The Truth About Jackson - I Actually Have Two Daughters

The actress opens up about her family life

- Jenny Cooney

Charlize Theron has played a lot of badass roles in her career, but none come close to her part as a fiercely devoted single mum to her children, Jackson, seven, and three year-old August.

The Oscar-winning actress, whose romantic comedy Long Shot hits Kiwi cinemas this week, has never made apologies for her eldest son Jackson being photographed in dresses and skirts, as well as wearing braided hair.

And last week, the Tully star lifted the lid on Jackson’s identity. “I actually have two daughters,” Charlize confirms.

“I thought he was a boy too until she looked at me when she was three years old and said, ‘I am not a boy’ – so there you go!”

The South African-born beauty doesn’t shy away from the gender change, but her protective instincts towards the child she adopted from her homeland as a single mother in 2012 are obvious.

“Jackson is very little and I want to protect her privacy,” tells the Oscar winner. “But yes, now I have two beautiful daughters.”