Behind the Camera: Celebrities Open Up About Struggles They Have Been Through

Perhaps one of the most traumatic childhoods on this list belongs to one of the world’s highest-paid actresses, Charlize Theron. But you definitely wouldn’t know this just by looking at her. However, she has shown that you can work towards moving on from trauma.

The star, with an annual income of $23 million, actually grew up on her parent’s farm. When her alcoholic father came home one night and threatened to shoot her and her mother, her mother shot him to death in self-defense.