She grew up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg. Her father died on 21 June 1991, after he was shot by Theron’s mother. Though seeing herself as a dancer, Theron at 16 won a one-year modeling contract at a local competition, and with her mother moved to Milan, Italy. After Theron spent a year modeling throughout Europe, she and her mother moved to New York City and Miami, Florida. AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman of 2003. in 2005 Theron portrayed Rita, Michael Bluth’s (Jason Bateman) love interest, on the third season of Fox’s critically acclaimed television series Arrested Development. On 30 September, Theron received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Naomi Watts Has Been Cast As Princess Diana in New Biopic! Looks like Charlize Theron (or Carey Mulligan) is going to have some competition!Earlier this week, we heard that both Charlize and Carey are favorites to play the role of Princess Di in an upcoming biopic based on the 2009 book Diana: Closely Guarded Secret.Now, we’ve learned that Naomi Watts has just signed on to play [...] [link]