Suzy Amis started her career as a photo model but then switched to film. She was in a famous 1993 western, The Ballad of Little Jo. She portrayed the main role of a girl that dresses as a man to survive in the Wild West. The film was good and Amis earned good reviews. But the biggest role for her was only around the corner. During her work on Titanic in 1997, she and James Cameron fell in love with each other.

In 1999, the couple got married and now have 3 children. Today, they live on a farm for organic foods, and they have chickens and cattle. Amis says that having such a farm unites the entire family.