The ‘Back in Action’ star grew up immersed in Cuban culture, thanks to her father
Cameron Diaz ‘s parents — Emilio and Billie Diaz — raised her in Long Beach, Calif., not too far from Hollywood, which she would eventually take by storm.
The There’s Something About Mary star’s father was Spanish-Cuban, and her mother is German-English. “I’m a true American because I’m a mutt,” Cameron said about her ancestry during an October 2020 interview on No Filter with Naomi .
Emilio and Billie were working-class parents, and they raised Cameron and her sister, Chimene Diaz , in a loving home. “I was really fortunate,” Cameron shared in the 2015 documentary, Human , calling the education she got from her dad and mom “really amazing.” She added, “They just gave us everything. There wasn’t a moment when my parents weren’t teaching us.”…