Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron grew up on her parents' farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg, South Africa. Her name is of French origin and was spelled Theron.
In 1991, Charlize was 15 years old.
Charlize Theron isn't afraid to talk about her difficult childhood. While promoting her latest film, "Bombshell," the 44-year-old Oscar-winning actress opened up about a traumatic event from her past: her mother, Gerda, shot and killed her father, Charles, when she was 15 in South Africa. Her father was an alcoholic and often violent at home.