Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, South Africa. She is an Academy Award-winning Afrikaner actress and former fashion model.
Biography and Career :
Charlize grew up in South Africa and, at 16, entered a modeling contest and won. She modelled in Milan rather unsuccessfully and moved to New York at age 18. She grew tired of modeling and moved to Hollywood to try her luck at acting.
Unable to dance, she bought a ticket to Los Angeles. After eight 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. She followed this with larger roles in widely released Hollywood films, and her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s, with box office successes like The Devil's Advocate, The Cider Hou
se Rules, and Mighty Joe Young.
The May 1999 issue of Playboy published nude photos of Theron, taken during the early years of her modeling career. Claiming they had been "for private use", Theron ended up suing photographer Guido Argentini.
Charlize Theron dated the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, Stephan Jenkins, from January 1998 to July 2001. Jenkins broke up with her after failing to take her requests of marriage seriously.
Charlize Theron now resides in Los Angeles with her long-time boyfriend, Stuart Townsend, with whom she starred in the 2004 film Head in the Clouds, as well as in the 2002 film Trapped; she has said that they will not marry until same-sex couples are able to have their marriages recognized.
Charlize Theron played Candy Kendall in the widely acclaimed and Oscar- nominated The Cider House Rules by Miramax, which was based on the novel by John Irving. The same year she starred in John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck. Next, Theron played Adelle in Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance with Will Smith and Matt Damon.
In October 2005, her mother, Gerda, was married in California. The media thought that Charlize was the one getting married (to Townsend) and the paparazzi got as close as it could for the photos
Trivia :
- She dated actor Craig Bierko for two years before she moved on to singer Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind).
- Charlize began studying ballet at age 6 but was forced to quit due to a knee injury.
- Height : 5'10''/178 cm
- In May 2006, Maxim magazine named Theron #25 in its annual.
- Her first language is Afrikaans, English is spoken as her second language.
- She appeared in the May 1999 issue of Playboy Magazine.
- She became a fashion model at age 14.
- She used hypnotherapy as an aid to quit smoking.
- She was named after her father, whose name was Charles.
Quotes :
- "I don't know how you really prepare yourself for celebrity. You can't buy a book and read up on it and go, Oh, so that's how I deal with it when they go through my garbage, or when the paparazzi follow me, that's what I have to do. It's something you just cope with when it happens."
- "I'm 50-50 on glamour stuff. I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy."
- "I think of myself as a highly sexual creature. I have to use that. I have no choice. I like it. I didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil."
Filmography :
1. The Brazilian Job (2008) (in production) .... Stella Bridger
2. Jinx (2007) (announced) (in talks)
3. The Ice at the Bottom of the World (2007) (pre-production)
4. "Arrested Development"
- The Ocean Walker (2005) TV Episode .... Rita
- Mr. F (2005) TV Episode .... Rita
- Notapusy (2005) TV Episode .... Rita
- Forget Me Now (2005) TV Episode .... Rita
- The British Bombshell (2005) TV Episode .... Rita
5. Ĉon Flux (2005) .... Aeon Flux
6. Ĉon Flux (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Aeon Flux
7. North Country (2005) .... Josey Aimes
8. Head in the Clouds (2004) .... Gilda Bessé
... aka Juegos de mujer (Spain)
9. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Britt Ekland
10. Monster (2003) .... Aileen
11. The Italian Job (2003) .... Stella Bridger
... aka Braquage à l'italienne (France)
12. Waking Up in Reno (2002) .... Candy Kirkendall
13. Trapped (2002) .... Karen Jennings
... aka 24 Stunden Angst (Germany)
14. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) .... Laura Kensington
... aka Im Bann des Jade Skorpions (Germany)
15. 15 Minutes (2001) .... Rose Hearn
... aka 15 Minuten Ruhm (Germany)
16. Sweet November (2001) .... Sara Deever
17. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) .... Adele Invergordon
18. Men of Honor (2000) .... Gwen Sunday
... aka Men of Honour (UK)
19. The Yards (2000) .... Erica Stoltz
20. Reindeer Games (2000) .... Ashley Mercer
... aka Deception (UK) (USA: working title)
21. The Cider House Rules (1999) .... Candy Kendall
22. The Astronaut's Wife (1999) .... Jillian Armacost
23. Mighty Joe Young (1998) .... Jill Young
... aka Mighty Joe (UK)
24. Celebrity (1998) .... Supermodel
25. The Devil's Advocate (1997) .... Mary Ann Lomax
... aka Devil's Advocate (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Im Auftrag des Teufels (Germany)
26. Trial and Error (1997) .... Billie Tyler
27. Hollywood Confidential (1997) (TV) .... Sally
28. That Thing You Do! (1996) .... Tina
29. 2 Days in the Valley (1996) .... Helga Svelgen
30. Children of the Corn III (1995) (uncredited) .... Young Woman
... aka Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
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