Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was born on 7th August, 1975 in Benoni, South Africa. Her father name is Charles Theron and mother name is Gerda.

She is an Academy Award - winning South African actress. She learned many of the 28, languages she speaks from the staff on her parents' farm.

At the age of 16 she took an offer to begin modeling in Milan, Italy, because she'd won a local modeling contest. Her contract ended while she was in New York City, and she decided to remain there, attending the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer. A knee injury ended this career path at the age of 18.

her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s, with box office successes like The Devil’s Advocate, The Cider House Rules, and Mighty Joe Young.

Theron won the Best Actress Oscar at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004 as well as the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award.

Theron now resides in Los Angeles with her long-term boyfriend, Stuart Townsend, with whom she starred in the 2004 film, Head in the Clouds as well as in the 2002 film, Trapped; she has said that she will not marry him until same-sex couples are able to have their marriages recognized.