Award-winning actress Charlize Theron has admitted she had sexual relations with women during her younger years.

Charlize Theron had sexual relations with women during her younger years.

The Academy Award-winning actress has admitted to sexually experimenting earlier in her life – but Charlize insisted she “really like dudes”.

During an appearance on ‘Watch What Happens Live’, Charlize – who stars in an X-rated lesbian love scene in new movie ‘Atomic Blonde’ – was asked if she ever “took a dip in the lady pond”, and she replied: “Ooh. When I was younger, yes.

“When you’re young, you’re exploring it all. But, it was pretty clear that I really like dudes.”

The 41-year-old beauty also thinks bisexual love is under-represented in movies.

Asked whether it was important for her ‘Atomic Blonde’ character to be bisexual, Charlize said: “Why not? It should be normalised by now. It’s something not represented enough in cinema.”

Earlier this month, meanwhile, Charlize admitted to having gone on a date with a “really cool dude”.

The Hollywood actress – who ended her engagement to Sean Penn in June 2016 – confirmed she is back in the dating game, but refused to reveal the identity of her new man.

Charlize shared: “I went on a date maybe, like, a month ago. I had a great date, I’ve got to tell you. I had an incredible date. This guy really impressed me.

“We went for a nine-mile hike in the middle of the night. It was a full moon. But I was really impressed. It was fun.”

Charlize remained coy about her unnamed man, but admitted she enjoyed spending time with him, describing their date as “fun”.

She explained: “I’m not going to say where we met, but we ended up going for a walk … It was just really fun. He was super-funny.

“I think he’s just a really cool dude. It was super private … that’s what made it so much fun, too.”