Charlize Theron is an American and South African actress and producer. Theron was born on August 7, 1975. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. He has won multiple awards, including the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. She was listed as one of the top 100 influential people in the world by Time in 2016.
Theron has starred in many commercially successful action films such as The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Atomic Blonde (2017), The Old Guard (2020), and F9 (2021).
Quick Info
| REAL NAME | Charlize Theron |
| NICKNAME | Charlize Theron |
| BORN | August 7, 1975 |
| AGE | 48 years old (2023) |
| BIRTHPLACE | Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa |
| NATIONALITY | South African |
| PROFESSION | Actor |
| NET WORTH | $200 million |
| SPOUSE | Stuart Townsend |
| HEIGHT | 5 feet 9 inches (177cm) |
How was the early life of Charlize Theron?
Charlize Theron was born as an only child in Benoni, South Africa. She speaks fluent English, but Afrikaans is her first language. She is the daughter of road constructionists Gerda and Charles Theron. Her parents owned a farm near Johannesburg, where she was raised. At 13, she enrolled in The National School of the Arts.
At the age of sixteen, she went to Milan, Italy on a one-year modeling contract after winning a local modeling competition. This led her to move to New York City and enroll in the Joffrey Ballet School, but she was forced to give up dancing due to a knee injury.
Charlize Theron personal life
Theron’s first public partner is Actor Craig Bierko, and they two dated from 1995 to 1997. Until October 2001, Theron and singer Stephan Jenkins had a three-year relationship. A part of Out of the Vein, Third Eye Blind’s third album, explores the feelings that Jenkins went through after their breakup. Theron has adopted two children: a girl in March 2012 and another girl in July 2015.
After meeting Irish actor Stuart Townsend on the set of Trapped in 2001, Theron started dating him. The pair shared homes in Ireland and Los Angeles. In late 2009 they broke up. Theron started dating American actor Sean Penn in December 2013 and June 2015 defined the end of the relationship.
Charlize Theron career
In 1955, She had landed a non-speaking part in “Children of the Corn”. Gradually, she was cast in larger roles, such as the lead in “The Devil’s Advocate” (1997), which is regarded as her breakthrough movie, opposite Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. She also got cast in another big-budget movie, The Cider House Rules.
The Italian Job, a 2003 heist film directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Seth Green, and Donald Sutherland, was an American homage/remake of the 1969 British film of the same name. Theron played a safe and vault technician in the film. It made a global box office total of US$176 million, the movie was a hit.
In 2008, Theron acted alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Kim Basinger in the drama The Burning Plain, directed by Guillermo Arriaga, as a woman who experienced a traumatic childhood. She also co-starred with Will Smith in the superhero movie Hancock as the ex-wife of an alcoholic superhero.
In the fantasy Netflix movie The School for Good and Evil (2022), she appeared as Lady Lesso. In the third season premiere of The Boys, the actress guest stars as Stormfront.
How much is Charlize Theron worth?
Charlize Theron has a net worth estimated at $200 million US dollars as of 2023. She is among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood thanks to her outstanding performances in movies like Atomic Blonde, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Monster, which brought her a significant amount of wealth.
Theron is a highly paid brand ambassador for businesses such as Christian Dior and Raymond Weil. Charlize consistently ranks among the highest-paid entertainers in the world with an annual salary that can easily surpass $30–40 million, thanks to her endorsements and movie earnings.
