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From a farm near Benoni to an Oscar: Charlize Theron, South Africa’s first acting Academy Award winner Movies & TV From a farm near Benoni to an Oscar: Charlize Theron, South Africa’s first acting Academy Award winner Charlize Theron grew up on a farm near Benoni, South Africa. After a childhood trauma and a failed ballet career, she moved to Los Angeles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Monster in 2004, the first South African to win an acting Oscar. Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her first feature film role. She was a year out of drama school Celebrity Buzz Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her first feature film role. She was a year out of drama school Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico City to Kenyan parents and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2012. Her first feature film role, Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in March 2014. Daniel Kaluuya wrote for Skins as a teenager. At 32 he won an Oscar for playing Fred Hampton Movies & TV Daniel Kaluuya wrote for Skins as a teenager. At 32 he won an Oscar for playing Fred Hampton Daniel Kaluuya, born in London to Ugandan parents, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in April 2021 for Judas and the Black Messiah, three years after his Get Out nomination.