Charlize Theron - Celebrity Pictures

Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. She is best-known for her portrayal as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress.

She grew up on her parents’ farm near Johannesburg, and attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein). At the age of thirteen, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School Of The Arts in Johannesburg. At fifteen, she witnessed the death of her father, an abusive alcoholic; Gerda (her mother) shot him in self-defense when he attacked her.

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