Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron helps UN give aid to battered women

YourCelebrityStuff | Tue, Nov 18

Tue, Nov 18 Theron, who at age 15 witnessed her mother shoot her alcoholic father to death while he was threatening the family, (we didn’t know that!) won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2004 for her portrayal of a domestic violence victim turned serial killer in “Monster.”

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12 Months Ago, Splash News Online says (in Charlize Theron Becomes A Messenger Of Peace) Charlize Theron is a hero! The actress has teamed up with the UN and has been named a Messenger of Peace. We love celebrity do-gooders around here, and Charlize...

And Just Jared says (in Charlize Theron is a UN Messenger of Peace) Charlize agreed with Ban to pressure Hollywood into making more movies about social issues. “I don’t necessarily want to forget that my job as an actor is to entertain,” Theron said.

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And Thaindian.com says (in ‘A woman in every 26 seconds raped in South Africa’) New York, Nov 18 (DPA) South Africa’s Academy Award winning actress and activist Charlize Theron said Monday that a woman is raped every 26 seconds in her country, a situation she described as “quite horrific”.Appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Theron took over her new job as...