Charlize Theron

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BIRTHDAY

August 07, 1975

Benoni, South Africa

RECENT CREDITS

The Road (FILM) Nov. 25, 2009

The Burning Plain (FILM) Sep. 18, 2009

Battle in Seattle (FILM) Sep. 19, 2008

Hancock (FILM) Jul. 2, 2008

Sleepwalking (FILM) Mar. 14, 2008

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BIOGRAPHY

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This captivating former model has carved out an impressive career by playing some really ugly characters. After capturing attention as a sexy hit woman in her 1996 film debut, 2 Days in the Valley, the South African beauty took on a succession of less flashy parts, such as an uptight girlfriend in That Thing You Do and a naive Southern wife in The Devil's Advocate. In the late '90s and early '00s, Theron appeared in a plethora of high-minded (if not always successful) Hollywood films (The Cider House Rules, The Legend of Bagger Vance, 15 Minutes), but it was her turn as a lesbian prostitute/serial killer in the 2003 indie hit Monster that established her as a great actress. Virtually unrecognizable under many pounds of extra weight and makeup, Theron took home a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her transformative performance. Although off screen the leggy lady led a glamorous life, frequently appearing on best-dressed lists with her hunky actor-boyfriend Stuart Townsend draped on her arm, she continued her deglamorized cinema streak as a sexually harassed miner in North Country, which earned her Golden Globe and Oscar nods in 2006.

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