Charlize Theron

Given she is one of the most glamorous women in Hollywood, the pressure has always been on Oscar-winner Charlize to maintain a certain image. But as the South African-born actress looks ahead to her 50th birthday on 7 August, she has a positive attitude towards ageing. “I think, like many women, I was judgmental towards women as they aged,” she has said. “Women, in our society, are compartmentalised so that we start to feel as though we’re cut flowers, and after a while, we will wilt. I realise ...