Theron’s journey from johannesburg to Hollywood
South Africans on Tuesday noted Charlize Theron’s latest success, but some could not resist raking up the dark past of the former model who left the country a traumatised teenager
South Africans on Tuesday noted Charlize Theron’s latest success, but some could not resist raking up the dark past of the former model who left the country a traumatised teenager.
“South Africa’s Golden Girl,†“Boeremeisie makes good†and “Monster’s triumph,†were among the headlines hailing her recent Golden Globe as best actress in the film Monster. She has also been nominated for an Oscar as best actress in Monster.
One radio host devoted much of her talk show to analysing Theron’s reaction at winning the award.
“This is crazy. I’m from a farm in South Africa. This is insane,†she yelped at the recent awards ceremony in Beverly Hills when at the start of her acceptance speech.
The 28-year old blonde former model was born in Benoni on Johannesburg’s East Rand. She made her international debut as a model after winning the local New Model Today competition in the early 1990s before settling in Los Angeles to pursue a film career.
Theron chose not to disclose that her mother shot and killed her father when he tried to attack the two in a drunken rage, the Johannesburg Star newspaper reminded its readers.
It was only fairly recently that she admitted her version –– that she had lost her father in a car accident –– was not the truth.
In a syndicated column headlined “I saw her golden globesâ€, former South African Playboy editor Jeremy Gordin meanwhile recalled his encounter with the actress.
In 1994, she and her mother Gerda walked into his office to present her portfolio with a view to securing a spot as the magazine’s first Playmate. Gordin was about to break the news that the publisher had rejected her as “clearly not well-endowed enough “when “she whipped off her T-shirt, under which she wore no braâ€.
“Theron got the job with immediate effect,†he wrote. The determined young model was clearly destined for other things.
dpa
“South Africa’s Golden Girl,†“Boeremeisie makes good†and “Monster’s triumph,†were among the headlines hailing her recent Golden Globe as best actress in the film Monster. She has also been nominated for an Oscar as best actress in Monster.
One radio host devoted much of her talk show to analysing Theron’s reaction at winning the award.
“This is crazy. I’m from a farm in South Africa. This is insane,†she yelped at the recent awards ceremony in Beverly Hills when at the start of her acceptance speech.
The 28-year old blonde former model was born in Benoni on Johannesburg’s East Rand. She made her international debut as a model after winning the local New Model Today competition in the early 1990s before settling in Los Angeles to pursue a film career.
Theron chose not to disclose that her mother shot and killed her father when he tried to attack the two in a drunken rage, the Johannesburg Star newspaper reminded its readers.
It was only fairly recently that she admitted her version –– that she had lost her father in a car accident –– was not the truth.
In a syndicated column headlined “I saw her golden globesâ€, former South African Playboy editor Jeremy Gordin meanwhile recalled his encounter with the actress.
In 1994, she and her mother Gerda walked into his office to present her portfolio with a view to securing a spot as the magazine’s first Playmate. Gordin was about to break the news that the publisher had rejected her as “clearly not well-endowed enough “when “she whipped off her T-shirt, under which she wore no braâ€.
“Theron got the job with immediate effect,†he wrote. The determined young model was clearly destined for other things.
dpa