Charlize Theron — the Hollywood goddess from South Africa — didn’t rise through glamour, she rose through pain. Born in 1975 on a farm near Benoni, her childhood was far from golden. At just 15, Charlize witnessed her mother shoot and kill her abusive, alcoholic father — an act ruled as self-defense. Few ever talk about that haunting night that shaped her unbreakable strength. When she moved to the U.S. to chase a modeling dream, she had only a one-way ticket and barely spoke English. She was ev

Charlize Theron, who celebrates her 45th birthday today, is known throughout America for her acting and modeling careers, but her story actually began an ocean — and an entire language — away. | Biography