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Our goal is to help truly create a safer, healthier and better life for the young people in South Africa, especially those living in remote areas, and to ensure that the resources we bring are self sustaining. The three year commitment is so incredible and key to being sure that the program will be around for many years to come", says Charlize Theron. "I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to Don and LAFC Chelsea for their commitment to help us give these beautiful, young people a recreational outlet that is sorely lacking from their lives.<ref name="looktothestars1"/>}} |
Our goal is to help truly create a safer, healthier and better life for the young people in South Africa, especially those living in remote areas, and to ensure that the resources we bring are self sustaining. The three year commitment is so incredible and key to being sure that the program will be around for many years to come", says Charlize Theron. "I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to Don and LAFC Chelsea for their commitment to help us give these beautiful, young people a recreational outlet that is sorely lacking from their lives.<ref name="looktothestars1"/>}} |
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In Oct 2009, she granted a most expensive kiss to a woman, for a charity donation of $140,000.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/charlize-theron-kisses-wo_n_331879.html the expensive kiss]</ref> |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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Revision as of 19:53, 25 October 2009
Charlize Theron | |
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 Theron in February 2008 | |
| Occupation | Actress/Producer/Director |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
| Partner | Stuart Townsend (2001 – present) |
Charlize Theron (Template:Pron-en; born August 7, 1975)[1] is a South African actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She became an American citizen in 2007.
She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate, and The Cider House Rules. She received critical acclaim and an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, for which she became the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country.
Early life
Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, the only child of Charles and Gerda Theron,[2] and is of German and French descent.[citation needed] Theron's first language is Afrikaans,[3][4][5] she is fluent in English and speaks some Zulu. "Theron" is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although she has said that she prefers the pronunciation "Thrown".[6]
Theron grew up on her parents' farm near Johannesburg (Benoni). She attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein). At the age of 13, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School Of The Arts in Johannesburg. At 15, Theron witnessed the death of her father, an abusive alcoholic; Gerda shot him in self-defence when he attacked her. The police pressed no charges against her.[7]
Career
At the age of 16, Theron traveled to Milan, Italy, on a one-year modeling contract, after winning a local competition. She went to New York with Pauline's Model Management. She decided to remain after her contract ended, attending the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer. A knee injury closed this career path when Theron was 19.[8][9]
Unable to dance, Theron flew to Los Angeles on a one-way ticket her mother bought her.[8] During her early months there, she went to a bank to cash a check her mother had sent her to help with the rent. When the teller refused to cash it, Theron immediately started into a shouting match with her. Afterwards, a talent agent in line behind her handed her his business card and subsequently introduced her to some casting agents and also an acting school.[10][11] She later fired him as her manager after he allegedly kept sending her scripts for films similar to Showgirls and Species.[12] After eight months in the city, she was cast in her first film part, a non-speaking role in the direct-to-video film Children of the Corn III (1995). Larger roles in widely released Hollywood films followed, and her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s with box office successes like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). She glossed the cover of the January 1999 issue of Vanity Fair as the "White Hot Venus".[13]
After appearing in a few notable films, Theron starred as the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003). Film critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema".[14] For this role, Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004,[15] as well as the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award.[16] She is the first African to win an Oscar for Best Actress.[17] The Oscar win pushed her to The Hollywood Reporter's 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood; earning $10,000,000 for both her subsequent films, North Country and Æon Flux, she ranked seventh, behind Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Renée Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman
On September 30, 2005, Theron received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[17] In the same year, she starred in the financially unsuccessful science fiction thriller Æon Flux.[18] Additionally, Theron received Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her lead performance in the drama North Country.[15][16] Ms. magazine also honored her for this performance with a feature article in its Fall 2005 issue.
In 2005, Theron portrayed Rita, Michael Bluth's (Jason Bateman) love interest, on the third season of Fox's critically-acclaimed television series Arrested Development.[19] She also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role of Britt Ekland in the 2004 HBO movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.[20]
In 2007, Esquire named her the Sexiest Woman Alive.[21]
In 2008, Theron was named the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year.[22] That year she also starred with Will Smith in Hancock, a movie that grossed $227.9M in the U.S.A. and $396.4M internationally,[23] and in late 2008 she was asked to be a UN Messenger of Peace by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.[24]
On November 10, 2008, TV Guide reported that Theron will star in the film adaptation of The Danish Girl alongside Nicole Kidman. Theron will play Gerda Wegener, wife of Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe (Kidman), the world's first known person to undergo sex reassignment surgery.[25]
Personal life
Theron resides in Los Angeles with her boyfriend Stuart Townsend, with whom she starred in the 2004 film Head in the Clouds, as well as in the 2002 film Trapped and 2005 Æon Flux. She has said that she will not marry until same-sex couples are able to have their marriages recognized.[26] Townsend recently stated he considers himself and Theron to be husband and wife. "We didn't have a ceremony," he said. "I don't need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise. So no there's no big official story on a wedding, but we are married... I consider her my wife and she considers me her husband".[27]
Theron became a naturalized citizen of the United States in May 2007.[28]
Theron signed with William Morris Endeavour and is represented by CEO Ari Emanuel.[29]
Health concerns
While filming Æon Flux in Berlin, Germany, Theron suffered a herniated disc in her neck, which occurred as a result of her suffering a fall while filming a series of back handsprings. This required her to wear a neck collar for a month.[30]
In July 2009, Theron was diagnosed with a serious virus, thought to be contracted while traveling overseas.[31] She was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Promotional deals
Having signed a deal with John Galliano in 2004, Theron replaced Estonian model Tiiu Kuik as the spokeswoman in the J'ADORE advertisements by Christian Dior.[32] Invariably, she would bearably bare the uppermost part of her bosom for Dior's ads.[33] Then, on December 18, 2007, she finally stripped for Dior's J'Adore perfume.[34] Galliano has reputedly cited her as a muse and has been creating couture dresses for her to wear to formal red carpet events such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
From October 2005 to December 2006, Theron earned $3,000,000 for the use of her image in a worldwide print media advertising campaign for Raymond Weil watches.[35] In February 2006, she and her loan-out corporation were sued by Weil for breach of contract.[35][36] The lawsuit was settled on November 4, 2008.[37]
Activism
Theron is involved in women's rights organizations, and marched for abortion rights.[38]
Theron is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She appeared in a PETA ad for their anti-fur campaign.[39] She is also an active supporter of Democracy Now! and Link TV.[40] She is a supporter of same sex marriage and attended the march in Fresno, California on 30 May 2009.
In July 2009, it was announced that Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) would form a coalition with LAFC Soccer Club to give soccer fields to rural areas in South Africa. LAFC Chelsea, one of America's most successful and prominent youth soccer clubs, made a three-year commitment to help build a community-wide soccer program for the schools in the Umkhanyakude District. This help includes uniforms, cleats, balls and equipment, along with professional training for local coaches, referees and administrators. The soccer league training will also include life-saving health education administered through a CTAOP-funded mobile health program.[41] With the 2010 FIFA World Cup on African soil for the very first time, CTAOP wants to put a spotlight on the urgent need to provide sustainable health, education and recreational resources to remote areas where HIV/AIDS rates are unacceptably high.
Don Sheppards, president of LAFC Chelsea said:
...when I learned about Charlize's incredible plan to give sustainable opportunities to young South Africans who are at enormous risk, I knew that LAFC Chelsea was in position to help. Our goal is to help truly create a safer, healthier and better life for the young people in South Africa, especially those living in remote areas, and to ensure that the resources we bring are self sustaining. The three year commitment is so incredible and key to being sure that the program will be around for many years to come", says Charlize Theron. "I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to Don and LAFC Chelsea for their commitment to help us give these beautiful, young people a recreational outlet that is sorely lacking from their lives.[41]
In Oct 2009, she granted a most expensive kiss to a woman, for a charity donation of $140,000.[42]
Filmography
TV guest appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Arrested Development | Rita | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Daniel's Mom / Mother / Waitress | 1 episode |
Other lists
In May 2006, Maxim named Theron #25 in its annual "Hot 100" issue.[43] In October 2007, Esquire named Theron The Sexiest Woman Alive in its annual issue.[44]
References
- ^ a b "Charlize Theron's 'Monster' Role". CBS News. 2004-01-09. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ Family Tree
- ^ "Charlize Theron". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "Charlize Theron". People. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "Charlize Theron". Biography Channel. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "interview". Aclasscelebs.com. 2001-09-06. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ 1192/1/Charlize_Theron.htm "Charlize Theron Biography". The Biography Channel. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b Lynn Hirschberg (2008). "Charlize Angel" (Flash). New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Charlotte Higgins (2006-08-24). "Play It Tough". Guardian. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ Sara Davidson (2005). "Charlize Theron Interview". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Jack Foley. "In The Valley of Elah — Charlize Theron interview". indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ Gabriel Snyder (2008). "Charlize". W (magazine). Retrieved 2008-05-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Philippe J. Salazar An African Athens, p. 112, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002 ISBN 978-0805833416
- ^ Ebert, Roger (2004-01-01). "Reviews: Monster". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ a b "Academy Awards Database: Charlize Theron". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ a b "Golden Globe Award Database: Charlize Theron". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ a b "Hollywood honours actress Theron". BBC NEWS. 2005-09-30.
- ^ IMDB Business Data
- ^ 9: 30 a.m. ET (2005-08-30). "Charlize Theron gets 'Arrested' this season — TV comedy — MSNBC.com". MSNBC. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Charlize Theron - Awards
- ^ Laura Corn Passport to Pleasure, p. 111, Simon & Schuster, 2008 ISBN 978-1416964049
- ^ Hasty Pudding To Honor Walken, Theron from the Harvard Crimson
- ^ "Hancock". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Entertainment | Actress to become UN peace envoy". BBC News. 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ Nicole Kidman to Star as Transsexual, Marrying Charlize Theron in New Film" TV Guide. November 10, 2008. Retrieved on November 12, 2008.
- ^ Stephen M. Silverman (2006-04-10). "GLAAD Honors Charlize Theron". People. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ Chi, Paul (2007-09-13). "Stuart Townsend Calls Charlize Theron His Wife". People.
- ^ Judy Rosen (2008-03-12). "Charlize Theron: Glad To Be A U.S. Citizen". CBS News. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel: 21st Century Hollywood Mogul". Independent.co.uk. 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ Rebecca Murray. "Charlize Theron Talks About Starring in "Aeon Flux"". About.com. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ "Report: Charlize Theron Hospitalized With Serious Virus". Foxnews.com. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ "Dior signs Charlize Theron". CNN. 2004-08-13.
- ^ Sex in Women's Magazine Advertising p. 97
- ^ "Charlize Theron Strips!!!". Charlizetheron-fans.com. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ a b Charlize Theron's Screen Gems from The Smoking Gun
- ^ "Actress Charlize Theron Sued by Swiss Watchmaker". Associated Press, February 6, 2007.
- ^ "Charlize Theron settles $20M lawsuit brought by Swiss watchmaker". Accesshollywood.com. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Hillary takes on Bush". Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-04-26.
- ^ "Charlize Theron Dogs the Fur Trade". People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ^ Link TV January 22, 09
- ^ a b "Charlize Theron gives soccer opportunities to children". Looktothestars.org. 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ the expensive kiss
- ^ Maxim Online
- ^ Charlize Theron Is the Sexiest Woman Alive 2007 from Esquire magazine
External links
- Charlize Theron at IMDb
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- Charlize Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP)
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