Editing Charlize Theron (section)

===Health concerns===
Theron often quips that she has more injuries on sets that are not action films;<ref name="tullyGMA">{{cite AV media |date=4 May 2018 |title=Charlize Theron opens up about 'Tully' live on 'GMA' |medium=Television interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQjvAieNzQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/UJQjvAieNzQ| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|format=Television interview |time=4:21–5:17 |publisher=[[Good Morning America]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> however, while filming ''[[Æon Flux (film)|Æon Flux]]'' in [[Berlin]], Theron suffered a [[spinal disc herniation|herniated disc]] in her neck, caused by a fall while filming a series of back [[Handspring (gymnastics)|handsprings]]. It required her to wear a [[cervical collar|neck brace]] for a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/aeonflux/a/aeonct071705.htm|title=Charlize Theron Talks About Starring in "Aeon Flux" |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |publisher=[[Dotdash|About.com]] |access-date=23 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514214527/http://movies.about.com/od/aeonflux/a/aeonct071705.htm |archive-date=14 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Her thumb [[ligament]] tore during filming of ''The Old Guard'' when her thumb caught in another actor's jacket during a fight scene, which required three operations and six months in a thumb brace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron Revealed Why She Was Wearing a Thumb Brace on Jimmy Kimmel Live |url=https://www.thumbbrace.org/charlize-theron-revealed-why-she-was-wearing-a-thumb-brace-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |website=thumbbrace.org |date=3 November 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510103242/https://www.thumbbrace.org/charlize-theron-revealed-why-she-was-wearing-a-thumb-brace-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |archive-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Charlize Theron underwent three surgeries to fix shattered thumb |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-underwent-three-surgeries-to-fix-shattered-thumb/ar-AAIRiFu |date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510102530/https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-underwent-three-surgeries-to-fix-shattered-thumb/ar-AAIRiFu |archive-date=10 May 2020 |url-status=live |quote=on Tuesday's episode of ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', the Oscar winner went into more detail, revealing she tore the ligament off the bone of her thumb. "I was doing a film in London... I was fighting a very big guy and he had an armoured vest on, and my thumb got stuck inside his vest and he decided to make a sharp move and my whole thumb just went back... I fell to my knees and cried like a girl." }}</ref><ref name="injuries">{{cite news |author1=Ale Russian |title=Charlize Theron Explains How She Injured Her Hand 'Fighting a Very Big Guy' in a New Movie |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-explains-she-injured-181226180.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALPScVTOjfqPKdX5J0E1ZWlsZ6l8ohuVSxe9Qi4bNNvZY8t-gjr8tELrcOHQSNP9rGWTfatrNEDJQNfzd8SRYgrd8WrzKxU-xz84yzsvh-N86lbKqDeBxkdkN9RMBsneK_Y1r4QxfEzvV8WmgI5OTY7jXV66AZSsdwkLJJOzr_KG |publisher=[[Yahoo News]]/[[People Magazine]] |date=9 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510102448/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-explains-she-injured-181226180.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALPScVTOjfqPKdX5J0E1ZWlsZ6l8ohuVSxe9Qi4bNNvZY8t-gjr8tELrcOHQSNP9rGWTfatrNEDJQNfzd8SRYgrd8WrzKxU-xz84yzsvh-N86lbKqDeBxkdkN9RMBsneK_Y1r4QxfEzvV8WmgI5OTY7jXV66AZSsdwkLJJOzr_KG |archive-date=10 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> During the filming of ''Atomic Blonde'' she broke teeth from clenching her jaw,<ref>{{cite AV media |date=20 July 2017 |title=Charlize Theron on playing an empowered female protagonist: 'I had to work my booty off' |medium=Television interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvhQsavXpg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/azvhQsavXpg| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|time=4:20–5:08 |publisher=[[Good Morning America]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and had dental surgery to remove them: "I had the removal and I had to put a donor bone in there to heal until I came back, and then I had another surgery to put a metal screw in there."<ref name="injuries"/>

Outside of action films, she had a herniated disk in her lower back as she filmed ''Tully'' and suffered from a depression-like state, which she theorized was the result of the [[processed food]] she had to eat for her character's [[post-natal]] body.<ref>{{cite news |title=Charlize Theron Recalls Calling Her Doctor After Struggling with Weight Gain for a Role: I Think I'm Dying!' |url=https://people.com/bodies/charlize-theron-recalls-calling-her-doctor-after-struggling-with-weight-gain-for-new-role-i-think-im-dying/ |last=Russian |first=Ale |work=People Magazine |date=11 July 2017 |quote="It was brutal in every sense", says Theron, who gained weight to play the mom of a newborn in Tully, which filmed last year. "This time around, I really felt it in my health. The sugar put me in a massive depression. I was sick. I couldn't lose the weight. I called my doctor and I said, 'I think I'm dying!' And he's like, 'No, you're 41. Calm down.'" |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727213809/https://people.com/bodies/charlize-theron-recalls-calling-her-doctor-after-struggling-with-weight-gain-for-new-role-i-think-im-dying/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{r|tullyGMA|SAGinterview|metro}} In July 2009, she was diagnosed with a serious [[Gastroenteritis|stomach virus]], thought to be contracted while overseas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531461,00.html|title=Report: Charlize Theron Hospitalized With Serious Virus|publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=11 July 2009 |access-date=10 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518231812/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531461,00.html|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275825|title=Charlize Theron Recovering From 'Unknown' Virus|work=Digital Journal|date=12 July 2009 |access-date=8 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022203206/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275825|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> While filming ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'', Theron injured her [[vocal cords]] while screaming during the [[childbirth|labour]] scenes.<ref>''The Road'' Region 1 DVD, Special feature: ''The Making of The Road''</ref> When promoting ''Long Shot'', she revealed that she laughed so hard at ''[[Borat]]'' that her neck locked for five days.<ref name="metro"/> She added that on the set of ''Long Shot'' she "ended up in the [[emergency room|ER]]" after knocking her head against a bench behind her when she was putting on [[knee pad]]s.<ref name="metro"/>