early; born August 11, 1950), was an import/export agent, and her father, Emilio (Queso) Diaz (July 3, 1949 – April 15, 2008), worked for the California oil company Unocal as a foreman. She began her career as a fashion model at the age of 16 and did contract work with a modeling agency, Elite Model Management.For the next year, she worked all over the world on contracts for companies including Calvin Klein and Levi's.

In the film adaptation Charlie's Angels (2000), Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu played the trio of investigators in Los Angeles.Since tying the knot Benji also had his wife's name tattooed on his chest, permanently declaring his love for her. 5, 2015, in an intimate ceremony at her Beverly Hills home after less than a year of dating and an even shorter engagement. News heard 100 people attended the last-minute event, where Richie and Drew Barrymore served as bridesmaids.While the ceremony took place inside the house, friends and family partied outside in a massive reception tent when all was said and done.The Good Charlotte member asked Cameron if he could invite his brother Benji over. Now that she and Benji are official, Cameron doesn't think about anyone else in her past."You know, nothing matters now that I have my husband. All of that is like, that's the thing, that's how I know he's my husband... Everything else just like washes and slips away," she explained. This is the person you build your life with.'"She added, "We got married in our living room in front of our friends.