Her full name is Charliza Theron Maritz, but everyone knows her as Charlize Theron. She was born in 1975 in South Africa, but she lived her whole life in the United States, where she was nationalized. She began her career in the modeling world when she won a contest at the age of 16 that led her to settle in Italy with her mother. She also studied ballet in New York until a knee injury made her abandon that discipline when she was 19.
How did she get into Hollywood? During a heated discussion with a cashier at a bank, a talent agent saw the situation and handed her his card. From there she began to participate in different castings and films in supporting roles. Her career began in the 90s when she debuted on the big screen with The Devil's Advocate, alongside Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. In 2013, she participated in the drama Monster, which earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar award for best actress. In 2018, we saw her in another great transformation when she starred in Tully, showing a side of motherhood no one talks about.
On the other hand, we have another Leo: Michael Shannon, born in Lexington, Kentucky in the United States in 1974. The son of divorced parents, he lived part of his life in Kentucky and another part in Chicago, where he began his acting career and he helped found the Red Orchid Theater group. He was interested in architecture, but he also took piano lessons and played the viola, bass, and double bass.
Shannon made his film debut with a small role in Groundhog Day in 1993, and he then participated in Pearl Harbor, 8 Mile and Vanilla Sky. He was nominated for the 2017 Oscar Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Nocturnal Animals. He also stood out in other titles like The current War, 12 Strong, and What They Had.
Happy birthday to both of them!
