Theron won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. “Theron” is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as “Tronn”, although she has said that the way it is pronounced in South Africa is “Thrown”. Her father died on 21 June 1991, after he was shot by Theron’s mother. Theron attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein). in New York, she attended the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer until a knee injury closed this career path at 19. As Theron recalled in 2008, Intending now to work in movies, Theron flew to Los Angeles, California, on a one-way ticket her mother bought her. She later fired him as her manager after he kept sending her scripts for films similar to Showgirls and Species. After several months in the city, she was cast in her first film part, a non-speaking role in the direct-to-video film Children of the Corn III (1995).

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She grew up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg. Theron’s father, who suffered from alcoholism, physically attacked her mother and threatened both women while being drunk. Theron attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein). She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress. in February 2006, she and her loan-out corporation were sued by Weil for breach of contract.

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The shooting was legally adjudged to have been self-defence and her mother faced no charges. During her early months there, she went to a bank to cash a cheque her mother had sent her to help with the rent. When the teller refused to cash it, Theron immediately started a shouting match with her. Afterwards, a talent agent in line behind her handed her his business card and subsequently introduced her to some casting agents and also an acting school. She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress. On 4 December 2009, Theron co-presented the draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, accompanied by several other celebrities of South African origin.