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Cape Town - South African actress and philanthropist Charlize Theron will be awarded at the twenty-third Hollywood Film Awards on Sunday.
It was announced on Tuesday that the forty-four-year-old will receive a Hollywood Career Achievement award at the prestigious event.
The star has garnered rave reviews for her performance in Bombshell, which was directed by Jay Roach.
The film details the sexual assault scandal that was headlining grabbing news a few years ago. Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman also make star turns in the dramatic Oscar hopeful about media mogul Roger Ailes.
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Charlize was born in Benoni, in Gauteng and left South Africa to find great success in Tinsel Town with a slew of career-defining roles in films like Monster and The Devil's Advocate.
The mother of two founded The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) in 2007. The organisation invests in African youth. The programme was created by the Academy Award winner, with the hope of making a difference in the fight against HIV in South Africa.
Other award recipients, according to Deadline, are:
Hollywood Actor Award: Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Hollywood Actress Award: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Hollywood Supporting Actor Award: Al Pacino, The Irishman
Hollywood Supporting Actress Award: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Hollywood Blockbuster Award: Avengers: Endgame
Hollywood Song Award: Pharrell Williams, Letter to My Godfather, from The Black Godfather
Hollywood Filmmaker Award: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Hollywood Producer Award: Emma Tillinger Koskoff, The Irishman
Hollywood Director Award: James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari
Hollywood Screenwriter Award: Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
Breakthrough Screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Breakout Actor: Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Breakout Actress: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Breakthrough Director: Olivia Wilde, Booksmart
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline.
