Charlize Theron, born August 7, 1975, is a South African-American actress and former fashion model. She is best-known for her portrayal as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was cast in her first film part, a non-speaking role in the direct-to-video film Children of the Corn III (1995). Larger roles in widely released Hollywood films followed, and her career skyrocketed in the late 1990s with box office successes like The Devil's Advocate , Mighty Joe Young , The Cider House Rules , North Country, Æon Flux and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers , to name a few .
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