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Charlize Theron Biography

Charlize Theron, Actress
Occup.Actress
FromSouth Africa
BornAugust 7, 1975
Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Age49 years
Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress, manufacturer, and former design who was born upon August 7, 1975, in Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa. She rose to fame in the late 1990s and also went on to become one of the highest-paid starlets in Hollywood. With a huge as well as varied career in movie, Theron is recognized for her flexibility, beauty, and also capability to undertake a wide range of roles.

Theron matured on a ranch near Johannesburg and also is the only kid of Gerda Maritz as well as Charles Theron. Her early years were not without hardship, as her father had problem with alcoholism and also became physically violent towards her mommy. In an awful occasion in 1991, Charlize's mommy shot and also eliminated her father in protection, which had a considerable effect on her life.

At the age of 16, Theron won a modeling competitors that permitted her to travel as well as operate in Europe and also the United States. She eventually decided to seek a career in acting and enlisted at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. However, a knee injury ended her dancing job, as well as she made a decision to concentrate on acting.

Theron got her start in Hollywood in 1995, with her launching duty in the direct-to-video film, "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest". She swiftly acquired interest for her performances in films such as "2 Days in the Valley" (1996) and also "The Devil's Advocate" (1997), along with Keanu Reeves as well as Al Pacino. However, Theron's development duty can be found in 2003, when she portrayed real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the seriously acclaimed movie, "Monster". Her transformative efficiency made her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first South African to win an Oscar in a significant acting classification.

Post "Monster", Theron remained to make waves with her performances in films such as "North Country" (2005), "Young Adult" (2011), "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), and "Atomic Blonde" (2017). Along with her acting prowess, Theron has actually become a powerful pressure in the market as a manufacturer. Her manufacturing business, Denver and also Delilah Productions, has actually been behind many of her jobs, including her current getaways like the Netflix film, "The Old Guard" (2020).

Charlize Theron has stayed committed to her philanthropic job, especially in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and started the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) in 2007. She was selected a UN Messenger of Peace in 2008 and has been actively involved in various global and neighborhood reasons.

Throughout her profession, Theron has actually been linked to numerous prominent connections, consisting of a nine-year partnership with Irish star Stuart Townsend as well as, much more just recently, a relationship with actor Sean Penn. The couple was involved but called it off in 2015. Theron has two followed children, a daughter named August and a boy called Jackson.

Throughout the years, Charlize Theron has actually continually pressed boundaries and also broken stereotypes, strengthening her standing as one of one of the most reputable and also skilled actresses in Hollywood.

Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Charlize.

Related authors: Keanu Reeves (Actor), Aileen Wuornos (Criminal), Noomi Rapace (Actress), Chris Hemsworth (Actor), Jeremy Renner (Actor), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Jason Statham (Actor), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Model), Sean Penn (Actor), Al Pacino (Actor)

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30 Famous quotes by Charlize Theron

Small: I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled
"I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled"
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Small: And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and Id be wearing a
"And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that"
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Small: Theres only so much you can do, but if somebody doesnt give you a chance there is nothing you can do
"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do"
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Small: So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make 100 million
"So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that"
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Small: I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind
"I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks"
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Small: Id love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones
"I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones"
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Small: I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career
"I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career"
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Small: I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, its hard for me not to. I guess Ive been workin
"I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people"
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Small: If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels
"If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels"
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Small: If I dont like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, thats when I think Ill st
"If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop"
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Small: I mean, Im new but Ive always been very interested in film making process and Ive been lucky enough to
"I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural"
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Small: I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I dont look upon it as l
"I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films"
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Small: I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe
"I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe"
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Small: I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right messa
"I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message"
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Small: I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days
"I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days"
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Small: Hey, Im a girl, and we like to play dress-up
"Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up"
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Small: Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than cou
"Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally"
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Small: I like what I do, and Im very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I dont have to wo
"I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to"
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Small: Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have a
"Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over"
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Small: So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down
"So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore"
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Small: At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me
"At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did"
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Small: Im happy for people who want to get married. Its not my thing
"I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing"
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Small: I think of myself as a highly sexual creature
"I think of myself as a highly sexual creature"
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Small: I think in life we want to challenge ourselves
"I think in life we want to challenge ourselves"
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Small: I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, an
"I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour"
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Small: I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did
"I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy"
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Small: I guess there are very few actors that Ive worked with that I would like to work with again. You never
"I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right"
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Small: At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guar
"At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules"
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Small: And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was
"And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do"
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Small: And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat
"And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love"
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