She grew up in a small town called Benoni and was
a member of the tribe South Soho. She was born a single child
in a very wealthy family. She learned many of the 28, (twenty-eight!)
languages she speaks from the staff on her parents' farm. When
she was 6, Charlize showed her first signs of what would be her
stardom. She began ballet and considered doing this for a career.
She continued dancing and would eventually go professional in
Johannesburg. At the age of 16 she took an offer to begin modelling
in Milan, Italy, because she'd won a local modeling contest. She
was not content with the way she was viewed as a model, so on
the last day of shooting under her current contract in New York
City, she decided she wouldn't return to Milan. Instead she began
dancing with the Joffrey school in New York, returning to her
first love. At 18, she suffered a ballet ending injury. And her
carreer ended in this field.
She bought a ticket to Hollywood and grabbed a role in "2
Days In the Valley" and quickly lost her South African
accent. She's slowly battled her way up through Hollywood ranks
to the title of "starring actress" with roles in "The
Cider House Rules", "The Astronaut's Wife", "Mighty
Joe Young", and more. She's had roles in tons of the great
movies of this and the past decade.
