Sunday, October 28, 2007

Charlize Theron












Charlize Theron Profile

Name: Charlize Theron

Height: 5' 11"

Sex: F

Nationality: American

Birth Date: August 7, 1975

Birth Place: Benoni, South Africa

Profession: actress, model, dancer

Education: Boarding school in 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'), 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 Biography

Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is a South African/American actress and former fashion model. She is well known for her portrayal of Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, for which she won an Academy Award.

Theron was born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. Her father, Charles Theron, was a construction company owner of French Huguenot descent. Her mother, Gerda, is of German descent and took over her husband's business after his death. Theron's first language is Afrikaans. She is also fluent in English and speaks some Xhosa. In the United States, both in her films and while being interviewed, etc., Theron speaks with a typical American accent and style of speech, leading most people to assume she is American. "Theron" is a French surname pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although she has said that she prefers the pronunciation "Thrown." The pronunciation commonly used in the United States involves two syllables, with stress on the first.

Theron grew up as the only child on her parents' farm near Johannesburg (Benoni). At the age of thirteen, Charlize was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School Of The Arts in Johannesburg. At fifteen, Theron witnessed the death of her father, an abusive alcoholic; her mother shot him in self-defense when he attacked her. The police laid no charges against her.

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