Editing Cameron Diaz (section)

===1999–2004: Dramatic roles and critical success===
She starred in [[Spike Jonze]]'s directorial debut ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'' (1999), portraying the pet-obsessed wife of an unemployed puppeteer who, through a portal, finds himself in the mind of actor [[John Malkovich]]. The film received widespread acclaim and was an arthouse success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beingjohnmalkovich.htm|title=Being John Malkovich|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530165325/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beingjohnmalkovich.htm|archive-date=May 30, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' concluded that Diaz "does a hilarious turn" in her "frumpy wife" role,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F03E6DD123EF932A35753C1A96F958260|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020122430/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/01/movies/film-festival-reviews-a-portal-leading-to-self-parody.html|archive-date=October 20, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 1, 1999|last=Maslin | first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin|title=FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS; A Portal Leading to Self-Parody|access-date=August 25, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} {{closed access}}</ref> and [[Roger Ebert]] felt that the actress, "one of the best-looking women in movies, [...] here looks so dowdy we hardly recognize her [...] Diaz has fun with her talent by taking it incognito to strange places and making it work for a living".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/being-john-malkovich-1999|title=Being John Malkovich|author-link=Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 29, 1999|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020122556/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/being-john-malkovich-1999|archive-date=October 20, 2018|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> For her role, Diaz earned Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG Awards, however, she was snubbed for the Oscar, which was met with backlash. Her next film release in 1999 was [[Oliver Stone]]'s sports drama ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' (1999), in which veteran coach Tony D’Amato ([[Al Pacino]]) has fallen out of favor with her character Christina Pagniacci, the young woman who owns the team. While critical response was mixed, the film made US$100{{nbsp}}million globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anygivensunday.htm|title=Any Given Sunday|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628195044/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anygivensunday.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Leo Scor Diaz(GangsofNY)-.jpg|thumb|Diaz attending an event for ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' with [[Martin Scorsese]] and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]]]

In the film adaptation ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000), Diaz, [[Drew Barrymore]], and [[Lucy Liu]] played the trio of investigators in Los Angeles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year, grossing US$264.1{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=charliesangels.htm|title=Charlie's Angels|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102041141/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=charliesangels.htm|archive-date=January 2, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2001, Diaz starred in the Sundance-premiered independent drama ''[[The Invisible Circus (film)|The Invisible Circus]]'', as a young woman who commits suicide in Europe in the 1970s, and next in the year, she appeared in ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'', as the former lover of a self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate ([[Tom Cruise]]). A wide critical response and commercial success greeted ''Vanilla Sky'' upon its release; ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called her "compelling as the embodiment of crazed sensuality"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie000099071dec14,0,1592334.story|title=Entertainment and the business of Hollywood - Los Angeles Times|author=T.L. Stanley|access-date=June 12, 2017|archive-date=October 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006180150/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie000099071dec14,0,1592334.story|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' said she gives a "ferociously emotional" performance. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' similarly stated of the film, "most impressive is Cameron Diaz, whose fatal-attraction stalker is both heartbreaking and terrifying."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Cruise-lacks-depth-for-complex-role-Cruz-Diaz-2819371.php | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216185012/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Cruise-lacks-depth-for-complex-role-Cruz-Diaz-2819371.php | archive-date=February 16, 2013 | last=Guthmann | first=Edward | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | title=Cruise lacks depth for complex role / Cruz, Diaz strong in 'Vanilla Sky' | access-date=June 12, 2017 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> She earned nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, the [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|SAG Awards]], the [[Critics' Choice Awards]], and the [[American Film Institute#Awards|American Film Institute Awards]] for her performance in the film.

Also in 2001, she voiced [[Princess Fiona]] in the animated film ''[[Shrek]]''.<ref name=pay>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-29-et-quick29.2-story.html|title=Diaz's pay is said to be a record|last=Dutka | first=Elaine |date=August 29, 2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020130953/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/29/entertainment/et-quick29.2|archive-date=October 20, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} {{closed access}}</ref> In the film, her character is plagued by a curse that transforms her into an ogress each and every sunset. Locked in a dragon-guarded castle for several years, she is rescued by the [[Shrek (character)|title character]], whom she later comes to love. The film was a major commercial success, grossing US$484.4{{nbsp}}million worldwide and became the first movie to win the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shrek.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|title=Shrek|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020122927/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shrek.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|archive-date=October 20, 2018|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Shrek' wins for animated feature |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-24-shrek.htm#more |access-date=August 18, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today |date=March 25, 2002 |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203165611/http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-24-shrek.htm#more |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, Diaz headlined the romantic comedy ''[[The Sweetest Thing (film)|The Sweetest Thing]]'', playing a single woman educating herself on wooing the opposite sex when she finally meets the man of her dreams. The film was a moderate commercial success with a global gross of US$68.6{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sweetestthing.htm|title=The Sweetest Thing|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731095737/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sweetestthing.htm|archive-date=July 31, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

After completing ''Shrek'', Diaz starred in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s epic period drama ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', set in the mid-19th century in the [[Five Points, Manhattan|Five Points]] district of New York City; she took on the role of a pickpocket-grifter and the love interest of [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s character. The film received positive reviews by critics and was a box office success, grossing a total of US$193{{nbsp}}million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gangs_of_new_york|title=Gangs of New York (2002)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=June 12, 2017|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517024515/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gangs_of_new_york/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=gangsofnewyork.htm|title=Gangs of New York|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729194417/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=gangsofnewyork.htm|archive-date=July 29, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''The New York Times'', agreeing with other top critics on co-star [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]'s presence overshadowing Diaz and DiCaprio,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/12/20/gangs-new-york-2/|date=December 20, 2002|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|title=Gangs of New York|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325140658/https://ew.com/article/2002/12/20/gangs-new-york-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jan/10/artsfeatures2|date=January 10, 2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160316071930/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jan/10/artsfeatures2|archive-date=March 16, 2016|title=Gangs of New York|last=Bradshaw | first=Peter |access-date=June 12, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> felt that the actress "ends up with no outlet for her spitfire energies, since her character is more a structural necessity — the linchpin of male jealousy — than a fully imagined person. The limitations of her role point to a more serious lapse, which is the movie's lack of curiosity about what women's lives might have been like in Old New York".<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Scott, A. O.|author-link=A.O. Scott|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9e06e4d8103df933a15751c1a9649c8b63|title=FILM REVIEW; To Feel A City Seethe|date=December 20, 2002|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915083409/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9e06e4d8103df933a15751c1a9649c8b63|url-status=live}} {{closed access}}</ref> Diaz next reprised her roles in the commercially successful sequels ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'' (2003), and ''[[Shrek 2]]'' (2004).