Charlize, 32, who grew up just outside Johannesburg, experienced violence first-hand when, aged 15, she witnessed her mother shoot her abusive father dead.

“There’s something to be said for coming from a country in turmoil,” she tells next month’s GQ magazine.

“It made me resilient. When you come from a harsh landscape you have to get on with it. There’s not a lot of whining about s***.”

Shame not more stars are blessed with such wisdom...