Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, on August 7, 1975. She grew up on a farm near Benoni and, at the age of 13, began attending a boarding school to study ballet. At 16 years old she moved to Milan to work as a model and two years later to New York City to study at the Joffrey Ballet School. She later attained U.S. citizenship.
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