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Charlize
Theron (born August 7, 1975) is a South African actress and former
fashion model with American citizenship. She is well-known for her
portrayal of the serial killing lesbian Aileen Wuornos in the film
Monster, for which she won an Academy Award. After appearing in a
few notable films, Theron starred as the lesbian serial killer
Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003). Film critic Roger Ebert called
it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the
cinema". For this role, Theron won the Best Actress Oscar at
the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, as well as the SAG Award
and the Golden Globe Award. She is the first South African to win
an Oscar for Best Actress. The Oscar win pushed her to The
Hollywood Reporter's 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in
Hollywood; earning $10,000,000 for both her subsequent films,
North Country and Aeon Flux, she ranked seventh, behind Halle
Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Renée Zellweger, Reese
Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman. In 2008, Charlize Theron was named
the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year, preceded by
others such as Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Julia Roberts.
In May 2006, Maxim magazine named Theron #25 in its annual
"Hot 100" issue. In October 2007, Esquire magazine named
Theron The Sexiest Woman Alive in its annual issue ... more |
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