Charlize Theron

From her 1.77 m height, Charlize Theron looks at the world with serenity, conviction and strength. Three ingredients that have led her to gain a foothold in Hollywood, not only for beauty and glamour, but for her well-done and recognized work. And that the girl who was born in South Africa 31 years ago had the great dream of being a model, a job that she dedicated herself to since she was little and that she combined with classical ballet studies. Her mother, very involved in the actress’s career, advised her daughter to travel to Europe, where the world of fashion offered more possibilities than in South Africa. Said and done. And the young woman who not long ago had won a local fashion contest (1991) came to fulfill her dream of working as a model in such emblematic places as Paris or Milan. But disappointment overcame her dream and Charlize preferred to dedicate herself to ballet. He focused all his efforts on it until a knee injury stopped his career. He was 18 years old at the time and his mother intervened again in an almost providential way in his life. It occurred to her that her daughter could be a movie actress, so the decision was obvious, if she had gone to Europe to be a model and later to the United States, to be an actress the destination was obvious: Los Angeles.

In the mecca of cinema it had to be the mother, this time completely involuntarily and now providentially, who opened the doors for her. Young Theron went to the bank to cash a check that her timely mother had sent her. There they could not carry out said operation, which aroused the wrath of the aspiring actress, who did not know that she was testing her life since an agent saw her and gave her her card. Thanks to this casual banking contact, Charlize managed to participate in her first film:The boys of the corn III (1995). In this B-tape, he had the privilege of being three seconds out and not saying a single word, but it was the beginning of a career that has seen him make 25 movies in ten years. Thus, in 1996 she agreed to her first proper role thanks to the film2 days in the valley . At this point, Charlize was already very clear that she would never give up her beauty and sensuality, what’s more, she felt proud and saw it as normal to use her; which did not imply that her work was limited exclusively to being a carcass of herself. This clear intention can be seen in the variety of titles, genres and characters that have passed, and will surely pass, through the cinematographic life of the South African.

Following this pattern, he starred in 1997 with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves . Pact with the devil . A drama in the key of a thriller in which she played a tormented woman who lived diabolical realities without her husband or anyone around her believing her. Thrillers were also titles likeThe Face of Terror (1999) andTrapped (2002). But this versatile actress went further. She turned down a role inPearl Harbor to participate in the romantic dramaSweet November (2001). She was a key piece inMy great friend Joe (1998), a family film with a gorilla as the undisputed protagonist. He was interested in the typical Hollywood romantic comedies:Don’t lose your trial (1997). And they did not want to miss the action movies on tapes likeThe Italian Job (2003), which this year expects its sequel with The Brazilian Job (2006). But action alone was not enough, so she decided to accompany it with science fiction inAeon Flux (2005).

There was still a lot to explore, especially considering that Charlize Theron is a committed woman. And this is demonstrated in these words that she dedicated to her compatriots: “I have always felt very proud to be a South African. Anything I can do I will do, I promise. I think it is our duty as citizens and you do not have to win an Oscar to do something good for your country, we all can do it. If I can be an encouragement for this, I would be very happy.” That is why it is not uncommon for her to participate in films likeThe Cider House Rules (1999), a tape that served to definitively popularize the name of Charlize Theron,Monster (2003) orIn the land of men (2005). The three titles offer, using different registers, an independent and fighting vision of women. In Monster , a completely disfigured Charlize plays Aileen Wuornos, one of the first serial killers in the United States. Role that helped her win the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Actress and the Oscar for Best Actress. In the film En tierra de hombres , however, she plays a miner who lives and suffers the consequences of male labor ostracism taken to unsuspected limits. This role, which, like the previous one, is also based on real events, helped the actress to be nominated for an Oscar again and to bring to the big screen the defense of women that she carries out in her day-to-day life. .

Her immediate film projects include the aforementioned The Brazilian Job and The Ice at the bottom of the world , where she will play a heroin-addicted single mother. Faced with such a barrage of work and some scathing comments about her work, the actress is clear: “I have been working non-stop for the last three years and enjoying what I do. I work because I like it, and if you don’t like me, So don’t go see the movie.” Here’s the crux of her secret to surviving success: “…living and breathing a character, when you get to that point everything else doesn’t matter.”