Charlize Theron was trained as a dancer in her native South Africa, and moved to New York City where a knee injury led her to a career in modeling. Relocating to Los Angeles at the age of 18, she arrived in California knowing no one but was soon discovered by an agent and earned small parts in films such as Two Days in the Valley (1996) and That Thing You Do! (1996). It was her role opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in The Devil's Advocate (1997) that made the classically beautiful Theron one of Hollywood's most recognizable young faces, and she followed that up with roles in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998) and as the lead in Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Astronaut's Wife (1999) with Johnny Depp and Reindeer Games (2000) with Ben Affleck. Theron also began to draw critical notice with her supporting role in the award-winning The Cider House Rules (1999). Her other notable roles include The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) and The Italian Job (2003). Theron has recently become a producer, and her first project was the hard-hitting Monster directed by Patty Jenkins: for her uncompromising performance as Aileen Wuornous, Theron earned the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other upcoming roles include Britt Ekland in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (with Geoffrey Rush in the title role), Aeon Flux based on the animated MTV series, Class Action (about the first successful sexual harassment case in America) and The Ice at the Bottom of the World, to be directed by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) and produced by Theron.
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