12 Immigrants Who Made American Entertainment Great

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2 Charlize Theron Lights Up the Big Screen Charlize Theron is a successful actress and film producer She was born on August 7 1975 in Benoni South Africa Her parents owned a farm and ran a road construction company Her first language was Afrikaans At age six Theron started taking ballet lessons At 18 she won a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City She wanted to be a ballet dancer But a knee injury meant she could never have a career in dance Theron decided to try acting She moved to Hollywood in California She soon discovered that her South African accent made it hard to get acting roles She learned to speak with an American accent 2003 she starred in a movie called Monster She won the Academy Award for Best Actress Theron has starred in many movies since then 6 She began with small parts Bigger parts followed In She also helps people in need In 2007 she started the Charlize