As one of Hollywood’s most versatile actresses, Charlize Theron is a chameleon when it comes to her “look” for any given movie role, she seems to have an almost magical ability to change her appearance to the point of being unrecognizable. All one has to do is contrast the looks she took on for her roles in “The Astronaut’s Wife”, “Monster”, and “North Country” to see just how adaptable her look can be.

But through it all, off-screen, the Hollywood leading lady is always stunning. She has a wholesome, alluring beauty. With an oval face and dewy skin playing backdrop to glistening, jewel-bright eyes, Ms. Theron is another homage to the “naturally beautiful” starlets of previous eras. For my mind she seems a cross between Kim Novak and Marilyn Monroe – a brilliant talent with sultry, sexy elements, and brains to boot.

And just like on-screen, Ms. Theron has had a myriad of dissimilar looks off-screen. Sometimes the looks come as a result of on-screen persona she’s undertaken, while at other times the looks seem to be an attempt to “reset” herself after some strong change in a role.

While normally, our “evolutions” features follow a sequential order, today we are taking a different approach. In part, this is because many of the resource photos available were not documented for the date in which that were taken and therefore I cannot promise accuracy. However, it is also due to the fact that Ms. Theron’s looks have tended to vascillate back and forth in lengths and other styling rudiments so that the reader would end up feeling like a yo-yo.

We examine Charlize Theron’s face and see that she has an oval face, although she does have some elements that need to be taken into account when choosing a style. The areas that can present difficulties for her are her forehead, which is wide and somewhat square along the hairline, and her chin, which can appear somewhat sharp and small. Neither of these factors are significant enough to cause major problems in selecting a style. Keeping them in mind, let’s look at Ms. Theron’s many style choices by breaking them down into categories, using the following criteria:
 
Short Hair

Charlize Theron short hairstyle Charlize Theron with curly short hair Charlize Theron with super short hair       Some of Charlize Theron’s film roles have required her to cut her hair, as in the case of “The Astronaut’s Wife” which was a revisioning of the classic Ira Levin tale “Rosrmary’s Baby”. She is more than able of pulling off a gamine short hairstyle, to be perfectly honest, the super-short style above could use some added length in the foreground/fringe area and a rounded cut line in order to better balance the forehead and to oppose the sharp point of the chin.

Our second photo is another short style, but one that is considerably longer than the previous cut. Notice how the added length, undefined, asymmetrical parting and big waves all combine to soften the features. The curved lines at the upper corner of the face serve to minimize the size of the forehead while balancing the chin.

In the third image above, we observe yet one more short style – one which is approaching middle-lengths – that combines some of the best of all possible elements. The smooth sweeping lines and waves accentuate the curves of the face, while providing balance to the features. All-in-all it is a very professional, yet bodily look – one which could be dressed up with a little more curl if one needed to attend a glamorous function.