Charlize Theron's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Sunday Morning Shootout Charlize Th…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Astro Boy 2009 - The Road 2008 - The Burning Plain 2008 - Sleepwalking 2008 - Hancock 2007 - In the Valley of Elah 2007 - Battle in Seattle 2005 - Aeon Flux 2005 - North Country 2004 - Head in the Clouds 2004 - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2003 - Monster 2003 - The Italian Job 2002 - Waking Up in Reno 2002 - Trapped 2001 - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 - 15 Minutes 2001 - Sweet November 2000 - The Yards 2000 - Men of Honor 2000 - The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000 - Reindeer Games 1999 - The Astronaut's Wife 1999 - The Cider House Rules 1998 - Mighty Joe Young 1998 - Celebrity 1997 - Trial and Error 1997 - The Devil's Advocate 1996 - 2 Days in the Valley 1996 - That Thing You Do! 1995 - Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

BIOGRAPHY:

Charlize Theron grew up on a farm outside Benoni, South Africa, as the only child. She got an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and the "Nutcracker Suite". There wasn't much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and United States of America, where she got job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.

At the age of 18, her mother made her go to Los Angeles to try a career in the movie industry. She came to Los Angeles without knowing anyone in the city but after two weeks when she was standing in line on Hollywood Boulevard an agent gave her his card. After eight months in Los Angeles she got her first part. Since then, she has taken acting lessons and her career has skyrocketed, most lately in The Devil's Advocate (1997).


TRIVIA:

• Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2007.
• On the show, _"Sunday Morning Shootout" (2003)_ (qv), it was revealed that her manager discovered her in a Hollywood bank after he witnessed her yelling at a bank teller for refusing to cash her check.
• Mother's name is Gerda.
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Has said her favorite actor is 'Tom Hanks' (qv).
• Met fiancé 'Stuart Townsend' (qv) on the set of _Trapped (2002)_ (qv).
• Was named after her father, whose name was Charles.
• Won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as 'Aileen Wuornos' (qv) on what would have been Aileen's 48th birthday: 29 February 2004.