Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron (2018)

Charlize Theron [ ʃɑrˈliːz ˈθɛrən ] (English) or [ ʃaːˈliz tːron ] ( Afrikaans ) (born August 7, 1975 in Benoni ) is a South African - American actress and film producer of French - German - Dutch descent . She is an Oscar and Golden Globe Award winner.

life and career

Charlize Theron at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards in Dublin (2008)
Charlize Theron (2012)
Charlize Theron with Seth Rogen (2019)

Charlize Theron's father, the French-born building contractor Charles Jacobus Theron (1947–1991), and her German-born mother Gerda Jacoba Aletta (née Maritz) moved from what was then South West Africa to a farm near Johannesburg . When Theron was 15 years old and still attending school in Johannesburg, her mother shot the violent, alcoholic father in self-defense in front of her eyes.

At almost 16, Theron entered a modeling contest, which she won. Following an invitation, she went to Milan to model there with moderate success. In addition, she continued her training as a ballet dancer after she had already taken ballet lessons in South Africa. With a ballet group she gave appearances in Europe and the USA, where she was finally accepted at the Joffrey Ballet in New York . She also received engagements as a photo model. However, after a knee injury, she had to give up her career as a dancer.

At the age of 18, Theron moved to Los Angeles. While she was waiting in line on Hollywood Boulevard , she was discovered by an agent. Eight months later she had her first small film role in the horror film Children of Wrath III (1995).

For years Theron was now set to the role of the beautiful woman at the side of the male leading actor, until she played the role of US serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the 2003 film Monster . For this she has been awarded numerous film prizes, including an Oscar in the category Best Actress in 2004 and a Golden Globe in the Category Best Actress - Drama . She was the first South African woman to receive an Oscar in this category; henceforth she was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood . In 2006 she received the Golden Camera in Berlin in the Actor - International category . Monster was also the first film she was involved in as a producer.

Theron's first post-Academy Awards film, Head in the Clouds (2004), was a flop; it is considered a failed attempt to tell a soulful love story against a contemporary background. For her role as Britt Ekland in the television film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers , she received another Golden Globe nomination and for her acting performance in Kaltes Land she was again awarded several film awards in 2006, including an Oscar in the category Best Actress , nominated.

In 2011 Theron starred in the comedy Young Adult , which appeared on many of the "Best Movies of the Year" lists. In 2012 she starred as the Evil Queen in the Snow White adaptation Snow White and the Huntsman , and played the same role in the 2016 sequel The Huntsman & The Ice Queen .

In 2015 Theron stood in front of the camera as Furiosa for the Australian production Mad Max: Fury Road , the fourth part of the Mad Max series . In the action film , Tom Hardy plays the lead role of Max Rockatansky , George Miller again directed. The film premiered on May 14, 2015. She previously starred in the Gillian Flynn novel adaptation Dark Places (2015) alongside Chloë Grace Moretz . She was also involved in this film as a producer. In 2019, the film drama Bombshell was released, in which Theron played the journalist Megyn Kelly . Her performance earned her again a nomination for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress - Drama .

Theron was in a relationship with the third-eye-blind singer Stephan Jenkins from 1997 to 2001 . From 2001 to 2009, she and her Irish colleague Stuart Townsend were a couple; they stood together in front of the camera for the films 24 Stunden Angst (2002), Head in the Clouds (2004) and Battle in Seattle (2007). From December 2013 to June 2015, she was in a relationship with fellow actor Sean Penn .

Theron also acquired US citizenship in 2007. Her mother tongue is Afrikaans and her second language is English.

In 1999 Theron was seen on a Playboy cover.

In 2012 Theron adopted a boy and in 2015 a girl.

Awards and public duties

Charlize Theron (2013)

Filmography (selection)

actress

Producer

Performing awards

Theron's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Oscar
Critics' Choice Movie Award
  • 2003: Critics' Choice Movie Award - Best Actress for Monster
  • 2006: Nominated in the category Best Actress - Drama for Kaltes Land
  • 2012: nominated in the category Best Actress for Young Adult
Golden Globe Award
  • 2004: Golden Globe in the Best Actress category - Drama for Monsters
  • 2005: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  • 2006: Nominated in the category Best Actress - Drama for Kaltes Land
  • 2012: Nominated in the category Best Actress - Comedy / Musical for Young Adult
  • 2020: nominated in the category Best Actress - Drama for Bombshell - The End of Silence
British Academy Film Award
  • 2005: nominated for Best Actress for Monster
  • 2006: nominated as best leading actress for Kaltes Land
Satellite Award
  • 2003: Satellite Award - Best Actress for Monster
  • 2006: nominated as best leading actress for Kaltes Land
Screen Actors Guild Award
Golden Raspberry
Further awards

Web links

Commons : Charlize Theron  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Charlize Theron in which she pronounces her name
  2. ↑ Charlize 'toughest test on n-tv.de
  3. ↑ taff from April 6, 2016
  4. ↑ Charlize Theron: When my mother killed my father on spiegel.de
  5. ↑ Biography , MovieMaze, article by Thomas Straßer
  6. ↑ Charlize Theron - an actress with passion on reiseinfo-suedafrika.de
  7. ^ Kidman is now the highest-paid actress on today.com
  8. ↑ Charlize Theron Biography . In: People . Archived from the original on March 28, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  9. ↑ US media: Charlize Theron and Sean Penn have split up. Spiegel Online from June 18, 2015, accessed June 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ Charlize Theron on the Playboy cover
  11. ↑ Adam Carlson, Julie Jordan: Charlize Theron Welcomes Daughter August. In: people.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Charlize Theron appointed Ambassador of Peace. United Nations. In: welt.de. Welt Online , November 18, 2008, archived from the original on April 22, 2011 ; Retrieved April 22, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Theron, Charlize
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African-American actress and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Benoni , South Africa