Charlize Theron has already won an Oscar and a Golden Globe – now she is Esquire magazine’s sexiest woman alive for 2007.
Past winners of the title include Jessica Biel, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson.
In the latest issue Theron talks about growing up on a farm, her political interests and her work.
She also covers her latest movie, In the Valley of Elah, a murder mystery set among US troops newly returned from Iraq.
“I wanted to make the movie precisely because it evades formulas about guilt,” the 32-year-old actress said. “I’m drawn to ambiguity.”
Theron also candidly discussed her least favourite film, Reindeer Games.
“That was a bad, bad, bad movie,” she said. “But … I got to work with John Frankenheimer. I wasn’t lying to myself – that’s why I did it.”
Theron won an Oscar for her role in 2003’s Monster for playing serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Her screen credits also include North Country and The Cider House Rules.