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  • Born: 7 August 1975
  • Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa
  • Best Known As: Star of the movie Monster

Born in South Africa, Charlize Theron was a ballerina and model before getting attention as an actress in the Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do (1996) and the Woody Allen film Celebrity (1998). She played a New England ingenue in the 1999 art house hit The Cider House Rules, and by the year 2000 she was starring in big budget pictures like Reindeer Games (with Ben Affleck) and Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance (alongside stars Matt Damon and Will Smith). What made her a star was her transformation from offscreen beauty to onscreen nightmare as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003, co-starring Christina Ricci). She won an Oscar for best actress and was launched into the top tier of leading ladies. She won another Oscar nomination for North Country (2005), but the highly-anticipated Aeon Flux (2005) was raspberried by the critics and spurned by moviegoers. Her other films include The Italian Job (2003, starring Mark Wahlberg), the HBO movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004, she plays Britt Ekland) and the 2007 Paul Haggis film In the Valley of Elah (starring Tommy Lee Jones).

Theron was nearly cast to play Nomi, the role later taken by Elizabeth Berkley in the ill-fated movie Showgirls... The gossip sheets like to make hay out of the fact that Theron's mom shot and killed her dad back in 1991; the official story is that the dad was abusive and the mom was never prosecuted... Aeon Flux was a cartoon character from the early 1990s, created by Peter Chung.

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Biography

As legend has it, Charlize Theron was discovered by an agent while fighting with a bank manager on Hollywood Boulevard. Eighteen and starving, Theron purportedly got into the argument after the manager refused to cash her check. The outburst caught the agent's attention, and eight months later Theron got her first acting job. She subsequently went on to become one of the hottest young actors in Hollywood, thanks to a fortuitous combination of talent and the blonde, statuesque good looks so fervently adored by the camera.

Born August 7, 1975, Theron was raised on a farm in Benoni, South Africa. Trained as a ballet dancer, she was sent to Milan at 16 to become a model following the death of her father (which, it was later revealed, occurred after he was shot by Theron's mother, who was defending herself from his drunken abuse). After tiring of modeling, Theron returned to her first love, dancing, which resulted in a move to New York to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. Unfortunately, her career was halted by a knee injury, which led Theron -- at her mother's behest -- to travel to Los Angeles to try her luck with acting. After a long, unprofitable struggle, fate smiled upon Theron in the form of the aforementioned bank encounter.

Following an inauspicious bit part in 1994's Children of the Corn III, Theron won her first dose of recognition with 2 Days in the Valley (1996). The film wasn't particularly successful, but it did give her both much-needed exposure and critical praise. The film also served as the stepping stone to her first leading role, that of Keanu Reeves' embattled wife in The Devil's Advocate (1997). The film drew poor reviews, but Theron managed to win widespread praise for her performance. Her next project, Trial and Error (1997), surfaced briefly before disappearing with nary a trace, but the subsequent Mighty Joe Young (1998) netted Theron more positive notices. Her ascent was confirmed with her casting in Celebrity, Woody Allen's 1998 cameo-fest that also featured turns from everyone from Kenneth Branagh to Winona Ryder to Leonardo DiCaprio to Isaac Mizrahi. In her portrayal of a perpetually aroused supermodel, Theron shone in a role seemingly designed to allow her to flaunt her natural attributes and little else. She was rewarded with more substantial -- not to mention multilayered -- work in The Cider House Rules (1999), Lasse Hallström's Oscar-winning adaptation of John Irving's novel. As a troubled young woman with secrets to hide, Theron received star billing alongside Michael Caine and Tobey Maguire.

In the wake of The Cider House Rules came a few highly publicized but ultimately disappointing projects, including John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games (2000), Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), and Sweet November (2001), the last of which reunited her with erstwhile co-star Keanu Reeves. Theron was also reunited with Woody Allen in his The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), another widely anticipated film that, despite a high-profile cast and stylish period design, was both a critical and commercial underacheiver.

None of this, however, nudged Theron from her A-list status, something that was confirmed by her casting in the flashy, star-studded 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a much-beloved 1969 comedy caper starring Michael Caine. The 2003 version featured Mark Wahlberg in the starring role, with Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, and Mos Def, among others, backing him up. That same year, Theron switched gears and dove headfirst into the "serious actress" category with her starring role in Monster, the crime drama based upon the real-life story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who, in the late '80s, murdered seven men in Florida. Co-starring Christina Ricci as Wuornos' lover, the film promised to show audiences a side of Theron that certainly hadn't been hinted at in her previous portrayals of models, girlfriends, and Southern debutantes. It was evidently successful as Theron was showered with more than a dozen awards including an Oscar following her first-ever Academy Award nomination.

2005 would be a decidedly mixed year for Theron. She first appeared in the live-action adaptation of the cult animated series Aeon Flux, a film that was nearly unanimously maligned by critics and largely avoided by audiences. Luckily, she also starred in the well-received docudrama North Country. Playing a woman who successfully battled sexual harrassment, Theron was honored with her second Oscar nomination for the performance. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Charlize Theron

Theron strikes a red-carpet pose at the 82nd Academy Awards, 7 March, in Hollywood, Calif
Born 7 August 1975 (1975-08-07) (age 36)
Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Occupation Actress, producer, director, fashion model
Years active 1995–present
Partner Stuart Townsend (2001–2010)
Website
www.charlizetheron.com

Charlize Theron (play /ʃɑrˈls ˈθɛrən/; born 7 August 1975) is a South African actress who later became an American citizen. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country (2005). Theron became an American citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship.

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Early life

Theron was born in Benoni, in the then Transvaal Province of South Africa, the only child of Gerda (who has also called herself Gerta)[1] Martiz[2] and Charles Theron (born 27 November 1947).[2] Her mother is of German descent and her father was of Occitan (French) and Dutch ancestry; Theron is descended from early Huguenot settlers, and Boer War figure Danie Theron was her great-great uncle.[3] "Theron" is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although she has said that the way it is pronounced in South Africa is "Thrown".[4] She changed the pronunciation when she moved to the U.S.

Although fluent in English, her first language is Afrikaans.[5][6] She grew up on her parents' farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg.[7] Her father died on 21 June 1991, after he was shot by Theron's mother. Theron's father, an alcoholic,[7] physically attacked her mother and threatened both women while drunk. The shooting was legally adjudged to have been self-defence and her mother faced no charges.[8]

Theron attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein). Those years were a period she characterises as not "fitting in":

I wore really nerdy glasses because I was blind as could be and the boys didn't like [me]. ... I didn't have any boyfriends, but lots of crushes. ... I wasn't in the popular crowd. There was a really popular girl at school and I was obsessed with her. ... I was in tears one day because I couldn't sit next to her. ... I actually got a lot of the mean-girl stuff from the ages of 7 to 12. I was pretty much a mess in primary school. But I got that out of my system by the time I got to high school and was more immune to all of that stuff.[9]

At 13, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg.[7]

Career

Though seeing herself as a dancer,[10] Theron at 16 won a one-year modeling contract[7] at a local competition,[10] and with her mother moved to Milan, Italy.[11] After Theron spent a year modeling throughout Europe, she and her mother moved to New York City and Miami, Florida.[11] In New York, she attended the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer until a knee injury closed this career path[10] at 19.[12] As Theron recalled in 2008,

I went to New York for three days to model, and then I spent a winter in New York in a friend's windowless basement apartment. I was broke, I was taking class at the Joffrey Ballet, and my knees gave out. I realized I couldn’t dance anymore, and I went into a major depression. My mom came over from South Africa and said, "Either you figure out what to do next or you come home, because you can sulk in South Africa."[10]

Intending now to work in movies, Theron flew to Los Angeles, California, on a one-way ticket her mother bought her.[10] During her early months there, she went to a Hollywood Boulevard bank to cash a cheque her mother had sent her to help with the rent.[13] When the teller refused to cash it, Theron engaged in a shouting match with her.[7] Upon seeing this, talent agent John Crosby,[13] in line behind her, handed her his business card and subsequently introduced her to casting agents and also an acting school.[14][13] She later fired him as her manager after he kept sending her scripts for films similar to Showgirls and Species.[15] After several 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 (1995).[7] Her first speaking role was a supporting but significant part in 2 Days in the Valley.[7] Larger roles in widely released Hollywood films followed, and her career expanded in the late 1990s with box-office successes like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999).[7] She was on the cover of the January 1999 issue of Vanity Fair as the "White Hot Venus".[16] AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman of 2003. [17]

Theron at the premiere of North Country at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival

After appearing in other films, Theron starred as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003).[7] Film critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema".[18] For this role, Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004,[19] as well as the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award.[20] She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress.[21] The Oscar win pushed her to The Hollywood Reporter's 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood; earning US$10 million for both her subsequent films, North Country and Æon Flux, she ranked seventh, behind Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Renée Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.[22]

In 2005 Theron portrayed Rita, Michael Bluth's (Jason Bateman) love interest, on the third season of Fox's critically acclaimed television series Arrested Development.[23] She also received Golden Globe and Emmy[24] nominations for her role of Britt Ekland in the 2004 HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. On 30 September, Theron received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[21] In the same year, she starred in the financially unsuccessful science fiction thriller Æon Flux. She also received the 2005 Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Human Female for her voiceover work in the Æon Flux video game.[25][26]

Theron received Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her lead performance in the drama North Country.[19][20] Ms. magazine also honoured her for this performance with a feature article in its Fall 2005 issue.[27] She was supposed to star in the screen adaption of the short story The Ice at the Bottom of the World by Mark Richard, and it was to be directed by Kimberly Peirce[28] and produced by Theron's company Denver and Delilah Films (Theron's two dog's names). Theron has owned the rights for many years.[29] She was also supposed to star in a movie adaption of the graphic novel Jinx, but both projects have not been produced as of yet.[30]

Theron at the Meteor Awards in 2008

In 2008, Theron was named the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year.[31] That year she also starred with Will Smith in the superhero film Hancock, and in late 2008 she was asked to be a UN Messenger of Peace by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.[32]

In October 2009, Theron was cast to star in a sequel to the Mad Max films, titled Mad Max: Fury Road.[33][34]

On 4 December 2009, Theron co-presented the draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, accompanied by several other celebrities of South African origin. During rehearsals she drew an Ireland ball instead of France as a joke at the expense of FIFA, referring to Thierry Henry's handball controversy in the play off match between France and Ireland.[35][36] The stunt alarmed FIFA enough for it to fear she might do it again in front of a live global audience.[37]

Following a three-year hiatus from the big screen, Theron returned to the spotlight in 2011 with Young Adult. Directed by Jason Reitman, the film earned critical acclaim especially for Theron's performance. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and several other high profile awards.

Theron plays the Wicked Queen in the film Snow White & the Huntsman, in production in 2011.[38]

In 2011, she described her process for becoming the characters in her film:

When I'm figuring out a character, for me it's easy, since once I say yes to something, I become super-obsessed about it – and I have an obsessive nature in general. How I want to play it starts at that moment. It's a very lonely, internal experience. I think about [the character] all the time – I observe things, I see things and file things [in my head], everything geared to what I'm going to do. I'm obsessed with the human condition. You read the script and become obsessed with [a character's] nature, her habits. When the camera rolls, it's time to do my job, to do the honest truth. You can't do that part of the [character-creation] work when you're [in the middle of] making the film. At least I can't.[39]

Personal life

Theron lives in the Los Angeles, California, area.[citation needed] From 1997 to 2001, she dated Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins.[40] Theron then began a relationship with Irish actor Stuart Townsend, with whom she starred in Trapped (2002) and Head in the Clouds (2004).[40] Theron and Townsend separated in January 2010 after nearly nine years together.[41]

Theron became a naturalised citizen of the United States in May 2007,[42] while retaining her South African citizenship.[43]

She signed with William Morris Endeavour in 2009 and is represented by CEO Ari Emanuel.[44]

Health concerns

While filming Æon Flux in Berlin, Germany, Theron suffered a herniated disc in her neck, which occurred as a result of her suffering a fall while filming a series of back handsprings. This required her to wear a neck collar for a month.[45]

In July 2009, Theron was diagnosed with a serious stomach virus, thought to be contracted while travelling outside the United States.[46] She was hospitalised at Cedars-Sinai Hospital and she finished convalescing in her own home.[47]

When filming The Road, Theron injured her vocal cords during the labor screaming scenes.[48]

Promotional deals

Having signed a deal with John Galliano in 2004, Theron replaced Estonian model Tiiu Kuik as the spokeswoman in the "J'adore" advertisements by Christian Dior.[49]

From October 2005 to December 2006, Theron earned US$3 million for the use of her image in a worldwide print media advertising campaign for Raymond Weil watches.[50] In February 2006, she and her loan-out corporation were sued by Weil for breach of contract.[50][51] The lawsuit was settled on 4 November 2008.[52]

Activism

Theron is involved in women's rights organisations, and has marched in pro-choice rallies.[53]

Theron also is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She appeared in a PETA ad for its anti-fur campaign.[54] She is a supporter of marriage equality and attended a march to support that in Fresno, California, on 30 May 2009.

In July 2009, Theron's Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) announced a coalition with LAFC Soccer Club to give soccer fields to rural areas in South Africa. The US youth soccer club LAFC Chelsea made a three-year commitment to help build a community-wide soccer program for the schools in the Umkhanyakude district, encompassing uniforms, equipment, professional training for local coaches, referees and administrators, and health education.[55]

In December 2009, CTAOP and TOMS Shoes partnered to create a limited edition unisex shoe. The shoe was made from vegan materials and inspired by the African baobab tree, the silhouette of which was embroidered on blue and orange canvas. Ten-thousand pairs were given to destitute children, and a portion of the proceeds went to CTAOP.[56]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Young Woman Uncredited
1996 2 Days in the Valley Helga Svelgen
1996 That Thing You Do! Tina Powers
1997 Hollywood Confidential Sally TV film
1997 Trial and Error Billie Tyler
1997 Devil's Advocate, TheThe Devil's Advocate Mary Ann Lomax
1998 Celebrity Supermodel
1998 Mighty Joe Young Jill Young Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999 Astronaut's Wife, TheThe Astronaut's Wife Jillian Armacost
1999 Cider House Rules, TheThe Cider House Rules Candy Kendall Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Movie
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000 Reindeer Games Ashley Mercer
2000 Yards, TheThe Yards Erica Stoltz
2000 Legend of Bagger Vance, TheThe Legend of Bagger Vance Adele Invergordon
2000 Men of Honor Gwen Sunday
2001 Sweet November Sara Deever
2001 Curse of the Jade Scorpion, TheThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion Laura Kensington
2001 15 Minutes Rose Heam
2002 Trapped Karen Jennings
2002 Waking Up in Reno Candy Kirkendall
2003 Italian Job, TheThe Italian Job Stella Bridger Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance
2003 Monster Aileen Wuornos Academy Award for Best Actress
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture
Silver Bear for Best Actress (tied with Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria full of Grace)
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
2004 Life and Death of Peter Sellers, TheThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers Britt Ekland Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2004 Head in the Clouds Gilda Bessé
2005 North Country Josey Aimes Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture
2005 AEon FluxÆon Flux Æon Flux
2005 Æon Flux (video game) Æon Flux Voice
2007 In the Valley of Elah Det. Emily Sanders
2008 Sleepwalking Joleen Also producer
2008 Hancock Mary Embrey Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008 Battle in Seattle Ella Stuart Townsend directing
2009 Burning Plain, TheThe Burning Plain Sylvia Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2009 Road, TheThe Road Wife
2009 Astro Boy Narrator
2011 Young Adult Mavis Gary Palm Springs International Film Festival Vanguard Award for Creative Ensemble
Variety's Indie Impact Award
Nominated – Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated – National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (runner-up)
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Pending – Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture
2012 Snow White & the Huntsman Queen Ravenna Filming
2012 Prometheus Meredith Vickers Post-Production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Arrested Development Rita (Mr.F) 5 episodes
2006 Robot Chicken Daniel's Mom / Mother / Waitress 1 episode
Music Videos
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Crossfire Mysterious and dangerous rescuer Song by Brandon Flowers
Producer
Year Title Notes
2003 Monster Also actress
2006 East of Havana Documentary
2008 Sleepwalking Also actress
2008 The Burning Plain Executive, also actress
2011 Young Adult Also actress

Awards and nominations

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