Charlize Theron shaves off hair

Charlize Theron has shaved her hair into a short crop.

The 36-year-old actress was photographed sporting the new style while carrying son Jackson, six months, in Beverly Hills.

Charlize's new look is for her role as Furiosa in 'Mad Max 4: Fury Road' according to her representative.

She and Tom Hardy, 34, were first attached to the film in 2009 but it was postponed after a number of production setbacks.

She Us Weekly: "It's been three years: It's time to skin this cat already! I'm very excited about it.

"The original 'Mad Max' created such a vivid world, so to go back and re-imagine it and re-play in that sandbox sounds like fun to me. It's a really challenging piece of material."

Charlize's latest movies 'Snow White and the Huntsman' and 'Prometheus' earned a combined $73 million in the United States this weekend.

Meanwhile, a 'Snow White' sequel has been commissioned with Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth both set to reprise their roles as the titular characters.

She continued: "With everything from 'Young Adult' to 'Prometheus', I feel very creatively satisfied, especially going in to 'Mad Max'. I feel very lucky."

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