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My Take
Charlize Theron earns my admiration for treating beauty as an obstacle to overcome rather than a career to manage. Her Oscar for Monster required erasing the very thing Hollywood prized in her, and she has kept making that choice ever since, through physically brutal action roles, unglamorous characters, and projects she develops herself as a producer. The journey from Benoni, South Africa to the top of Hollywood would be remarkable on its own; doing it while refusing to be merely decorative makes it singular. Add her ongoing outreach work in her home country, and you get my favorite kind of star: one who uses her power deliberately.
Overview
Charlize Theron ( shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charlize Theron
- Name (Japanese)
- シャーリーズ・セロン
- Reading
- しゃーりーず・せろん
- Born
- August 7, 1975 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / film producer / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Academy Award for Best Actress
- Saturn Award for Best Actress
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2009 Great Immigrants Award
- 2008 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
- 2006 GLAAD Vanguard Award
- Jupiter Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Model — see all → · More people from South Africa →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.