10 celebrities who overcame a complicated childhood

Psychologists claim that complicated life situations, in many ways, shape the personality of the individual. Many celebrities faced serious problems in childhood: a life in a caravan, work from the age of 5, running away from home… Difficulties did not become an obstacle, they only strengthened them and helped them to become what they are today.

O awesome.club tells in this post the stories of a not so simple childhood of certain stars. Reading them, you’ll think: since they’ve overcome these tests and reached the top, definitely all of us can face anything in life.

Charlize Theron was the first African-born actress to receive an Academy Award for a leading role.

Charlize grew up on a farm in South Africa and at the age of 15 was a direct witness to a tragedy: her mother shot her father in self-defense in front of her. “I think this situation greatly influenced my adult life … It was difficult, in childhood, to live with an alcoholic and wake up not knowing what could happen to me”, confessed the actress.

At age 16, she began a long career as a model. She once won a contest that took her traveling across Europe, where talent agent John Crosby took an interest in the young woman and took her to Hollywood.

Tom Cruise, who started his career at the age of 19, has become one of the most famous actors in the world. In an interview, Tom confessed to being grateful for having lived a difficult childhood for the experience it entailed. A father who did not respect his mother, added to poverty, turned the actor into what he is today.

His parents divorced when he was 12 years old. Tom stayed with his mother. To support her four children, she constantly worked two or three services and the children worked too. But the actor’s mother happily got married soon, and Tom began acting in theatrical productions. He got his first lead role in the movie Risky Business 🇧🇷risky business) when he was 21, kickstarting his acting career.

Hilary Swank, one of the most famous actresses of our time, has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress (in 2000 and 2005).

Her career began as a girl doing odd jobs. Hilary and her mother had little financial resources and, without a home of their own, spent the night in their car or at friends’ houses. At school, Hilary was cruelly humiliated because of her poverty. Now, as an adult, she says, “I knew from childhood what it means to be an outcast.”

At the age of 15, she started working as an actress in insignificant roles. She landed her first major role at age 20 in the film Karate Kid 4 – The new adventure🇧🇷

Rose McGowan, the star of the series young witches, is the daughter of a writer and an artist. Her father joined the “Sons of God” sect and took his wife and six children with him. It was a community absolutely closed to the outside world.

When she was 10, she and her mother fled the community and moved to Washington. There, Rose’s mother met a man who convinced her that her daughter was addicted to drugs and sent her to a rehabilitation clinic for her alleged addiction. A year later, she ran away from there and refused to be taken care of by her parents. So she moved in with her grandmother, entered Hollywood art school, and there, at age 14, she took the acting world seriously.

Demi Moore was the first Hollywood actress to receive fees of more than $10 million for a film and was nominated for a Golden Globe.

During childhood, the actress’s family moved all the time. Demi once estimated that, at this stage, the family has lived in about 30 cities.

His mother drank, and there were always scandals and quarrels in their house. At age 16, Demi ran away from her parents and left school to pursue the worlds of fashion and acting. So, she was saved by musician Freddy Moore, her first husband, who took her to Hollywood.

Gérard Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of Quebec, a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit and one of the most beloved French actors of our time. He comes from a simple and poor family: his father was a scrap metal dealer who couldn’t read or write.

His family practically lived on social security alone, which was clearly not enough for 6 children. Depardieu grew up skinny and shy, stuttered and had very poor diction. He began to study boxing and even practiced several sports. One day, accidentally, he entered an amateur theater club: that’s how he started his acting career.

Leighton Meester, the American actress who played one of the lead roles in gossip Girl, was practically born in a prison. His mother was serving a sentence for breaking the law. After giving birth, she was allowed to spend three months with the baby. After that period, she returned to prison and Leighton was raised by her grandmother.

As a child, he participated in local theater productions, and at the age of 11, he moved to New York with his mother, starting his career in earnest.

Of her mother’s past, Leighton states, “I realized that you can’t judge anyone, especially your parents, because of something they did in the past, people change.” Despite such a serious mistake, the actress does not blame her mother for anything.

Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Carrie Bradshaw on the series sex in the cityis an actress with a fortune estimated at 100 million dollars.

She confesses that, because of her poor childhood, she was unable to overcome her fear of poverty. In a family of 8 children, money was catastrophically scarce. Above all, Sarah feared the lack of food. When she started her career, she first sought financial security and put fame on the back burner.

From the age of 6, he began to earn money by acting. At 14, she was performing in Broadway shows at night, and in the afternoons she worked as a sales assistant. At age 18, she landed her first film role (Somewhere, Tomorrow🇧🇷 This is how his professional career really started.

Céline Dion is currently one of the most popular singers in the world. She came from a large and poor family: she is the fourteenth child.

From the age of 5, he helped support his family by singing in a small restaurant where his parents were in charge.

At the age of 12, Céline recorded her first song: her manager and future husband, René Angélil, financed the recording by putting their house as collateral. This is how the singer’s career began. Since the first recording, she has become a star in the French-speaking world.

Jennifer Lopez is a singer, stylist, producer and the first Latin American actress to earn a million dollars for a movie (Irresistible Passion🇧🇷

The actress’s parents were emigrants from Puerto Rico: her mother, a teacher, her father, a programmer. Her parents feared that she would give in to the pernicious influence of the streets and at age 5 they sent her to a Catholic girls’ school.

When, in her youth, Jennifer decided to become an actress, her parents did not support her: they wanted their daughter to study. But Jennifer left home and participated in several casting tests. Because of her origin, at first, the producers were slow to give her roles. She even slept a few nights at dance academies. Her acting career started to improve in 1997 when she landed the lead role in the film Selena🇧🇷

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