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Name: Charlize Theron
Occupation: Actress
Birthdate: August 7, 1975 Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Mother: Gerda Theron
Father: Charles Theron (deceased)
Marital Status: not married
Height: 5' 10"
Eye color : Blue
Hair color : Blond
Her Languages : Afrikaans (first), Englih (second), some parts of the other 26 languages Education : Attended a boarding school in Johannesburg, South Africa

Trivia:

When she was 15, her father attacked her mother, and her mother shot her father in self-defense. Her father died, and her mother was not charged in the incident.

Fluent in Afrikaans

Appeared in the May 1999 issue of Playboy Magazine

Became a fashion model at age 14.

Theron is an Afrikaans name from South Africa, and it is pronounced "Te-ron", as opposed to "Ther-on."

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [2000]

Turned down the female lead in Pearl Harbor (2001) to star alongside Keanu Reeves in Sweet November (2001).

Auditioned for the female lead in Showgirls (1995).

Dated Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of the band Third Eye Blind. [October 2000 - July 2001]

Was ranked 4th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).

Placed #1 on Beautiful People Internet Poll, narrowly beating Cameron Diaz in #2 and Kate Beckinsale in #3. The photo featured on the site was the famous 'Diving Board' photo.

Theron is currently engaged to Stuart Townsend. (Sept. 2002)

Both her parents are Afrikaans, born and raised in South Africa. However her father is of French descent and her mother of German descent.

Voted the 12th Sexist Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.

Measurements: 36B-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Used hypnotherapy as an aid to quit smoking.

Was named after her father, whose name was Charles.

Other Works

TV commercial for Martini (1996)

TV commercial for Axe (1996)