LOS ANGELES: English fashion model-actress Cara Delevingne has compared herself to Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron.

The 22-year-old defended her acting abilities and compared herself to Theron, who also began life as a model before launching a screen career and went on to win an Oscar, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The Paper Towns actress told Channel Ten’s The Project, “You know Charlize Theron, there are so many amazing actresses who have been models. And like her in that movie Monster, those are the kind of roles I want to play.”

She also revealed, swapping the catwalk for the big screen made her feel like she had been “born again”. She said, “It’s just a whole different thing. I literally feel like it’s a different part of my life now. I feel like I’ve kind of been born again.”

She is set to star in Suicide Squad.