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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.