Charlize Theron
Actress Charlize Theron was born in South Africa and grew up in her parents’ farm near Johannesburg. Although in her childhood she was tending to livestock as part of her chores on the family farm, Theron always had a passion for dancing. At the age of sixteen, she was offered a modeling job and moved with her mother to Italy. She worked as a model for a year, traveling throughout Europe, until her mother and her moved to the U.S and settled there.
While she worked as a model, Theron never lost her passion for dancing, and so when in the U.S, she joined the Joffrey Ballet school. Her dream of becoming a professional dancer shattered when she injured her knee and realized she couldn’t dance anymore. Theron then decided on a new career path as an actress, which wasn’t too different than the one she had in mind. She moved to L.A, where she was quickly discovered by a talent agent.