Thandie Newton is to put her acting skills to good use - passing on her talent to children in the slums of South Africa.
The Crash star is to teach acting at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy, a boarding school for girls growing up in poverty in the country.
British-born Newton says, "I am really looking forward to it as it's such a great scheme and it's nice to give something back."
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls opened in January 2007 after the country's former president, Nelson Mandela, asked the TV mogul to help support educational causes in South Africa.
Last week the Bafta winning actress annoiced a change in her career as she planned to move into script writing.
She says of her first movie, "It's a comedy feature film. It's been really nice to do that: be at home, be around the kids.
"It's just a really nice lifestyle - I've been doing other, smaller jobs to supplement it and so on.
"Now I see why Ol's been doing it for so long, it's absolutely great."
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