Does Charlize Theron speak another language?
Does Charlize Theron speak another language?
Theron, 47, who revealed she only learned to speak English fluently when she moved to the United States at 19, said there’s “about 44 people still speaking” Afrikaans. “It’s definitely a dying language, it’s not a very helpful language,” she told hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
Is Charlize Theron Afrikaans?
She is from an Afrikaner family, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. Her French forebears were early Huguenots in South Africa. “Theron” is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as [trɔn]. She grew up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg.
Is Charlize Theron Dutch?
Charlize Theron is a South African film actress with French, Dutch and German ancestry. Her parents were Gerda Maritz and Charles Theron. She was born and lived on a farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg, South Africa until her father was killed by her mother in a drunken brawl in 1991 when Charlize was 15 years old.
Where is Charlize Theron accent?
Charlize Theron is from South Africa. Therefore, her accent is South African, not American. Why can so few actors get the South African English accents right?
