Charlize Theron showed off her shows off new shorter hairstyle while stepping out to dinner with a female pal at the restaurant, Sushi Park, in Los Angeles.

While making her way into the celebrity hotspot, tucked away on the second floor of a nondescript strip mall on Sunset Boulevard, the 47-year-old actress cut a casual figure in an oversized black leather jacket, light-wash jeans and sneakers.

For her laid-back outing, the Monster star, who recently dyed her blonde hair dark, wore her brunette locks down in a short shaggy bob. 

The mother-of-two’s friend wore a white long sleeve layered under a black sweater. 

‘I feel like I’m at a place where it is what it is,’ the Oscar winner said in September.

Stylish: While making her way into the celebrity hotspot, tucked away on the second floor of a nondescript strip mall on Sunset Boulevard, the 47-year-old actress cut a casual figure in an oversized black leather jacket, light-wash jeans and sneakers

‘Working more isn’t, I think, going to change my level of fame. It just has always been a mediocre ride. I’ve never been one of those people that’s at a Kim Kardashian level. But I feel like it’s just always been this thing.’

Charlize didn’t pull any punches as she said she believes that her star power has less currency now than it has before.

She explained: ‘I will say, back in the day, it used to be like, you want to have some of this fame so you can go make the s*** that you really want to make.

‘But now it’s like, I pitch s*** all day long and people are like, “No, thanks.” I’m like, “I guess that’s not cash in the bank anymore.” And that’s nice. It’s nice that you’re making things on the merit of how good they are versus this idea of, like, “Oh, you’re this thing, and we want to be in business with that thing.”‘

New look: For her laid-back outing, the Monster star, who recently dyed her blonde hair dark, wore her brunette locks down in a short shaggy bob

Less time working, however, does have it its benefits as she gets to spend more time with her daughters: ten-year-old Jackson and eight-year-old August. 

Charlize said that her kids are…