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.

Filmography
200px|alt=A photograph of Theron on the red carpet at the 82d Academy Awards in 2010|thumb|upright|CharlizeTheron at the 82nd Academy Awards on 7 March 2010

Film

 Year Title Role Director(s) Notes 1995Children of the Corn III: Urban HarvestEli's followerUncreditedDirect-to-video release19962 Days in the Valley1996That Thing You Do!1997Trial and Error19971998CelebritySupermodel1998Mighty Joe Young199919992000Reindeer Games20002000Men of Honor20002001Sweet November200115 Minutes20012002Trapped2002Waking Up in Reno20032003MonsterAlso producer2004Head in the Clouds2005North Country2005Æon FluxShe also appeared in the video game based on the film2006East of Havana -Emilia MenocalProducerDocumentary2007In the Valley of Elah2007Battle in SeattleElla2008Sleepwalking Also producer2008Hancock2008SylviaAlso executive producer2009Wife2009Astro BoyNarratorVoice only2011Young Adult2012Snow White and the Huntsman2012Prometheus2014Anna2015Dark PlacesAlso producer2015Mad Max: Fury Road201620162016Kubo and the Two StringsMonkeySariatuVoice only2016Brain on Fire -Producer2017Also producer2017Cipher2018TullyMarloAlso producer2018Gringo2019Long ShotAlso producer2019Murder Mystery -Executive producer2019The Addams FamilyVoice onlyAlso executive producer2019Bombshell Also producer2020Fast & Furious 9 CipherPost-productionTBA Andromache of ScythiaPost-productionAlso producer
+Key Denotes films that have not yet been released

References

 Other websites 

 Official website



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

Category:Afrikaner people
Category:Academy Award winning actors
Category:Animal rights activists
Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
Category:LGBT rights activists
Category:American movie actors
Category:American movie producers
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Category:South African actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American voice actors
Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:South African models