Charlize Theron

**Charlize Theron** (born 7 August 1975) is a South African-born 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.

## 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.

### Film

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|Ella||||||||||
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|Wife||||||||||
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|Monkey Sariatu||Voice only||||||||
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|Cipher||||||||||
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|Marlo||rowspan="2"|Also producer|||||||
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|2020||||||||||
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|TBA||||||||||
|Andromache of Scythia||Post-production Also producer||||||||

## Other websites

- Official website
- Theron brushes up on Hill of Tara
- Food Bank For New York City public service announcement

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Charlize Theron
- **birth place**: Benoni, South Africa
- **citizenship**: South African (lifelong)
Americans, American (2007 - present)
- **image**: Charlize Theron in 2017.jpg
- **caption**: Charlize Theron in 2017
- **occupation**: Actor, Actress
- **homepage**: [http://www.charlizetheron.com/ charlizetheron.com]
- **credits**: **Helga Svelgen** in _2 Days in the Valley_
**Aileen Wuornos** in _Monster (movie), Monster_
**Britt Ekland** in _The Life and Death of Peter Sellers_
- **awards**: **Academy Award** for Best Actress
*2003 _Monster (movie), Monster_
**Golden Globe Award** for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
*2004 _Monster (movie), Monster_
**SAG Award** for Best Actress - Motion Picture
*2004 _Monster (movie), Monster_