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Date of Birth: 08/07/1975
Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa
Size: 5 '11 "
Nationality: American
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa. Her father, Charles Theron, was a construction company owner of French Huguenot descent; her mother, Gerda, is of German descent and took over her husband's business after his death. Theron first language is Afrikaans. She is also fluent in English and speaks some Xhosa, and with different levels of fluency in some thirty other African languages and dialects, learned from neighbors and co-workers on the farm of her parents. In the United States, both in her films and during interviews, etc. Theron speaks with a typical American accent and style of speech, which most people go out of it, she is American.
"Theron" is a French surname in Afrikaans as pronounced "Tronn", although she said that she pulls pronunciation "thrown." The debate often in the United States consists of two syllables, with stress on the first.
Theron grew up as an only child to his parents' farm near Johannesburg (Benoni). At the age of thirteen, Charlize was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg. With fifteen Theron witnessed the death of her father, an alcoholic; her mother shot him in self-defense when he attacked her. It was pressed no charges.
Professional Background:
At the age of sixteen, Theron traveled to Milan, Italy, on a one-year modeling contract, after winning a local competition. My contract ended while she was in New York City, and they decided to stay there, attending the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer. A knee injury ended this career when she was 18.
Not being able to dance, she bought a ticket to Los Angeles. After eight months in the city, she was cast in her first film part, a non-speaking role in the direct-to-video film Children of the Corn III. She followed this with major roles in Hollywood films widely released and her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s with box office successes like The Devil, The Cider House Rules and Mighty Joe Young.
, Made the May 1999 issue of Playboy published nude photos of Theron in the early years of her modeling career. Claiming that it was "for personal use" ended up Theron sued photographer Guido Argentine.
After appearing in a few notable films, Theron starred as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster (2003). Film critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema", for Theron won the Best Actress Oscar at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, as well as the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award. She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
After a deal with John Galliano signed in 2004, Theron replaced Estonian model Tiiu Kuik in the J'ADORE ads for Christian Dior, it is the current spokesperson Dior perfume. On September 30, 2005, she received her own bronze star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the same year, in the financially unsuccessful science fiction thriller à † on Flux they played and was given positive reviews. In addition, she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination for her lead performance in the drama North Country. Ms. Magazine honored her for this performance as well as a feature article in the Autumn Edition 2005. She was also nominated for an Oscar for lead actress for the role, even though she did not win; This was her second nomination.
In 2005, Theron portrayed Rita also, Michael Bluth's (Jason Bateman) love interest in the third season of the critically acclaimed FOX sitcom Arrested Development.
She also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in the HBO film (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers).
Salary & Stand:
After her Oscar win for Monster, she earned $ 10 million for both North Country and Aeon Flux. According to 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood The Hollywood Reporter is, it ranks 7th, behind Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, René © e Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman.
Personal Life:
Theron dated the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, Stephan Jenkins, from January 1998 to July 2001 Jenkins broke up with her after the failure to take their requests of marriage seriously. Theron now resides in Los Angeles with her longtime boyfriend, Stuart Townsend, with whom she in the 2004 film Head in the Clouds played, and in the 2002 film Caught; She said that she did not marry until same-sex couples are able to recognize their marriages. In October 2005, her mother, Gerda, was married in California. The media thought that Charlize was the one getting married (Townsend) and the paparazzi got as close as it could for the photos.
While filming à † on Flux in Berlin, Germany, had caused Theron surgery on a herniated disc in the neck, the result of an injury in a stunt on the set.
In May 2006, Maxim magazine Theron # 25 in his year named Hot 100 issue.
Theron is also involved in women's rights organizations.
In 2006, Theron GLAAD Vanguard Award won at the GLAAD Media Awards for increasing "visibility and understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community."
Theron is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She recently appeared in a PETA ad for their anti-fur campaign.
Her best friend is another actress Ivana Milia ?? Evia ‡.