: Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress, producer, and former model born on August 7, 1975, in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. She trained as a ballet dancer before moving to Hollywood and winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her physically and emotionally transformative performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003). She received a second Oscar nomination for North Country and has starred in Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, Tully, Long Shot, The Old Guard, and the Fast & Furious franchise. Theron founded the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and is a committed humanitarian.