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Born
August 7, 1975, in Benoni, South Africa, Charlize is a dancer,
stunning model, and star actress. Charlize experienced a thoroughly
rural upbringing, born and raised on the Benoni farm. Her
hard working parents, who owned both a road construction company
and a farm, instilled genuine family values in her.
At age 6, young Charlize
began studying ballet, a pursuit that would command her attention
throughout her adolescent years. |
Whenever she was not dancing,
she devoted her free time to a consuming passion for American movies.
Her early exposure was at a drive-in theater which was a 45-minute
drive down the road from the family farm. Charlize was able to convince
her parents to purchase a VCR, and her dreams of acting began to
emerge. Charlize's particular favorite was Tom Hanks in the romance
"Splash", which caused the wide eyed teenager to develop
a huge crush on the hunky Hanks.
Charlize's study of ballet
landed her at a school for the performing arts in Johannesburg,
where she sat in on drama classes. As a result of this casual interface,
the stunning teenager stumbled upon a modeling contest, which she
entered and won. To her surprise, an Italian fashion scout viewed
her at this contest, and offered her a modeling contract in Milan.
Charlize was met by only moderate success on the runways of Milan,
and was unable to land any serious major modeling contracts.
Charlize grabbed at an opportunity
with an American magazine that flew her to New York for a photo
shoot. She later told one interviewer, "I went, did their job,
and never made it back to the airport. I was just too thrilled to
be in New York." On her own in New York at age 18, Charlize
found herself continually intimidated by the city's maze of towering
skyscrapers, and the inclement winter weather in the Big Apple.
Falling back upon her dance training, she found a spot in the Joffrey
Ballet, which proved short lived. Her childhood passion was abruptly
ended when a career ending knee injury forced her to fall back on
modeling.
Charlize's mother, who recalled
her passion for cinema, suggested her intrepid daughter go to Southern
California. Arriving in Los Angeles, Charlize checked into a low
rent motel and spent the next two weeks wandering around town in
an attempt to make connections. Charlize's big break came at a bank
with the final check from her various employments in New York City.
The bank teller refused to cash the check because it was drawn on
an out-of-state bank, and Charlize threw an impressive tantrum.
Lucky for her, Hollywood
talent manager John Crosby happened to be standing in line behind
her. He helpfully explaining that she could cash her out-of-state
check at any post office, and then asked if she were, perchance,
an actress. Charlize, quite aggravated and somewhat flustered, replied
that she fully intended to become one someday. Crosby, who earlier
in his career had discovered Rene Russo at a Rolling Stones concert,
offered her his card. Charlize, discovering that John Crosby was
entirely reputable, got in touch with him, and he agreed to take
her on as a client. It would be a sure bet that the uncooperative
teller or bank manager would gladly cash Charlize's paychecks today.
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