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THE INTERVIEW
“We can only be free when we
are at peace with ourselves.”
- Charlize Theron
C harlize Theron was born in South Africa was named the United Nations Messenger of Peace for
and became an American citizen in 2007. the work she does in stopping violence against women.
The depth of her acting range may be In 2016 Theron was included in Time’s 100 Most
rooted in her early life experiences which Influential People list.
were far from idyllic including bearing witness to full-
fledged national apartheid aggression, the rampant She is at the top of her game continuing to act and
spread of AIDS and personal family violence. produce box office winners including Snow White and
the Huntsman and its sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s
She has not forgotten her roots and has created The War, the narrator’s voice in Angels in Exile, A Million
Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) Ways to Die in the West, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Fate
to help. The CTAOP invests in African youth in Sub- of the Furious, the voice of Monkey in Kubo and the Two
Saharan Africa to keep them safe from HIV/AIDS. She Strings and Brain on Fire.
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