Charlize Theron
Date of Birth-7 August 1975
Birth Place- Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Nickname- Charlie
Height- 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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The dress Charlize Theron wore to the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 raised $1,825 for charity in a website auction yesterday (13.03.08)
2008 had Charlize Theron in some big-name movies including Sleepwalking with Dennis Hopper and Woody Harrelson, as well as Hancock and The Road. Her '09 roles are in The Burning Plain, White Jazz, The Brazilian Job, and Jinx.
Charlize Theron grew up on a farm outside Benoni, South Africa, as the only child. She got an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and the "Nutcracker Suite". There wasn't much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and United States of America, where she got 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.
At the age of 18, her mother made her go to Los Angeles to try a career in the movie industry. She came to Los Angeles without knowing anyone in the city but after two weeks when she was standing in line on Hollywood Boulevard an agent gave her his card. After eight months in Los Angeles she got her first part. Since then, she has taken acting lessons and her career has skyrocketed, most lately in The Devil's Advocate (1997).
Quotes Charlize Theron:
"I've always been very proud to be a South African and I've always been very honest to people about that. And whatever I can do in my power I promise you I will do."
