Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

Born
August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa

Height
5' 9" (1.77 m)

Mini Bio
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.

Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There was not much work for a young actress or dancer in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got a job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.

In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a scene and an agent gave her his card, in exchange for learning American English, which she did by watching soap operas on television.

Her first role was in the B-film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers 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). On February 29, 2004, she won her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster (2003).

**~~Aekhyron~~** · 6th October 2006, 11:13

Nice photoshoot--Thanks!

Wyldegod · 6th October 2006, 12:15

Thanks Babayaga! Love this set! Great shots of one fine looking lady!

**Dasher** · 6th October 2006, 13:01

Man! Haven't seen these in this quality. Great post Baba! And thanks to P. of course

eerrttde · 6th October 2006, 19:18

Nice pics, thanx

**babayaga** · 6th October 2006, 20:47

+15

credit to MaD

**Perkolator** · 7th October 2006, 00:11

amazing shoot, thank you very much.

**lifeless** · 7th October 2006, 19:17

CB · 8th October 2006, 10:57

very nice thanxs Lifeless

CB · 4th December 2006, 12:25

12-03-06 Vancouver, B.C.
Actress Charlize Theron plays a pregnant woman who lost her baby in the riot at the G8 summit in Seattle in the film 'Battle in Seattle' shooting in Vancouver, B.C. The low-budget film is directed by Theron's fiancee actor Stuart Townsend and features cameos from other stars like Woody Harrellson and Andre 3000.

**~~Aekhyron~~** · 5th December 2006, 23:10

Really nice.. more than nice.. oh Charlize, Charlize..

Thanks for these!

**Dasher** · 8th December 2006, 23:23

Don't really know where it's from...

**Dragontit** · 9th December 2006, 01:17

Don't think that's her D.

**jimaroon** · 9th December 2006, 05:08

Agreed. Don't really look like her at all.

**Jimbo** · 9th December 2006, 09:32

If that's Charlize.. something went wrong with the surgery...

**Dasher** · 3rd January 2007, 19:27

It's her

Long time ago, but it's her.

Carter Smith Photoshoot - 5x

Credit to original source

Thread: Charlize Theron

Thread Tools

Search Thread

'Battle in Seattle' shooting in Vancouver, B.C.

Posting Permissions