Charlize Theron
☼ Born on7 enero 1975, in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Biography: Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There was not much work for a young actress or dancer in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got a 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.In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, an  (see all) d Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a scene and an agent gave her his card, in exchange for learning American English, which she did by watching soap operas on television.Her first role was in the B-film Los chicos del maíz 3: La cosecha urbana (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in Dos días en el valle (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers in The Wonders (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies like Pactar con el diablo (1997), Mi gran amigo Joe (1998), Las normas de la casa de la sidra (1999), La leyenda de Bagger Vance (2000) and The Italian Job (2003). On February 29, 2004, she won her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster (2003).


In the role of actor

Prometheus (2012) (22/05/2025)

Prometheus (2012), dirigida por Ridley Scott, es una precuela de la saga Alien que explora los orígenes de la humanidad y la xenomorfos. La trama sigue a un equipo de científicos y exploradores que, en 2089, viajan al planeta LV-223 tras descubrir pistas sobre una antigua civilización alienígena. Liderados por Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) y […]
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