Cameron Diaz confirms retirement from acting career; 2014's Annie was last film appearance

Popular Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz made an announcement that she has retired from acting bringing to end her illustrious cinematic career. Diaz recently reunited with her co-stars Selma Blair and Christina Applegate of the 2002 American comedy The Sweetest Thing for an interview with Entertainment Weekly to reminisce about the film, reported CNN. [caption id=“attachment_4415115” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Cameron Diaz/Image from Twitter.[/caption] The topic of the trio having not reunited was brought up, when Diaz said, “Maybe I should, you know, I mean, I’m down. I’m literally doing nothing.” After Applegate said she was semi-retired from acting to raise her children, Diaz responded, “I’m semi-retired, too, and I am actually retired, so I would love to see you ladies.” Earlier in March, it had been reported that Cameron Diaz had retired from acting after actress and close friend Selma Blair made a statement saying , “I had lunch with Cameron the other day. We were reminiscing about the film. I would have liked to do a sequel but Cameron’s retired from acting. She’s like ‘I’m done’”. Blair later clarified over Twitter that Diaz is not retiring from acting, and what she said was a ‘joke’.

Diaz last appeared in the 2014 remake of musical Annie, in which she starred alongside Jamie Foxx. Her big break arrived in 1994 with Jim Carrey film The Mask. Diaz has starred in a number of hit films, from There’s Something About Mary to Charlie’s Angels to My Sister’s Keeper to Shrek.