South African actress Charlize Theron makes her 6th appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine. The 38yr old actress looks ready for summer posed against a palm tree with beach swept hair and a form-fitting blue dress. Inside the pages, the usually private star finally opened up about her unexpected romance with actor Sean Penn. Photographer Mario Testino captured the Hollywood A-lister in a series of beautiful action packed shots could easily be stills from an action movie.

‘It just kind of naturally happened,’ she said of her blossoming relationship with the actor, 53. ‘And before I knew it, I was in something that was making my life better – the people who really love me can see the effect it has had on me.’