Suzy Amis

☆ Save On Wikipedia ↗
Suzy Amis Cameron
Amis in 2017
Born (1962-01-05) January 5, 1962[1]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Other nameSuzy Cameron
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • author
  • plant-based diet activist
  • environmental activist
Years active1984–1999, 2014
Spouses
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1986; div. 1994)​
      ​
      ​
      (m. 2000)​
      Children4

      Suzy Amis Cameron (born January 5, 1962) is an American former actress, author, and activist.

      Early life and career

      Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on January 5, 1962,[2] 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, and The Ballad of Little Jo.[3]

      Muse Global Schools

      In 2006, Amis Cameron co-founded Muse Global Schools, a Reggio-inspired, independent, nonprofit school in the Calabasas, California, area north of Los Angeles, with her sister, Rebecca Amis.[4] An exclusively plant-based diet was adopted in the fall of 2015,[5][6] and it is the country's first plant-based K-12 school with a 100% plant-based lunch program.[7] Additionally, the school is zero waste and 100% solar powered, with Solar Sun Flowers designed by her husband, James Cameron.[8]

      Environmental and plant-based activism

      In 2009, Amis Cameron founded[9][10] Red Carpet Green Dress, a global initiative showcasing sustainable fashion on the red carpet at the Oscars.[11] 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.[12][13][14]

      In 2012, Amis and Cameron became vegan after watching the 2011 film Forks Over Knives.[15][16]

      In 2014, Amis Cameron co-founded, with her husband, director James Cameron, and Craig McCaw,[17] Plant Power Task Force, an organization focused on showing the impact of animal agriculture on climate change and the environment.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20]

      She also is a founder of Cameron Family Farms and Food Forest Organics, a plant-based café and market in New Zealand.[21] Her farm in New Zealand supports regenerative agriculture using 500-600 cattle livestock to improve the soil and help carbon sequestration. 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.[22]

      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.[3] The OMD Plan was featured on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday in Fall 2019. The book inspired Oprah Winfrey to eat one plant-based meal a day.[23]

      Personal life

      In 1986, she married actor Sam Robards, the son of Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards. Amis and Robards co-starred in the 1985 film Fandango. They had a son, Jasper, before their divorce in 1994.[24]

      Amis and James Cameron met and had an affair while filming Titanic, but they did not marry at that time. Cameron was married to Linda Hamilton in 1997, and divorced two years later.[25] Amis and Cameron subsequently married in 2000,[26] and have three children.[27] In 2020, they became the permanent guardians for one of their daughter's teenage friends.[27]

      Amis, Cameron, and their family live in New Zealand, with a farm in the Wairarapa and a home in Wellington.[28]

      Filmography

      Year Title Role Notes
      1984 Miami Vice Penny McGraw Episode: "Heart of Darkness"
      1985 Fandango Debbie
      1987 The Big Town Aggie Donaldson
      1988 Plain Clothes Robin Torrence
      Rocket Gibraltar Aggie Rockwell
      1989 Twister Maureen Cleveland
      1990 Where the Heart Is Chloe McBain
      1993 Rich in Love Rae Odom
      Watch It Anne
      The Ballad of Little Jo Josephine "Jo" Monaghan Alternative title: Little Man Jo
      Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
      Two Small Bodies Eileen Mahoney
      1994 Blown Away Kate Dove
      Nadja Cassandra
      1995 The Usual Suspects Edie Finneran National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
      1996 Cadillac Ranch C.J. Crowley
      One Good Turn Laura Forrest
      1997 The Ex Molly Kenyon
      Titanic Lizzy Calvert Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
      The Beneficiary Connie Roos Television movie
      Last Stand at Saber River Martha Cable Television movie
      Dead by Midnight Lisa Larkin / Dr. Sarah Flint Television movie
      1998 Firestorm Jennifer
      1999 Judgment Day FBI Agent Jeanine Tyrell Direct-to-video release
      2014 Deepsea Challenge 3D Herself Documentary

      References

      1. "UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019". United Press International. January 5, 2019. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019. actor Suzy Amis in 1962 (age 57)
      2. McDonnell, Brandy (December 16, 2018). "On the movement: OKC native Suzy Amis Cameron returns to hometown to tout her new book". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
      3. Sager, Jessica (March 12, 2025). "Who Is James Cameron's Wife? All About Suzy Amis Cameron". People.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
      4. Andriakos, Jacqueline (February 27, 2015). "James Cameron Announces His Wife's Private School Is Going Vegan". People. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
      5. Popkin, Helen A.S. (February 26, 2015). "'Titanic' director's wife terminates meat from school lunch menu". Today. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
      6. Erbentraut, Joseph (March 5, 2015). "America Is About To Get Its First All-Vegan School Cafeteria For Kids". HuffPost. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
      7. Kirkova, Deni (12 November 2015). "First ever vegan school in the US says you can't consume animals and care for the environment". Metro. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
      8. Giardina, Carolyn (May 18, 2015). "James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron Unveil 'Solar Sun Flowers' Project". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
      9. Michaels, Samantha (2011-10-17). "A Conversation With Suzy Amis Cameron, Environmental Activist". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
      10. Dress, Red Carpet Green. "Red Carpet Green Dress". Red Carpet Green Dress. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
      11. Cameron, Suzy Amis (2016-03-19). "Designing Change: The History of Red Carpet Green Dress". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
      12. Prudom, Laura (2015-02-20). "Eco-Friendly Fashion Reigns at Suzy Amis Cameron's 'Red Carpet Green Dress' Pre-Oscar Bash". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
      13. "Red Carpet Green Dress is here to change the way you think of sustainable fashion". HelloGiggles. 2017-02-22. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
      14. "3 Celebrities Who Wore Eco-Fashion to the 2016 Oscars". Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
      15. Barclay, Eliza (2014-06-08). "James Cameron-Backed School To Terminate Meat And Dairy". NPR. Archived from the original on 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-08-15. The turn happened, Amis Cameron says, when the couple went vegan in 2012 after watching the documentary Forks over Knives.
      16. Woods, Judith (2012-10-02). "Rare interview with director James Cameron: Titanic temper, Kate Winslet, and veganism". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2014-08-15. [James Cameron] drives a Toyota Hybrid that is a whole six years old and recently became vegan, along with his family of five children, aged from five to 23.
      17. "Home". Plant Power Task Force. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
      18. Nestle, Marion (2015-03-24). "My Plate, My Planet: Support Sustainability in Dietary Guidelines". Foodpolitics.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
      19. Witt, Annick de (April 11, 2016). "People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
      20. Fox, Eve (2015-05-07). "Curried kale cakes for My Plate, My Planet". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
      21. Fuller, Piers (April 2015). "James Cameron snaps up organic empire". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
      22. Blake-Persen, Nita (2021-04-16). "James Cameron explains dairy cows on Wairarapa farm". RNZ. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
      23. Winfrey, Oprah (2019-10-14). "Oprah Talks to Suzy Amis Cameron About the Benefits of Eating One Plant-Based Meal Every Day". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
      24. Kolson, Ann (1993-04-04). "Actress Suzy Amis Is Great, Critics Say, But Nobody Knows It - Yet". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
      25. "Linda Hamilton: 'Everyone's terrified of James Cameron. I'm not'". The Independent. October 21, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
      26. Keegan, R. (2010). "Kicking in the Door". The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron. Crown. p. 55. ISBN 9780307460325.
      27. Fernandez, Alexia (October 15, 2020). "James Cameron and Wife Suzy Amis Petition to Become Permanent Guardians of Daughter's Friend". People. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
      28. Currie, Shayne (16 November 2023). "'I love being a Wellingtonian' - Titanic director James Cameron to become NZ citizen". NZ Herald.