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Charlize Theron Charlize recalled how she got an agent and her experience with acting class.

Season 10, Episode 1006

Original Airdate: January 18, 2004

Charlize Theron hails from South Africa. She came to the United States in pursuit of a spot in a ballet company. Although an injury left her sidelined, she began taking acting lessons and her film career soon took off.

Starting with an un-credited part in Children of the Corn III, she has since played roles in That Thing You Do!, The Devil's Advocate, and The Cider House Rules, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild nomination. Most recently, Theron can be seen in The Italian Job and Monster.

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