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Biographical
Information |
Full
Name: |
Charlie |
Height: |
5'
9" |
Birthplace: |
Benoni,
South Africa |
Date
of Birth: |
7
August 1975 |
Husband/Partner: |
still
dating |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
"I
was always Mama's girl, and I always felt like
her protector." |
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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.
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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. She was almost cast in the
lead role in "Showgirls" (going instead to Elizabeth
Berkley) which she credits as a blessing. We all know
Berkley is down for the count.
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Films:
The Husband I Bought (2003)
The Italian Job (2003)
Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Trapped (2002)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
15 Minutes (2001)
Sweet November (2001)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Men of Honor (2000)
The Yards (2000)
Reindeer Games (2000)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Celebrity (1998)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Trial and Error (1997)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Children of the Corn III (1994)
Made for
TV:
Hollywood Confidential (1997)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
None
Cartoon Voices:
None
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