I think this is one of the prettiest pictorials I’ve ever seen of Charlize Theron. I like this better than her last “wet look” appearance on American Vogue too – Vogue UK does more challenging photo shoots, I think. So, Charlize appears on the May cover of Vogue UK (photos by Patrick Demarchelier), likely to promote her two films coming out in June, Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus (squeeee!). In the early interview excerpts, Charlize talks about adopting her son Jackson and her early days as a model:
She‘s always wanted to be a mom: ‘I’ve always been very honest in saying I wanted a family. I’ve always known I wanted a family.’
Her mom pressured her too: ‘I don’t think my mom could wait any more!’
Jackson: ‘Jackson is incredible, the greatest gift,’ she added. ‘He is the coolest kid ever.’
Who she admires: ‘I hope to be like my mom,’ she told the magazine. ‘Fair, tough, loving and supportive. My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.’
Vulnerability: “All my characters have to be people with a capacity for vulnerability, a weakness. I have never met a human being who doesn’t have vulnerability.”
Born a decade too late to really make it as a model: ‘I was too tall, too big, too late for the supermodel look of the Eighties. Kate Moss and all the tiny, grungy girls had just become fashionable, and I didn’t fit the bill.’
Diet and exercise: ‘I’m sure there are women who never have to worry about what they eat. But I do. I exercise a lot, and I hike a lot. My mom and I hike at least three times a week.’
She sounds peaceful. Of course, she’s never really been crazy or anything. You sometimes hear stories about her being bitchy, but she’s not neurotic or anything less than extremely self-contained. I suspect these basic-issue quotes about Jackson (“He is the coolest kid ever”) will be some of the only things we hear about her son. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe she’ll go all Jennifer Garner and we’ll be seeing photo-ops of Charlize and Jackson for months and years to come. But I doubt it.
Vogue UK photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot.
she is gorge.
Isn’t she just – sigh! Watched her in The Astronaut’s Wife the other night, just beautiful 😀
wow. beautiful pics. the best i have seen her look.
those pictures of her are amazing..
She is my favorite actress, by far.
Damn that a lot of airbrushing
Now that’s Charlize!! Incredibly beautiful!!! Amazing how great a woman can look only a few days after bringing her new baby home. Wow, she looks so fit and trim already.
???You do know that she’s not pregnant before right? Of course she would be trim and fit…
Yes, I know she was not pregnant before. This is her first child.
she adopted… she was never pregnant.
And you do realize these pictures are photoshopped, right?
She’s beautiful, regardless, but no one looks this perfect.
Insanely beautiful women should be producing their own children.
Oh yeah, that would ruin their figures.
To me, she’s always been one of the most beautiful women out there.
Beautiful woman, but a lot of air brushing to make her look younger and disguise the fillers. The recent photos of her show that she has been effing her face up with fillers.
Agree.
They are still quite pretty pictures though.
I could be way out, but I always liked her. She comes across in interviews as having a really good sense of who she is, and that’s not that common with actors. And she seems smart, too. I also like that she keeps her personal life under wraps – shows that it can be done.
She is stunning. And I love hearing (the little bit) she said about her son. I feel the same way about mine. It’s an incredible feeling, knowing you are mother to the coolest kid ever 😉
How are you feeling sami? You’re almost done right?
6 weeks, sister. Dr. appt today, and she already weighs right at 6 lbs! (of course,ultrasounds are off a pound one way or another normally). But, I’m feeling fantastic. My bosses are worried I’m going to pop before tax season is over, hahaha 🙂
Thanks for checking on me. You’re such a dear.
Love her! She seems at peace and grounded. Granted, I side-eye her friendship with Handler, but even that can’t diminish her cool points.
She is insanely gorgeous. And I love the styling of these photos. AND she’s a great actress too.
She sounds Zen but i digress lainey has always said she is Off, like bring up having kids on second date/closer to her Young Adult character than most people would guess ( unhappy and whatnot) but she is Gorge, Talented and hopefully this kid makes her centered and all that happy perky sweet stuff moms talk about
Wow! Now HERE is a woman who could write an article about the trials and tribulations of being incredibly beautiful! (Referencing the Samantha Brick story)
Completely agree! Her face is insanely gorgeous, mile long legs, etc. She’s just one of those women you get nervous looking at much less being 5 feet near her. As a woman, if I were near her, I wouldn’t be jealous, more like in awe.
i love Charlize sooo much,i agree this is def one of the most lovely photoshoots of her.
She is insanely gorgeous.
I wouldn’t have put those pointy shoes on her feet, just a quibble. Those things make any feet look bigger.
Now that she mentions it… Charlize would have been an amazing supermodel in the 80’s, à la Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista (maybe it’s just me). And unlike Rosie Huntington-Whiteley… this lady can fiercely act! The cover is amazing, but I agree with jc126 that the pointy shoes don’t match with the rest.
I noticed that she hangs out a lot with her mama, just like Diva CrazyHeigl. But doesn’t get nearly as much scorn as the latter one does, on that front.
This is the one who should play Grace Kelly!!!
She is stunning, it’s true…i could see her having the kind of problem that Samantha Brick has, poor girl (choking back the sarcasm here), however, she has been dabbling in botox for quite some time now, the first time you can really see it is in her movie “Head in the Clouds” with Penelope Cruz, when she’s straddling the Nazi and beating the shiza out of him and nothing moves from the nose up. It’s all good, i’m pro-tox to a certain limit, but i just don’t understand why these younger women do it…i don’t think she overdoes it, however, because she is still such a versatile actress, i adore her!
Wow! Breathtaking!
She’s beautiful and I love her eyebrows.
Lol! That’s funny, I’m fixated on eyebrows and noticed how great hers were. Thought I was the only person who does that!
This is a woman who has had some great, subtle tweaking and not gone overboard. She looks young and fresh. Just a touch of botox and some fillers to keep things real.
Never seen her looking so great.
Very modern grace kelly, spec in the pastel dress.
Without a father figure, I would not adopt but if I did, it would have to be a girl because watching my brother get older without his father has been absolutely terrible. There is NO advantage for a boy to grow up without a father.
I would wager growing up with just a rich mother beats not having a mother OR a father. Besides there is no way of knowing how many males Charlize will have around her.
Remember how hot she looked in Two Days in the VALLEY and Devil’s Advocate? Why couldn’t she always look like that in movies.
She looks amazing. Being a mother is a wonderful thing and its nice she is able to experience it for herself.
She’s my favorite actress and hands down the most beautiful woman on earth. I want her and Ryan Gosling to date and make babies… beautiful, blonde “method acting” babies.
sigh………. Charlize… you are my Empress, Goddess, ETERNAL QUEEN.
I could write endless poetry about this woman, and im not even a poet!
LUV HER! <3
She makes me drool
God, she is so beautiful. She reminds me of Grace Kelly so much!
Breathtaking! She really is. And she’s a great actress. What a face! I agree about the shoes though.
Wow, she looks amazing! I wish they would give us a baby picture already, sheesh.