Charlize Theron
Theron did what lots of young people do. She decided to move to Los Angeles to make it big in showbusiness. However, she didn't come from an affluent background, and as an 18-year-old, she wasn't able to find a place that would accept her as a renter. So, she stayed in a hotel and watched her measly savings slip between her fingers while she got ghosted by every "talent scout" she approached...
Divine Intervention
One day, Theron was trying to cash a $500 check that she got from her mother back in South Africa. The teller refused, assuming that the check was forged. Theron was arguing with the teller when a nice man named John Crosby, who just so happened to be a talent agent, offered to be her co-signer on the check. He then helped her find acting gigs and she landed her first movie role within one year of that serendipitous meeting.