– Kissed Shirley MacLaine's bottom at a party premiere, in an attempt to pay her respects to the lady. (September 23, 2005)
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– Will appear in five episodes of the Emmy-winning series Arrested Development, where she?ll play a gorgeous British woman who becomes a love interest for Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman). (August 31, 2005)
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– Is reportedly set to marry longtime boyfriend Stuart Townsend at their Malibu, California home this summer. (August 6, 2005)
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– Forced movie bosses to change her costume design for AEON FLUX after deciding her character's original outfit was too revealing. (August 2, 2005)
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– Will provide her voice and likeness for the video game spin-off of her upcoming movie AEON FLUX. (April 7, 2005)
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– Will have a 'no stunts' clause inserted into all of her future film contracts after the debilitating injury she sustained making AEON FLUX. (2004)
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– Missed the premiere of AEON FLUX at Toronto Film Festival in Canada because she was in too much pain to fly after injuring her back in a stunt on the film in Germany. (2004)
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– Her boyfriend Stuart Townsend has urged her to slow down on film sets after she almost broke her back in a fall while filming AEON FLUX in Berlin, Germany. (September 11, 2004)
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– Insists she doesn't mind baring all in movies but she does have a clause in contracts that allows her to cut out titillating scenes if she doesn't think they're necessary. (August 24, 2004)
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– Theron and boyfriend Stuart Townsend have turned down the chance to work with each other on the big screen many times because they're terrified of becoming another Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. (August 20, 2004)
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– Has vowed never to star in a mediocre movie again, following her critically lauded performance in MONSTER. (March 12, 2004)
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– Was reduced to tears when former President Nelson Mandela praised her for her Oscar victory. (March 12, 2004)
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– Found it difficult to stop laughing when filming a lesbian kissing scene in MONSTER because her fake teeth kept falling out. (March 6, 2004)
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– Was reportedly planning to marry long-term love Stuart Townsend in Malibu, California, this year, but she giggles, Sounds nice, but we won't be there. (March 3, 2004)
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– Has signed up to star in a big screen spin-off of MTV's animated series Aeon Flux. (February 28, 2004)
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– Criticized the death penalty after the international premiere of the film MONSTER, in which she portrays a woman executed for a string of murders. (February 10, 2004)
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– Theron and her boyfriend Stuart Townsend have been thrown out of their favorite Los Angeles sushi bar for ordering too much food. (January 26, 2004)
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– Broke down in tears during a TV interview in America when she was asked about the night she watched her mother shoot her father ? She insists her mother acted in self defense, but admits for years she lied about her dad's death. (January 12, 2004)
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– Eats a lot of potato chips to gain 30 pounds to play real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in MONSTER. (January 10, 2004)
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– Was left spooked on the set of MONSTER when she discovered her real-life character's (Aileen Wuornos) favorite places are haunted by her ghost. (January 7, 2004)
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– To play Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for murdering six men, in MONSTER, she has to freckle her clear complexion, yellow her pearly smile with a set of crooked teeth and bulk up her slender frame with a diet of potato chips. (December 31, 2003)
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– Theron and Courtney Love developed a mutual hatred on the set of forthcoming thriller TRAPPED, while Co-star Kevin Bacon says leading lady Theron couldn't stand the rock widow turned actress - and the Hole frontwoman felt the same way. (September 2002)
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– Theron has changed her mind about marriage - she's planning to walk down the aisle with her Irish actor boyfriend Stuart Townsend. (September 2002)
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– When she was 15, her father attacked her mother. Her mother shot Charlize's father in self-defense. Her father died, but her mother was not charged in the incident.
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– She is fluent in Afrikaans.
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– Her father is French, her mother German.
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– Theron is an Afrikaans name from South Africa, and it is pronounced Te-ron, as opposed Ther-on.
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– (2000) She was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
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– She turned down the female lead in PEARL HARBOR (2001) to star alongside Keanu Reeves in SWEET NOVEMBER (2001).
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– Has written to the South Korean government to appeal against the country's practice of boiling cats alive.
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– Has struck back at the perception of Hollywood being shallow - insisting it's just like any other community of people trying to do their jobs.
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– Believes that her looks have nothing to do with the success she has enjoyed in Hollywood.
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– Liked 80s singer Cyndi Lauper so much as a child that she dyed her hair pink to look like her idol.
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– Is breaking away from her usual glamour roles - she plays the poor white trash wife of Patrick Swayze in WAKIN' UP IN REMO (2000).
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– Considered for the role of Bunny Lebowski in THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998).
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– Was nominated Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama in 2000 for THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.
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– Nickname: Charlie
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– Appeared in the May 1999 issue of Playboy Magazine
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– Became a fashion model at age 14.
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– Was narrowly passed up for Elizabeth Berkeley's role in SHOWGIRLS
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– Was ranked 4th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
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– 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.
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– Voted the 12th Sexist Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
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– Her hair is naturally blonde.
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– Danced professionally in Johannesburg.
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– Her citizenship to the U.S. is still pending.
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– Have a tiny flower tattoo on her right foot.
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– Had 10 dogs and her best friend, a goat named Bok.
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– Was ready to return to South Africa when her mother urged her to go to Hollywood and try acting before she came back. Her mother sent her the plane ticket from New York to Los Angeles and Charlize panicked.
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– Loves to eat steak, gamble, and smoke Marlboros.
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– Has two cocker spaniels, Denver and Delilah.
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– Was discovered while yelling at a bank teller in Hollywood.
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– Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for MONSTER (2004) - shared with Christina Ricci.
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– Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for MONSTER (2004)
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