Sunday, October 12, 2008
Charlize Theron born in Benoni, South Africa the daughter and only child of Charles and Gerda Theron, was born on born August 7, 1975.
At the age of 16, Theron traveled to Milan, Italy, on a one-year modeling contract, after winning a local competition. She went to New York with Pauline's Model Management. She decided to remain after her contract ended, attending the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer. A knee injury closed this career path when Theron was 19.
Unable to dance, she went to Los Angeles. During her early months there, she went to a bank to cash a check her mother had sent her to help with the rent. When the teller refused to cash it, Theron immediately started into a shouting match with her. Afterwards, a talent agent in line behind her handed her his business card and subsequently introduced her to some casting agents and also an acting school.
She was cast in her first film part, a non-speaking role in the film Children of the Corn III. Her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s with box office successes like- The Devils Advocate, Mighty Joe Young, The Cider House Rules. Theron starred as the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Film critic called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema. For this role, Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
The following is Theron's dating tree -
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