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Charlize Theron Profile |
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Birth Date: August 7, 1975
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Birth Place: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
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Birth Name: Charlize Theron
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Height: 5'9½"
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Charlize Theron
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Biography |
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a little farming
community outside Johannesburg, South Africa on August 7th,
1975. Her mother, Gerda, is German, while her late father,
Charles, was French (she was named after her him).
Charlize began her modeling career in 1991, at 16, when she
won a local modeling contest. She started modeling in
Europe, and came to New York a year later. She didn't like
being a model though, and decided to try her luck with
ballet, which had been her biggest passion as a child.
Unfortunately, a knee injury prevented her from dancing. Her
mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles in 1994,
and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood
Bulevard, but without any luck. She went to the bank to cash
a check for $500 she'd gotten from her mother, and became
furious when she learned that the bank could not cash her
check because it was an out-state check. She made a scene,
and an agent gave her his card, in exchange that she learn
the language, which she did by watching soap operas on TV.
Her first role was as a young mother in a park in a B-film
in 1995, but it was a non-speaking role with three seconds
of screen time. Her next role was as Helga in 2 Days in the
Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina in That
Thing You Do! (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies
like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998),
The Cider House Rules (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000) and The Italian Job (2003). An important day in her
life was February 29th, 2004, when she was awarded with her
first Academy Award for her performance in Monster (2003). |
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When she was 15, her father attacked her mother, and her
mother shot her father in self-defense. Her father died, and
her mother was not charged in the incident.
First language is Afrikaans, English is spoken as her second
language.
Appeared in the May 1999 issue of Playboy Magazine
Became a fashion model at age 14.
Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
[2000]
Turned down the female lead in Pearl Harbor (2001) to star
alongside Keanu Reeves in Sweet November (2001).
Auditioned for the female lead in Showgirls (1995).
Dated Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of the band Third Eye
Blind. [January 1998 - July 2001]
Was ranked 4th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan
(2001).
Placed #1 on Beautiful People Internet Poll, narrowly
beating Cameron Diaz in #2 and Kate Beckinsale in #3. The
photo featured on the site was the famous 'Diving Board'
photo.
Both her parents are Afrikaans, born and raised in South
Africa. However her father is of French descent and her
mother of German descent.
Voted the 12th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian
Empire Magazine September 2002.
Measurements: 36B-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Used hypnotherapy as an aid to quit smoking.
Was named after her father, whose name was Charles.
She gained 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuornos in Monster
(2003)
On the show, "Sunday Morning Shootout" (2003), it was
revealed that her manager discovered her in a Hollywood bank
after he witnessed her yelling at a bank teller for refusing
to cash her check.
Won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Aileen
Wuornos on what would have been Aileen's 48th birthday. (29
February 2004)
After winning her Oscar, she returned to great celebrations
in her native South Africa, and she even met former South
African President Nelson Mandela. When he praised her for
putting their country on the map and gave her a hug, Theron
broke into tears (she was guest of honor at the Nelson
Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on March 11th 2004).
One of the first movies she ever went to see at the theater
was _Splash (1984)_ . She confessed that after watching the
movie, she felt jealous of Daryl Hannah and developed a
crush on Tom Hanks. She even said to herself that she could
have played the role of Madison better than Daryl Hannah.
She has been dating Irish actor Stuart Townsend since August
2001.
Has said her favorite actor is Tom Hanks.
In 2004, injured her neck while filming _Aeon Flux (2005)_ .
Luckily, the injury wasn't serious enough to put her in the
hospital, but it did shut down production for several weeks.
As a teenager in her native South Africa, she learned
English by watching American TV.
At the 2005 Golden Globes, she was sporting a new dark hair
color. She is a now a member of the celebrities who have
died their hair from blonde to brown (or black). Those
celebrities are Mary-Kate Olsen, Nicky Hilton, Mandy Moore,
Renée Zellweger, Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson and many
more.
She was the first person to sign on to be a presenter at the
77th Annual Academy Awards.
Second actress (the first was Kim Basinger) to win an Oscar
after appearing naked in Playboy magazine.
Met fiancé Stuart Townsend on the set of Trapped (2002)
Along with Djimon Hounsou was the first African to be
nominated for an Oscar. She went on to become the first
African to win an Oscar.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [September 29,
2005].
Named #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award
nominating ballot. She was listed as a suggestion in the
Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Æon
Flux (2005). However, she failed to receive a nomination.
(Had she gotten the nomination, she would have been the
first person to be nominated for both Leading Actress awards
at the Oscars, for North Country (2005), and the Razzies.) |
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