When she was 15, her father attacked her mother, and her mother shot her father in self-defense. Her father died, and her mother was not charged in the incident.

Fluent in Afrikaans

Appeared in the May 1999 issue of Playboy Magazine

Her father is French, her mother German.

Became fashion model at age 14.

Theron is an Afrikaans name from South Africa, and it is pronounced "Te-ron", as opposed "Ther-on."

Is a natural blonde.

2000 - Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People

(September 2000) Dating George Clooney.

(October 2000) Dating Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of the band Third Eye Blind.

Turned down the female lead in Pearl Harbor (2001) to star alongside Keanu Reeves in Sweet November (2001).

Auditioned for the female lead in Showgirls (1995).