Born Charlize Theron
August 7, 1975 (1975-08-07) (age 33)
Benoni, South Africa
Occupation Actress/Producer
Years active 1995 – present
Domestic partner(s) Stuart Townsend (2001 – present)
Charlize Theron (IPA: born August 7, 1975) is a South African American actress, film producer, and former fashion model.
She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil’s Advocate, and The Cider House Rules. She received critical acclaim and an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, for which she became the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country.
She was named Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive in 2007. In late 2008 she was asked to be a UN Messenger of Peace by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
In 2005, Theron portrayed Rita, Michael Bluth’s (Jason Bateman) love interest, on the third season of FOX’s critically-acclaimed television series Arrested Development. She also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role of Britt Ekland in the 2004 HBO movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
In 2007, Esquire named her the Sexiest Woman Alive.
In 2008, Theron was named the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year. In 2008, she also starred with Will Smith in Hancock, a movie that grossed $107M in the U.S.A. and $78M internationally.
On November 10, 2008, TV Guide reported that Theron will star in the film adaptation of The Danish Girl alongside Nicole Kidman. Theron will play Gerda Wegener, wife of Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe (Kidman), the world’s first known person to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
On April 1, 2009 Steven Zeitchik of The Hollywood Reporter announced Theron is now included in the list of possible candidates to play Dagny Taggart, the heroine in the Ayn Rand’s “unfilmable” capitalist epic Atlas Shrugged.
While filming ?on Flux in Berlin,
Germany, Theron had suffered a herniated disc in her neck, which occurred as a result of her suffering a fall while filming a series of back handsprings. This required her to wear a neck collar for a month.
Theron became a naturalized citizen of the United States in May 2007.
According to ABC News, reporting on December 11, 2007, Theron’s home in the exclusive Hollywood Hills became the latest to be burglarized in a series of robberies occurring to celebrities in Bel Air and Beverly Hills with a gross of $7M in loot, according to police. According to the Los Angeles Times, LAPD Lt. Ray Lombardo who heads the task force assigned to the series of high profile burglaries said, “…It is a target-rich environment in the hills, and these guys…are professionals.”
In July of 2009, Theron was diagnosed with a serious virus at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. The virus was thought to be contracted while traveling overseas.
In July 2009, it was announced that after six years without an agent, Charlize Theron will now be represented by WME, William Morris Endevour Agency and will be personally represented there by CEO Ari Emanuel.
Theron is involved in women’s rights organizations, and marched for abortion rights.
Theron is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She appeared in a PETA ad for their anti-fur campaign. She is also an active supporter of Democracy Now! and Link TV. She is a supporter of same sex marriage and attended the march in Fresno, California on 30 May 2009.
In July 2009, it was announced that Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) would form a coalition with LAFC Soccer Club to give soccer fields to rural areas in South Africa. LAFC Chelsea, one of America’s most successful and prominent youth soccer clubs, made a three-year commitment to help build a community-wide soccer program for the schools in the Umkhanyakude District. This help includes uniforms, cleats, balls and equipment, along with professional training for local coaches, referees and administrators. The soccer league training will also include life-saving health education administered through a CTAOP-funded mobile health program. With the 2010 FIFA World Cup on African soil for the very first time, CTAOP wants to put a spotlight on the urgent need to provide sustainable health, education and recreational resources to remote areas where HIV/AIDS rates are unacceptably high.
Don Sheppards, president of LAFC Chelsea said:
…when I learned about Charlize’s incredible plan to give sustainable opportunities to young South Africans who are at enormous risk, I knew that LAFC Chelsea was in position to help.
Our goal is to help truly create a safer, healthier and better life for the young people in South Africa, especially those living in remote areas, and to ensure that the resources we bring are self sustaining. The three year commitment is so incredible and key to being sure that the program will be around for many years to come”, says Charlize Theron. “I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to Don and LAFC Chelsea for their commitment to help us give these beautiful, young people a recreational outlet that is sorely lacking from their lives.
This new collaboration was made official during the match on July 21, 2009, at 8: 00 P.M. PST, between two of the world’s top international teams – Chelsea F.C. and Inter Milan. They met at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA before an expected attendance of 90,000 fans. The match was televised world-wide on ESPN.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Young Woman Uncredited
1996 2 Days in the Valley Helga Svelgen
That Thing You Do! Tina Powers
1997 Trial and Error
Billie Tyler
The Devil’s Advocate Mary Ann Lomax
1998 Celebrity Supermodel
Mighty Joe Young Jill Young Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999 The Astronaut’s Wife Jillian Armacost
The Cider House Rules Candy Kendall Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Movie
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000 Reindeer Games Ashley Mercer
The Yards Erica Stoltz
The Legend of Bagger Vance Adele Invergordon
Men of Honor Gwen Sunday
2001 Sweet November Sara Deever
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Laura Kensington
15 Minutes Rose Heam
2002 Trapped Karen Jennings
Waking Up in Reno Candy Kirkendall
2003 The Italian Job Stella Bridger
Monster Aileen Wuornos Academy Award for Best Actress
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Motion Picture
Silver Bear for Best Actress (tied with Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria full of Grace)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actress
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Britt Ekland Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Head in the Clouds Gilda Bessé
2005 North Country Josey Aimes
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Motion Picture
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
?on Flux ?on Flux
2007 In the Valley of Elah Det. Emily Sanders
2008 Sleepwalking Joleen Also producer
Hancock Mary
Battle in Seattle Ella Stuart Townsend directing
The Burning Plain Sylvia Also producer
2009 The Road Wife Post-production
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