Charlize Theron:
The September 30, 2005, Theron received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The same year, she starred in the sci-fi thriller financially unsuccessful Aeon Flux.
Charlize Theron (born on August 7, 1975) is a South African actress, film producer and former model.
Achieved fame in the 1990s that their roles in 2 days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young "and" the cider House rules, The Devil's advocate. He received critical acclaim and an Oscar for his portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in. Monster movie, which became the first South African to win an Oscar in the category of superior quality. He received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North country.
The early years:
Theron was born in Benoni, Transvaal Province of South Africa, then, the only son of Gerda glo Fin (born Maritz; born on January 27, 1953) and Charles Jacobus Theron (November 27, 1947-June 21, 1991). His mother was German and his father was of French and Dutch; Theron is descended from the Huguenots, and the first settlers in Boer War was his great uncle figure Daniel Theron. "Theron" is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although it is said that the way it is pronounced in South Africa is "released". Changed the pronunciation when moved in the United States
Although fluent in English first language is Afrikaans. He grew up on her parents ' farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg. His father died on June 21, 1991, after he was killed by Theron's mother. Father of Theron, who suffered from alcoholism, physically attacked the mother and threatened both women while being drunk. The shooting was judged to have been legally oxidar and without costs in the face of his mother.
Theron attended Putfontein primary school (Laerskool Putfontein). At the age of thirteen, Theron was sent to College and began his studies at the Escuela Nacional de las Artes in Johannesburg.
Career:
At the age of 16, Theron traveled to Milan on a one year contract modeling after winning a local competition.He went to New York with Pauline management model. She decided to stay after she finished her contract, attending the Joffrey Ballet School, where he trained as a dancer. Knee injury closed this path when Theron was 19.
You can't dance, Theron flew to Los Angeles for a one-way ticket, that his mother has bought. During his first months there, he went to a bank to cash a check that his mother had sent to help with the rent. When the cashier refused to cash, Theron immediately started to shout at her. Later, a talent agent in line behind her handed his business card and subsequently introduced some casting agents and also a school of acting.She later fired him as their Manager after they kept sending her scripts for films such as facial and spices.After several months in the city, was found in the first part of the film, a direct to video film does not speak to the children of the corn III (1995).
Personally speaking role was a significant role in support but 2 days in the Valley. Leading roles followed, Hollywood film widely released and extended his career in the 1990s with blockbusters such as the Devil's advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), andthe Cider House rules (1999). It was on the cover of Vanity Fair January 1999 as the "white hot Venus".
After appearing in many important films, Theron played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003). Film critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema". For this role, Theron won the Academy Award for best actress at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, as well as the SAG Award and Golden Globe Award. She is the first South African to win an Oscar for best actress. Oscar win pushed him to the 2006 list of The Hollywood Reporter's highest paid actresses in Hollywood; won $ 10,000,000 for both his later film, North Country and Aeon Flux, the seventh, Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Renée Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.
The September 30, 2005, Theron received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The same year, she starred in the sci-fi thriller financially unsuccessful Aeon Flux.Theron received the Oscar for best actress and Golden Globe nominations for her lead performance in the drama North Country. Ms. magazine also honored for this performance with an article in autumn 2005. He also received the 2005 Award for best performance by a female voiceover work for her human Spike in Aeon Flux.