Charlize Theron, who stars as a Florida serial killer in the upcoming independent film "Monster" and then will star opposite Geoffrey Rush in an HBO Films project about the late actor Peter Sellers, has purchased a beachfront Malibu home.
The actress paid close to $3.4 million, according to a real estate mailer and area residents.
Theron purchased a three-bedroom, more than 2,000-square-foot home, which was built in 1930 but recently remodeled. The house, with 40 feet of beachfront, also has a large deck.
The model-turned-actress, 27, was born and raised in South Africa. She appeared in "The Cider House Rules" (1999) and co-starred with Ben Affleck in "Reindeer Games" (2000). The same year she starred with Matt Damon and Will Smith in Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance."
In 2002, she co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton in the comedy "Waking Up in Reno" and co-starred with Kevin Bacon in the drama "Trapped."
"Monster" is due out in November. The HBO film, in which she plays one of Peter Sellers' wives, Swedish actress and former James Bond girl Britt Ekland, is expected to be filmed in London soon.
Country-English is no longer her style
Rachel Hunter, the New Zealand-born model-actress who posed for the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2003 DVD" and is a pundit on the ABC-TV talent show "Are You Hot? The Search for America's Sexiest People," has sold her Beverly Hills-area home on 1.2 acres of park-like grounds for slightly less than its $2.95-million asking price.
Hunter, 33, had owned the house since she separated from rock star Rod Stewart in 1999 after eight years of marriage. The Country English-style home was formerly owned by actor Shadoe Stevens and leased by Roseanne.
The house, reached by way of a long driveway behind gates, has four bedroom suites and a maid's quarters in 4,500 square feet. Built in the '50s and later renovated, the house opens onto a pool and a tennis court.
Hunter reportedly moved into a nearby $2.4-million home with seven bedrooms, a gym, a spa and a sports court.
Anthony Marguleas of A.M. Realty represented the buyer, a businesswoman. Asher Dann and Tatiana Moleva-Rouchon of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills, had the listing, sources said.
Tinker's Bel-Air homestead for sale
TV icon Grant Tinker's Bel-Air home of 14 years has come on the market at $9.9 million. The industry legend plans to stay in the L.A. area.
