Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, South Africa., the only daughter of Gerda and Charles Theron. As a child, Charlize aspired to be a dancer and took dance lessons until, as a teenager, she won a contract for a year of modeling career, which earned her the right to our country, to Milan. She then moved to New York where she continued to take dance lessons, but her dream of becoming a dancer was shattered by a knee injury. At this point, her mother buys her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, urging her to try and enter the entertainment world; there, she is spotted by an agent who forces her to take acting lessons, thus starting her career.
Start in Hollywood
After an uncredited role in horror Blood Red Grain 3released straight to home video, Charlize Theron does her thing real film debut Two days without breathingcrime comedy compared to the early works of Quentin Tarantino, followed by a role in MusicGraffitidirectorial debut of Tom Hanks.
first big success comes with a horror thriller Devil’s Advocate, along with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves: while critics aren’t entirely convinced, the film is a box office success and still lingers in the public’s mind; sentimental drama was also quite successful Winemaker’s rulesbased on the novel of the same name by John Irving, in which she plays the female lead alongside Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine.
However, Charlize’s path to success is also littered. some failures and oversightslike a comedy Even dumber with Jeff Daniels or Big Joebig mountain gorilla Disney Adventure Movie, Astronaut’s wifesci-fi thriller starring Johnny Depp, crime trapaction movie starring Ben Affleck, Yardscrime noir starring Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix, and There the legend of Bagger Vancewhich, despite the direction of Robert Redford and the presence of Matt Damon and Will Smith in the cast, failed at the box office, like the crime thriller 24 hoursand comedy, almost imperceptible, Friends…beds.
Triumph of critics with “Monster”, the most important awards and nominations
There initiation as a dramatic actress arrives in 2003, with the role of the protagonist in MonstersWritten and Directed by Patty Jenkins: A very low budget film that reconstructs the true and very painful story of serial killer Eileen Wuornos.; Charlize Theron’s performance is also mentioned due to the great physical transformation she is undergoing and the resulting role that will earn her dozens of awards including“Silver Bear” at the Berlin Film Festival, “Golden Globe” and, above all, his first “Oscar”.. Two years later, the actress receives another Oscar nomination for her role in North Country Josie Storyin which she, along with other colleagues, plays a miner who is the victim of harassment and humiliation in the workplace, this is also a film inspired by a true story, as he Bombshell-Voice of Scandal, for which she receives another Oscar nomination: in the film, she plays journalist Megyn Kelly, a very popular character in the US, to resemble whom in fact she wears fake makeup that greatly changes her features, for a story that reconstructs scandalous harassment on Fox News. She was also nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, this time in the television category, for the film. The life and death of Peter Sellers, a biopic about the famous comedian played by Geoffrey Rush, in which she plays his wife, Swedish actress, model and singer Britt Acklund; here the film, on the other hand, also had a theatrical release with the title You call me Peter.
Among his most critically acclaimed roles are also two collaborations with director Jason Reitmanfirst for young adultin which she plays a children’s novel writer returning to her hometown, and during Tully, the melancholic story of a woman in crisis just after the birth of her third daughter; both roles earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Action film career
He didn’t hide either. a certain penchant for action roles: he is among the main characters of the film Italian work, an action film also known for racing the Mini Cooper, also set in Venice, was such a big commercial success that there was talk of a sequel, which was later cancelled. Moreover, immediately after the Oscar, Charlize surprised by the fact that she agreed to the role of the main character in Aeon Flux, a sci-fi action film based on the animated series of the same name, although the results were disappointing. It got a lot better with him. Hancock, starring Will Smith as an offbeat superhero; a possible sequel to the title was also announced, which has come to nothing to date. Also very successful Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth title in the dystopian-apocalyptic saga by George Miller, who gave her the role of Empress Furiosa, a warrior with a mechanical arm. After espionage in 1989 in Berlin explosive blondeentered the saga Fast and Furious: her role is Cypher, a cyberterrorist who appeared on stage in Fast & Furious 8and also returned in the following “Fast and Furious 9” – the “Fast and Furious” saga and the latest Quick X. Among his fighters are also old guard, taken from the comic of the same name, in which she plays the mercenary and immortal warrior Andromache of Scythia, in a cast that also features our own Luca Marinelli, and whose second chapter is on the way. In addition, his cameo appearance in the credits Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness hints at a possible more significant role in the future of the MCU.
Not only in the movies, because Charlize was a tough woman of action in the video crossfirefirst solo single Brandon Flowersgang leader The killers which in the video of the prisoner and hostage is saved by the actress herself.
Love and work
As is often the case in the entertainment world and beyond, including for Charlize Theron. work and personal life are often mixed up: on the set of a thriller 24 hours she fell in love with an Irish actor Stuart Townsendwith whom she then returned to star in Women’s gamea meatloaf period in the vein of the great love and war melodramas, also starring Penélope Cruz, which was an international flop, then Townsend made a cameo appearance (uncredited) in Aeon Fluxand finally he directed Charlize in her directorial debut, Battle in Seattle – No one can stop them, about the clashes that occurred in the US city in 1999 during the WTO conference. After him, Charlize Theron was in a relationship with Sean Pennwho cast her in his directorial film your last looka romantic drama set in civil war-ravaged Liberia with a male protagonist, Javier Bardem: however, the film received a very negative reception at the presentation at the Cannes Film Festival and was also not a success with the public.
comic side
Charlize may have had fewer screen opportunities. his more ironic and light-hearted sidewhich she sometimes displays in interviews and public appearances, but although she is best known for her dramatic roles, she occasionally played comedies: when she was still an aspiring actress, she took part in two Woody Allen films, Celebritiesa bitter comedy about the entertainment world in which she plays a supermodel, and There Curse of the Jade Scorpion, a yellow comedy that pays homage to historical film noir. The actress was then the main character A million ways to die in the westwestern parody comedy conceived and interpreted by Seth MacFarlane, author Family man on TV; then it was the turn scammers in grasscrime comedy with an ensemble cast in which she is the president of a pharmaceutical company involved in kidnapping, trafficking and drug cartels, and then formed an unprecedented comedy duo with Seth Rogen in It doesn’t happen, but if it does… in the role of Secretary of State, applying for the presidency of the United States. However, on television, she was a guest star in a sitcom. Developmental Arrest – Meet My Parentsstarring Jason Bateman.