Charlize Theron

Left her native South Africa in 1991, the same year that her mother shot and killed Charlize's father in self-defense. Won a modeling contest in Italy at the age of 16. Studied with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City for eight months. First attracted the attention of talent manager John Crosby with a tirade in a Los Angeles-area bank after a teller refused to cash her out-of-state check. Made her feature-film debut in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), playing a sexy villain who engages in a bruising… Show more fight scene with Teri Hatcher. Starred with real-life boyfriend Stuart Townsend in 2004's Head in the Clouds . ~ Rovi

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