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Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron 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.

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Charlize Theron is a South African and American actor, model, film producer, and television actor. Born in Benoni in 1975, she began her work period in 1995. She is a left-handed female who speaks Afrikaans and English. Her native language is Afrikaans, and she writes in English. She resides in Los Angeles.

Theron has received the Academy Award for Best Actress, Saturn Award for Best Actress, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is a member of the Democratic Party in the United States. Her notable affiliations include the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project. She has been unmarried partners with Stuart Townsend and Sean Penn.

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Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

Charlize Theron (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ 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, her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the…

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Benoni
Occupation: voice actor
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Afrikaans
Award: GLAAD Vanguard Award
Official website: www.charlizeafricaoutreach.org
Image: Charlize Theron in 2017 by Gage Skidmore (2).jpg
Height: 177
Residence: Los Angeles

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Commons category: Charlize Theron
date of birth: 1975-08-07
unmarried partner: Sean Penn
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
name in native language: Charlize Theron
start of work period: 1995-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Charlize Theron
handedness: left-handedness
filmography: Charlize Theron filmography
social media followers: 960301
writing language: English language
related category: Category:Films produced by Charlize Theron
affiliation string: Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project

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Encyclopedic overview

Charlize Theron (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ 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.

She came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), for which she won the Silver Bear and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an acting Oscar. She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country (2005).

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