Suzy Amis Cameron (born Susan Elizabeth Amis, January 5, 1962) is an American former actress, model, author and activist, who advocates for a
plant-based diet
A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. It encompasses a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of fiber-rich plant products such as vegetables ...
.
Early life and career
Born in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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on January 5 1962, Amis Cameron worked as a
Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She is best known for her role as Rose's granddaughter Lizzy in
''Titanic'', and also appeared in films such as
''Fandango'', ''
The Usual Suspects
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'', and ''
The Ballad of Little Jo''.
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Muse Global Schools
In 2006, Amis Cameron co-founded Muse Global Schools, a Reggio-inspired, independent, nonprofit school in the Calabasas, California
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, with her sister, Rebecca Amis. An exclusively plant-based diet was adopted in the fall of 2015, and it is the country's first plant-based K-12
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school with a 100% plant-based lunch program. Additionally, the school is zero waste and 100% solar powered, with Solar Sun Flowers designed by her husband, James Cameron.
Environmental and plant-based activism
In 2009, Amis Cameron founded Red Carpet Green Dress, a global initiative showcasing sustainable fashion
Sustainable fashion is a term describing efforts within the fashion industry to reduce its environmental impacts, protect workers producing garments and uphold animal welfare. Sustainability in fashion encompasses a wide range of factors, incl ...
on the red carpet
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History
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at the Oscars
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. Collaborating with fashion brands such as Armani
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, Vivienne Westwood, and Reformation, the gowns and tuxedos have included vintage, recycled, repurposed and eco design. Previous campaign ambassadors include Emma Roberts
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, Priyanka Bose, Naomie Harris, Olga Kurylenko, Kellan Lutz
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, Sophie Turner
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, and Missi Pyle
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.
In 2012, Amis and Cameron became vegan
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after watching the film '' Forks Over Knives''.
In 2014, Amis Cameron co-founded, with her husband, director James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a Classical Hollywood cinema, classical filmmaking styl ...
, and Craig McCaw, Plant Power Task Force, an organization focused on showing the impact of animal agriculture on climate change
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and the environment. Plant Power Task Force supported the first multi-country studies on global diets and climate change by the independent U.K.-based think tank, Chatham House: Livestock—Climate Change's Forgotten Sector and Changing Diets, Changing Climate. They also spearheaded the MyPlate MyPlanet initiative in spring 2015, a platform for hundreds of environmental and health organizations in support of linking health and the environment in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.
She also is a founder of Cameron Family Farms and Food Forest Organics, a plant-based café and market in New Zealand. Her farm in New Zealand supports regenerative agriculture using 500-600 cattle livestock to improve the soil and help carbon sequestration
Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. It plays a crucial role in Climate change mitigation, limiting climate change by reducing the amount of Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, carbon dioxide in the atmosphe ...
. In an interview with NZ media the Cameron couple assured the audience that this was merely a pathway for other NZ farmers in their eventual transition, for the planet, to plant based agriculture, without livestock. A plant-based diet is, she explained, a healthier choice, despite their use of cattle on their land. A shortage of foreign labour during lockdown was another reason for keeping on the cattle, instead of making the transition to plant based agriculture as she and James Cameron had planned.
Book
In fall 2018, Amis Cameron published the plant-based cookbook, ''OMD: Swap One Meal a Day to Get Healthy, Live Longer, and Save the Planet'', with Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group; in 2019, the paperback edition, ''The OMD Plan: Swap One Meal a Day to Save Your Health and Save the Planet'', was published.[ The OMD Plan was featured on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday in Fall 2019. The book inspired ]Oprah Winfrey
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to eat one plant-based meal a day.
Personal life
In 1986, she married actor Sam Robards, the son of Lauren Bacall
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and Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accola ...
. Amis and Robards co-starred in the 1985 film ''Fandango
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''. Their marriage produced a son, Jasper, before their divorce in 1994.
Although Amis and James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a Classical Hollywood cinema, classical filmmaking styl ...
met while filming ''Titanic'', they did not marry at that time. Instead, Cameron married Linda Hamilton
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in 1997, and divorced two years later. Amis and Cameron subsequently married in 2000, and have three children. In 2020, they became the permanent guardians for one of their daughter's teenage friends.[
Amis, Cameron, and their family live in New Zealand, with a farm in the Wairarapa and a home in Wellington.]
Filmography
References
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Biography (OMD)
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1962 births
Female models from Oklahoma
20th-century American actresses
American television actresses
Living people
Actresses from Oklahoma City
American film actresses
James Cameron
Organic farmers
Plant-based diet advocates
Plant-based cookbook writers
American cookbook writers
American women food writers