Charlize Theron Urging Pals To Vote For Barack Obama 6/25/08

Charlize Theron has been privately campaigning for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama among her own circle of friends.

The South African-born actress, who recently became an American citizen, has been a supporter of the Democratic candidate for months.

She will be using her first U.S. vote in the November (08) elections and admits she has been urging her Republican-voting pals to reconsider their choice.

She says, "I think everybody knows I'm backing Barack Obama. There's certain things about him that I find truly inspiring. "After his speech on race, I emailed a few people I knew who are probably going to vote Republican and suggested that they really listen to that speech."