When Cameron Diaz headlines Netflix’s action comedy “Back in Action” alongside Jamie Foxx next year, it will mark her first movie in 11 years. The actor left Hollywood for a decade to focus on her family (she has two children with husband Benji Madden) and launch businesses like her popular wine Avaline.

Just when she felt she didn’t “have what it takes” to star in movies anymore while living comfortably in her retirement, it was announced that she'd be leading the Netflix action-comedy Back in Action alongside Jamie Foxx.

Cameron Diaz has said that taking a break from acting was 'something she had to do' as she reflects on 11-year hiatus

Cameron Diaz says leaving the business was “just something I had to do.” The “Charlie’s Angels” star was still a bona fide A-lister when she retired in 2018. Now, with a decade behind her since she last appeared on-screen in 2014’s “Annie” adaptation,

When Cameron Diaz headlines Netflix’s action comedy “Back in Action” alongside Jamie Foxx next year, it will mark her first movie in 11 years. The actor left Hollywood for a decade to focus on her family (she has two children with husband Benji Madden) and launch businesses like her popular wine Avaline.

The actress and organic wine entrepreneur is poised to return to the silver screen for the first time in over a decade next year.

Cameron Diaz decided to leave Hollywood a decade ago to pursue other ventures and has never looked back... until now. According to Variety, the "What Happens In Vegas" star elaborated upon her decision to pause her acting career at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Wednesday (October 16),

The last movie Cameron Diaz appeared in was the 2014 musical comedy drama Annie. Four years later, she officially retired from acting with little explanation. Speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit,