The Cider House Rules (1999). In 2003, she received
critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen
Wuornos in Monster, for which she won the Academy
Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African
to win an Oscar in a major acting category. She received
another Academy Award nomination for playing a
sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama
North Country (2005). Theron has since starred in several
top-grossing action films, including Hancock (2008), Snow
White and the Huntsman (2012), Prometheus (2012), Mad
Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and
Atomic Blonde (2017). She also received praise for playing
troubled women in Jason Reitman's comedy-dramas
Young Adult (2011) and Tully (2018), receiving Golden
Globe Award nominations for both films.
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