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Charlize Theron

Academy Award-winning actress and producer from South Africa.

Born on 7 August 1975 in Benoni, South Africa, Charlize Theron holds both South African and American citizenship and works as an actress and producer.[1][2] Her career earnings place her among the highest-paid actresses globally, and she has received both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.[3] Afrikaans was her native tongue, and her childhood was spent on a family farm located near Johannesburg.[4][5]

Quick Facts

Born
7 August 1975
Birthplace
Benoni, Ekurhuleni, South Africa
Citizenship
South Africa, United States
Occupation
Actress, film producer
Years active
1995–present
Partner
Stuart Townsend (2001–2009)
Children
2
Organization
Denver and Delilah Productions

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Theron's mother killed her father in self-defense on 21 June 1991 after he attacked them with a gun.[6][5] She moved to the United States and trained as a ballet dancer at the Joffrey Ballet School until a knee injury ended that career.[7] Talent agent John Crosby cashed a check for her at a bank and gave her his business card, leading to her introduction to acting school.[8] She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003).[9]

She adopted two young daughters and has said one of them is a transgender girl.[10][11] In 1994, she traveled to Los Angeles using a one-way ticket; her mother provided her with a $300 budget for her initial expenses.[12] Her debut with spoken lines occurred in the 1996 film 2 Days in the Valley, where she played hitwoman Helga Svelgen.[13]

What the cited sources add

The Hello Magazine biography confirms Theron was born in Benoni, originally spoke Afrikaans, and grew up on her parents' farm.[5] It states that neither Theron nor her mother were hit by the bullets during the attack by her father.[5] The same source notes that Theron initially began her career as a model.[5] The sa-venues.com record states that the Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron was born in Benoni.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Charlize Theron pronounces her name and surname in English", 7 April 2016; "Charlize Theron Speaks Afrikaans", 30 June 2011; Farber, "Charlize defends her 'unique' American accent", IOL News (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Monitor", Entertainment Weekly, 9 August 2013, p. 22; Charlize Theron, "Conversations with Charlize Theron", SAG-AFTRA Foundations Conversations, 9 August 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Berg, "The Highest-Paid Actresses 2019: Scarlett Johansson Leads With $56 Million", Forbes, 23 August 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Charlize Theron", Access Hollywood; "Charlize Theron", People; "Charlize Theron Biography", Hello Magazine, 8 October 2009; "Benoni, East Rand", sa-venues.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Charlize Theron Biography", Hello Magazine, 8 October 2009. facts only, no text reused. hellomagazine.com
  6. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Charlize Theron", 18 January 2004; Tron, "Charlize Theron Opens Up About Witnessing Mom Shoot And Kill Her Dad", Oxygen, 26 July 2017; Tron, "Charlize Theron Opens Up About Witnessing Mom Shoot And Kill Her Dad", Oxygen, 26 July 2017; "Charlize Theron", BiographyChannel.co.uk; "Charlize Theron's Family Tragedy - ABC News", Abcnews.go.com, 6 January 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morrison, "The Amazing, Low-Key Life of Charlize Theron", USA Weekend, 9–11 December 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Charlize Theron, "Conversations with Charlize Theron", SAG-AFTRA Foundations Conversations, 9 August 2018; Foley, "In the Valley of Elah: Charlize Theron interview", IndieLondon.co.uk (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Charlize Theron", 18 January 2004; Ebert, "Reviews: Monster", Chicago Sun-Times, 1 January 2004; "The 76th Academy Awards 2004", www.oscars.org, 4 October 2014; "Golden Globe Award Database: Charlize Theron", Hollywood Foreign Press Association; "Hollywood honours actress Theron", BBC News, 30 September 2005; "Kidman now highest paid actress", msnbc, 29 November 2006; "Charlize Theron", askmen.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Charlize Theron Adopts a Baby Boy", People, 14 March 2012; Webber, "Charlize Theron Adopts Second Child, Baby Girl, After Sean Penn Split", Us Weekly, 1 August 2015; "Episode 7: Charlize Theron", Five Things with Lynn Hirschberg, 22 January 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Napoli, "Charlize Theron has revealed her child, 7, is transgender", The Daily Telegraph, 19 April 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Higgins, "Play It Tough", The Guardian, 24 August 2006; Hirschberg, "Charlize Angel", The New York Times T Magazine, 24 February 2008; Charlize Theron, "Conversations with Charlize Theron", SAG-AFTRA Foundations Conversations, 9 August 2018; "Charlize Theron on her life, career, and South African homeland", FastTheLatestNews, 12 July 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Charlize Theron" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Davidson, "Charlize Theron Interview", Reader's Digest, October 2005; "Charlize Theron", 18 January 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. "Benoni, East Rand", sa-venues.com. facts only, no text reused. sa-venues.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Charlize Theron (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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