Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron (English: Charlize Theron, /ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaner: [ʃarˈlis trɔn]; August 7, 1975 -), South African actress and producer. She is the first South African-born Academy Award winner. In 2003, she won the 76th Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie "The Devil", as well as the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Berlin Film Festival and other awards. Theron has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2007. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, and in 2016 Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.