Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a South African-American actress. She won an Academy Award for her role in the movie Monster. She was nominated for her role in the movie North Country. Theron can speak three languages, her first being Afrikaans.

Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron promoting Mad Max: Fury Road at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 Benoni, South Africa
Citizenship	South African (lifelong) American (2007 - present)
Occupation	Celebrity
Notable credit(s)	Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley Aileen Wuornos in Monster Britt Ekland in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Awards	Academy Award for Best Actress 2003 Monster Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 2004 Monster SAG Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture 2004 Monster
Website	charlizetheron.com

Early life

Theron was born in Benoni near Johannesburg. Her ancestry is German and Dutch.

She attended a boarding school at the age of thirteen. At the age of fifteen, she saw her alcoholic father being killed by her mother as an act of self - defence. No charges were pressed against her mother.

Career

At the age of sixteen, she won a local modelling competition and went to Milan, Italy for a one year contract. After her modelling contract was over, she moved to New York, United States, and became a ballet dancer. She injured her knee at the age of eighteen, ending her career of being a ballet dancer.

She did star in a few movies, but only really became noticed when she portrayed the life of serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, in the movie Monster. She won an Oscar for her role in this movie.

After this, she got a lot of attention from the perfume label, Dior, and appeared in some of their advertisements.

She also does a lot of community work, including for PETA, for their anti - fur ads. She also works with animal rights activists and supports same-sex marriage. She has become one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed actresses.

Theron became an American citizen in 2007.

Filmography

CharlizeTheron at the 82nd Academy Awards on 7 March 2010

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	Eli's follower	Hickox James D. R. Hickox	Uncredited Direct-to-video release
1996	2 Days in the Valley	Svelgen Helga Svelgen	Herzfeld John Herzfeld
1996	That Thing You Do!	Powers Tina Powers	Hanks Tom Hanks
1997	Trial and Error	Tyler Billie Tyler	Lynn Jonathan Lynn
1997	Devil The Devil's Advocate	Lomax Mary Ann Lomax	Hackford Taylor Hackford
1998	Celebrity	Supermodel	Allen Woody Allen
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Young Jill Young	Underwood Ron Underwood
1999	Astronaut The Astronaut's Wife	Armacost Jillian Armacost	Ravich Rand Ravich
1999	Cider The Cider House Rules	Kendall Candy Kendall	Hallström Lasse Hallström
2000	Reindeer Games	Mercer Ashley Mercer	Frankenheimer John Frankenheimer
2000	Yards The Yards	Stoltz Erica Stoltz	Gray James Gray
2000	Men of Honor	Sunday Gwen Sunday	Tillman, Jr. George Tillman, Jr.
2000	Legend The Legend of Bagger Vance	Invergordon Adele Invergordon	Redford Robert Redford
2001	Sweet November	Deever Sara Deever	O'Connor Pat O'Connor
2001	15 Minutes	Hearn Rose Hearn	Herzfeld John Herzfeld
2001	Curse The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Kensington Laura Kensington	Allen Woody Allen
2002	Trapped	Jennings Karen Jennings	Mandoki Luis Mandoki
2002	Waking Up in Reno	Kirkendall Candy Kirkendall	Brady Jordan Brady
2003	Italian The Italian Job	Bridger Stella Bridger	Gray F. Gary Gray
2003	Monster	Wuornos Aileen Wuornos	Jenkins Patty Jenkins	Also producer
2004	Head in the Clouds	Bessé Gilda Bessé	Duigan John Duigan
2005	North Country	Aimes Josey Aimes	Caro Niki Caro
2005	Æon Flux	Flux Æon Flux	Kusama Karyn Kusama	She also appeared in the video game based on the film
2006	East of Havana	-	Saizarbitoria Jauretsi Saizarbitoria Emilia Menocal	Producer Documentary
2007	In the Valley of Elah	Sanders Det. Emily Sanders	Haggis Paul Haggis
2007	Battle in Seattle	Ella	Townsend Stuart Townsend
2008	Sleepwalking	Reedy Joleen Reedy	Maher William Maher	Also producer
2008	Hancock	Embrey Mary Embrey	Berg Peter Berg
2008	Burning The Burning Plain	Sylvia	Arriaga Guillermo Arriaga	Also executive producer
2009	Road The Road	Wife	Hillcoat John Hillcoat
2009	Astro Boy	Narrator	Bowers David Bowers	Voice only
2011	Young Adult	Gary Mavis Gary	Reitman Jason Reitman
2012	Snow White and the Huntsman	Ravenna Queen Ravenna	Sanders Rupert Sanders
2012	Prometheus	Vickers Meredith Vickers	Scott Ridley Scott
2014	Million A Million Ways to Die in the West	Anna	MacFarlane Seth MacFarlane
2015	Dark Places	Day Libby Day	Paquet-Brenner Gilles Paquet-Brenner	Also producer
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Furiosa Imperator Furiosa	Miller George Miller
2016	Huntsman The Huntsman: Winter's War	Ravenna Queen Ravenna	Nicolas-Troyan Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
2016	Last The Last Face	Petersen Wren Petersen	Penn Sean Penn
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Monkey Sariatu	Knight Travis Knight	Voice only
2016	Brain on Fire	-	Barrett Gerard Barrett	Producer
2017	Blonde Atomic Blonde	Broughton Lorraine Broughton	Leitch David Leitch	Also producer
2017	Fate The Fate of the Furious	Cipher	Gray F. Gary Gray
2018	Tully	Marlo	Reitman, JasonJason Reitman	Also producer
2018	Gringo	Markinson, ElaineElaine Markinson	Edgerton, NashNash Edgerton
2019	Long Shot	Field, CharlotteCharlotte Field	Levine, JonathanJonathan Levine	Also producer
2019	Murder Mystery	-	Newacheck, KyleKyle Newacheck	Executive producer
2019	The Addams Family	Addams, MorticiaMorticia Addams	Vernon, ConradConrad Vernon	Voice only Also executive producer
2019	Bombshell	Kelly, MegynMegyn Kelly	Roach, JayJay Roach	Also producer
2020	Fast & Furious 9	Cipher	Lin, JustinJustin Lin	Post-production
TBA	Old The Old Guard	Andromache of Scythia	Prince - Bythewood, GinaGina Prince - Bythewood	Post-production Also producer

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Charlize Theron Media

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  Theron on the cover of Ms. magazine in 2005

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

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  Theron promoting Prometheus at the 2012 WonderCon

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  Theron at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

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  Theron speaking at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in 2013

Other websites

• Official website
• Charlize Theron on IMDb
• Charlize Theron at TV.com
• Charlize Theron at People.com
• Theron brushes up on Hill of Tara
• Food Bank For New York City public service announcement Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine