Next they gave her a role as Cameron Diaz's character's overtanned neighbor Magda in the 1998 hit There's Something About Mary. The Farrellys said, 'We want her to look like an old leather bag,' " recalled Shaye.
The filmmakers cast her as Magda, a tanned neighbor of Cameron Diaz's character in the popular movie "There's Something About Mary" from 1998. They wanted her to resemble an aged leather handbag, according to Shaye.