Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.

She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley is a 1996 film, directed by John Herzfeld. The film revolves around the events over 48 hours in the lives of a group of people who are drawn together by a murder. Several parallel storylines overlap one another in the film.-Plot:...

, Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)

The Music was composed and conduced by James Horner. The Soundtrack was released on December of the year 1998.- Tracklist :...

, The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate (film)

The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 American horror film directed by Taylor Hackford starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, and based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman....

and The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules (film)

The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on John Irving's novel of the same name. The film won two Academy Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with four other nominations at the 72nd Academy Awards...

. She received critical acclaim and an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer

Serial killer

A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...

 Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute...

 in the film Monster, for which she became the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category.