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).

tj4u · 8th February 2006, 13:33

i got these for some days....great share

reyanldo70a · 11th February 2006, 03:44

always loved that scene. Thanks!

**qqww** · 11th February 2006, 16:10

worrywort · 20th February 2006, 22:12

**shaotime** · 20th February 2006, 22:20

Mama!

**~~be.riisque~~** · 21st February 2006, 00:34

Perfection. What more can be said?

earthdog · 21st February 2006, 20:14

id love that in HQ

worrywort · 22nd February 2006, 02:53

I don't know about HQ, but you can start by looking at the NY Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/magazine/oscaropen.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

NoCruelty · 22nd February 2006, 10:04

That's definitely the hottest pic of her I've ever seen ... O+

Ddakota · 22nd February 2006, 22:52

BAFTA press room -2-18-06.

**talon** · 23rd February 2006, 20:05

thanks for that amazing shot worrywort, awesome

jiza101 · 24th February 2006, 00:36

Thanks for the pics worrywort

**JGKadell** · 24th February 2006, 01:54

she is sooooo hot!

sushix · 24th February 2006, 17:48

Some more TRL pics

NoCruelty · 25th February 2006, 11:06

Thanks, sushix, for the TRL pics ...

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