What is Charlize Theron?
{{Infobox person | name = Charlize Theron | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Benoni]], [[South Africa]] | citizenship = [[South African]] (lifelong)<br>[[Americans|American]] (2007 - present) | image = Charlize Theron Cannes 2015 2.jpg | caption = Charlize Theron promoting ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''<br> at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Actor|Actress]] | othername = | homepage = [http://www.charlizetheron.com/ charlizetheron.com] | credits = '''Helga Svelgen''' in ''[[2 Days in the Valley]]''<br />'''[[Aileen Wuornos]]''' in ''[[Monster (movie)|Monster]]''<br />'''Britt Ekland''' in ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' | awards = '''[[Academy Award]]''' for Best Actress *2003 ''[[Monster (movie)|Monster]]'' '''[[Golden Globe Award]]''' for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama *2004 ''[[Monster (movie)|Monster]]'' '''[[SAG Award]]''' for Best Actress - Motion Picture *2004 ''[[Monster (movie)|Monster]]'' | spouse = }} '''Charlize Theron''' (born 7 August 1975)<ref name=bio/> is a [[South Africa]]n-born [[Americans|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She won an [[Academy Award]] for her role in the [[movie]] ''[[Monster (movie)|Monster]]''. She was [[wikt:nominate|nominated]] for her role in the movie ''[[North Country (movie)|North Country]]''. Theron can speak three [[languages]], her first being [[Afrikaans]]. == Early life == Theron was born in Benoni near [[Johannesburg]]. Her [[ancestry]] is German and Dutch. She attended a boarding school at the age of thirteen. At the age of fifteen, she saw her [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] father being killed by her mother as an act of self - defence. No charges were pressed against her mother. == Career == At the age of sixteen, she won a local modelling competition and went to [[Milan]], [[Italy]] for a one year contract. Af