Suzy Amis Cameron

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.

Suzy Amis Cameron
Amis in 2017
Born	Susan Elizabeth Amis (1962-01-05) January 5, 1962 (age 63)[1] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Other names	Suzy Cameron
Occupations	Actress model author plant-based diet activist environmental activist
Years active	1984–1998, 2014
Spouses	Sam Robards ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1994)​ James Cameron ​ ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	4

Early life and career

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,^[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

Main article: MUSE School

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 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. Their marriage produced a son, Jasper, before their divorce in 1994.^[24]

Although Amis and James Cameron met while filming Titanic, they did not marry at that time. Instead, Cameron married 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. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/titanic-avatar-director-james-cameron-to-become-new-zealand-citizen-next-year-i-love-being-a-wellingtonian/3CSFOUZCEBB6PB7YTQ4US72XIE/

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
	Judgment Day	FBI Agent Jeanine Tyrell	Direct-to-video release
2014	Deepsea Challenge 3D	Herself	Documentary