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After traveling to New York at the age of 18, she left high fashion to attempt a career in dance. Her studies with the Joffrey Ballet were curtailed by severe knee injuries, forcing her to abandon a dance career. Theron decided to pursue acting instead, and moved to Los Angeles.
She soon found, however, that her Afrikaner accent was a barrier in landing speaking roles. Watching hours of television, she strove to hide her South African roots with perfect American inflections. In , a destitute Theron argued with a bank teller, who refused to allow her to pull funds from a South African account. Theron's subsequent fit earned the attention of a fellow bank patron John Crosby, a Hollywood manager who represented talent including John Hurt and Rene Russo.
He immediately offered to sign Theron and, within months, she made her acting debut in a small role in Children of the Corn III Her turn as Reeves' suicidal wife earned her another brief but memorable part in Woody Allen 's Celebrity , and a starring role in Disney's remake of Mighty Joe Young In , she reteamed with Reeves for the tearjerker Sweet November , and two years later she starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the heist thriller The Italian Job For all her recent success, it was Theron's leading role 's Monster —a biopic about serial killer Aileen Wuornos —that transformed her from screen beauty to acclaimed actress.
Theron gained close to 40 pounds for the film, and her gritty, gripping performance won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Her portrayal of an iron miner fighting sexual harassment in the work place earned her nominations at the Golden Globes and the Oscars.
The same year, she starred in the big-screen adaptation of the MTV cult cartoon Aeon Flux , and made multiple guest appearances on the award-winning television comedy, Arrested Development. In , Theron returned to the superhero genre in Hancock with co-star Will Smith. Theron soon showed another side of her acting talent with the independent dramatic comedy Young Adult with Patton Oswalt.
She received a Golden Globe nod for her portrayal of a writer facing personal and professional difficulties. She then portrayed Meredith Vickers in the sci-fi thriller Prometheus. It was on to comedies in , with Theron starring in the critically acclaimed Tully and the uneven Gringo. After joining Seth Rogen for the romantic comedy Long Shot , Theron headlined the star-studded voice cast of The Addams Family , as the creepy and kooky family matriarch, Morticia.
Late that year she was to play news anchor Megyn Kelly in Bombshell , about the sexual assault allegations against former Fox News head Roger Ailes. In addition to her film roles, Theron is also a philanthropist and social activist.
In , she was honored by the United Nations when she became the organization's tenth messenger of peace. The actress still maintains her South African citizenship. Theron was in a long-term relationship with actor Stuart Townsend.
After nearly a decade together, the couple called it quits in She was romantically linked to actor Sean Penn in late , but it was reported the pair split in June Theron adopted a son, Jackson, in , and three years later she adopted her daughter, August.
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