VIDEO : Charlize Theron Says That Her Beauty Has Often Worked Against Her

Today Your source for all things celebrity and entertainment. Beauty isn't everything. It's a fact Charlize Theron knows all too well. The actress has become known in the film industry for rejecting parts that that trade on her beauty. It's served her well, as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2004 after she put on 30 lbs. and wore prosthetics to portray serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster . She earned her second Oscar nomination in 2006 for her role as a gritty iron miner in North Country .