Charlize Theron
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Nickname(s): Charlie
Birth Date: August 7, 1975
Birth Place: Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height: 5′ 9½”
Notable feature(s): Blinding blue eyes
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Blonde
Sex: Female
Nationality: South African – American
Profession: Actress, Model, Dancer, Producer, Director
Education: The National School of the Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa
Studied dance and performed with New York’s Joffrey Ballet
Relationship: Stuart Townsend (actor; b. December 15, 1972; met on the set of the film ‘Trapped’; together from 2001–2010 – separated)),
Stephan Jenkins (lead singer of Third Eye Blind; b. September 17, 1964; dated January 1998-July 2001),
Craig Bierko (actor; b. July 15, 1964; together from 1996-1998)
Father: Charles Theron (French; construction company owner; died in 1990)
Mother: Gerda Theron (German; took over family business when husband died)
Claim to fame: As Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Charlize Theron Short Biography
Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an South African 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.
Early life
Theron was born in Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa, the only child of Gerda Jacoba Aletta (née Maritz; born January 27, 1953) and Charles Jacobus Theron (died 1990). Her mother is of German descent and her father was of French and Dutch ancestry; Theron is directly descended from early Huguenot settlers, and Boer War figure Daniel Theron was her great-grandfather’s brother. “Theron” is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as “Tronn”, although she said that the way it is pronounced in South Africa is “Thrown”.
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