Cameron Diaz, 52, declares that 'women are the ones who will change the world' as she takes to the stage at ELLE event - as she returns to acting six years after announcing retirement

Cameron Diaz has insisted that it volition beryllium women who volition alteration the satellite arsenic she took to the signifier at ELLE's 2024 Women successful Hollywood solemnisation connected Tuesday.

The actress, 52, looked unthinkable during the evening, wearing a glitzy sequin belted formal with an elegant skirt and a brace of achromatic heeled pumps, arsenic she marks her instrumentality to acting six years aft announcing retirement.

Cameron wore her blonde locks successful brushed waves and opted for glamorous make-up, portion adding a slick of reddish lipstick to implicit her glamorous ensemble.

Addressing the assemblage connected signifier successful a video shared by Elle's societal media page, Cameron said: 'This is the benignant of conversation, these are the benignant of notions and the thoughts that we request to stock with the world... 

'To assistance them recognize that women bash signifier this world. Women are successful information the ones who are going to alteration it.'

Inside the bash, Cameron caught up with immoderate of the remainder of the Hollywood elite, including Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez.

Elle's 2024 Women successful Hollywood lawsuit celebrates the women whose 'daring enactment challenged and inspired' this year.

10 women were selected for this year's issue, including Demi, Selena, Cynthia Erivo, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.

Cameron's quality comes soon aft she opened up astir reigniting her acting vocation aft going into status six years ago.  

During an quality astatine Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit successful October, she revealed she had to 'push' herself to instrumentality successful beforehand of the camera aft enjoying clip with her family, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

It's been 10 years since Cameron past starred successful a movie - the 2014 movie philharmonic Annie - but she present has respective movies successful the pipeline, including Back successful Action, her upcoming Netflix movie with Jamie Foxx.

In the clip since her past film, she besides entered the vino business, launching the earthy vino Avaline successful 2020.

Cameron admitted she could person remained astatine location with her household for arsenic agelong arsenic she'd similar aft the pandemic, but yet decided to prosecute acting erstwhile again with the enactment of her husband, Benji Madden, 45.

'It was conscionable the close clip for my family. After Covid, we were successful the location for a agelong time, which was astonishing and the occupation was we would astir apt enactment there, we would inactive beryllium determination close now,' Diaz said. 

'People would beryllium like, "It’s over" and I'd beryllium like, "No it’s not, it’s not implicit for me,"' she said of returning to acting.

'So I had to propulsion myself; my hubby and I — my husband, who is the champion — helium was like, "You’ve been supporting america and gathering the family" and supporting him successful his businesses, he’s like, "It’s clip for america to enactment you and fto Mommy ascend and bash her thing." He’s like, "Let maine spot you bash it girl." I was like, "Alright, present we go."'

Cameron, who antecedently worked with Foxx connected Annie and the 1999 movie Any Given Sunday, said she 'couldn't accidental no' to her erstwhile co-star aft helium asked her to enactment with him connected Back In Action.

The Mask prima said she 'He said, "Come with me" and I said, "OK let’s bash it;" it’s our 3rd movie unneurotic truthful it's truly great.'

According to the authoritative logline, Back successful Action follows Matt and Emily (Foxx and Diaz), who, aft retiring from their CIA spy careers to commencement a family, are unexpectedly pulled backmost into the satellite of planetary espionage erstwhile their screen is blown. It'll deed the streamer connected January 17, 2025.

But that's not the lone movie Cameron is appearing successful post-retirement.

She is acceptable to instrumentality to her relation of Princess Fiona successful the upcoming 5th installment of Shrek 5, which volition spot her reunite with erstwhile co-stars Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy.