Suzy Amis Cameron is an American environmental advocate, a former actress, a former model, and the wife of James Cameron.
Career
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amis Cameron first worked as a Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She made her feature-film debut in the 1985comedy filmFandango. Amis Cameron next had roles in Rocket Gibraltar, Where the Heart Is, and Rich in Love. In 1993, she appeared as Josephine "Jo" Monaghan in The Ballad of Little Jo. She later appeared in Blown Away, The Usual Suspects, and the blockbuster Titanic, in which she played Lizzy Calvert, the granddaughter of Rose Dawson Calvert. That same year, she starred in the Western Last Stand at Saber River and acted in the cult-classic Nadja. Amis Cameron retired from acting after her last screen appearance in the 1999 filmJudgment Day. In 2005, Amis Cameron co-founded MUSE School CA, a Reggio-inspired, independent, nonprofit school in the Calabasas, California, area north of Los Angeles, with her sister, Rebecca Amis, reported as the country's first veganK-12 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. In 2009, Amis Cameron founded, a global initiative showcasing sustainable fashion on the red carpet at the Oscars. Collaborating with fashion brands such as Armani, Vivienne Westwood, and Reformation, the gowns and tuxedos have included vintage, recycled, repurposed and eco design. Previous campaign ambassadors include Emma Roberts, Priyanka Bose, Naomie Harris, Olga Kurylenko, Kellan Lutz, Sophie Turner, and Missi Pyle. In 2014, Amis Cameron co-founded, with her husband, director James Cameron, and Craig McCaw,, an organization focused on showing the impact of animal agriculture on climate change 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, and 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. In fall 2018, Amis Cameron published , with Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group; in 2019 the paperback was published, The OMD Plan: Swap One Meal a Day to Save Your Health & Save the Planet. The OMD Plan was featured on in Fall 2019. The book inspired Oprah Winfrey to eat one plant-based meal a day. Amis Cameron also launched the to promote plant-based food solutions to climate change, a multi-pronged effort to transform eating habits and the food system. She also is a founder of Cameron Family Farms and , a plant-based café and market in New Zealand.
Personal life
In 1986, she married actor Sam Robards, her co-star in Fandango, and son of Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards. Their marriage produced a son, Jasper, before their divorce in 1994. Since June 4, 2000, Amis has been married to Canadian film director James Cameron, whom she met while filming Titanic. In 2012, Amis and Cameron adopted a plant-based diet after watching the film Forks Over Knives. They live on an organic farm in Hollister Ranch. They are featured in Eating You Alive, a 2016 American documentary.
