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Leo & Charlize Avoid a Missed Connection at the Club - People Magazine

Leo & Charlize Avoid a Missed Connection at the Club People Magazine Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron were enjoying separate nights out when they saw each other hanging at Teddy's inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. ... and more »

Celebrity birthdays, August 1 - 7 - San Angelo Standard Times

Celebrity birthdays, August 1 - 7 San Angelo Standard Times AP LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 05: Actress Charlize Theron backstage at Spike TV's 4th Annual "Guys Choice Awards" held at Sony Studios on June 5, ... and more »

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About Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer, and former fashion model.

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.

Theron was born in Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa, the only child of Gerda Jacoba Aletta and Charles Jacobus Theron . Her mother is of German descent and her father was of French and Dutch ancestry; Theron is directly descended from early Huguenot settlers, and Boer War figure Daniel Theron was her great-grandfather's brother. "Theron" is an Occitan surname pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although she said that the way it is pronounced in South Africa is "Thrown".

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