Charlize Theron
- Acting
- August 7, 1975 · Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Biography
Charlize Theron (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), for which she won the Silver Bear and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an acting Oscar. She was nominated twice more for the Oscar for portraying a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country (2005) and Megyn Kelly in the biographical drama Bombshell (2019). She received praise for playing troubled women in Jason Reitman's comedy-dramas Young Adult (2011) and Tully (2018). Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Atomic Blonde (2017), and The Old Guard (2020), as well as several Fast & Furious installments: The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021), and Fast X (2023). On television, she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Britt Ekland in the biographical film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Since the early 2000s, Theron has ventured into film production with her company Denver and Delilah Productions. She has produced numerous films, many in which she had a starring role, including The Burning Plain (2008), Dark Places (2015), and Long Shot (2019). Theron became an American citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlize Theron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Odyssey · Calypso
- The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic · Self
- Apex · Sasha, Producer
- Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
- Skip Intro · Self
- The Old Guard 2 · Andromache of Scythia / Andy, Producer
- It’s a Mad Max World · Self
- The Studio · Charlize Theron
- Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter · Producer
- High & Low – John Galliano · Self
- Hot Ones Versus · Self
- Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York · Executive producer
- Fast X · Cipher
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- Murder Mystery 2 · Executive producer
- The School for Good and Evil · Lady Lesso
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness · Clea (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness · Clea
- The Addams Family 2 · Morticia Addams (Voice)
- F9 · Cipher
- The Drew Barrymore Show · Self
- The Old Guard · Andromache of Scythia / Andy, Producer
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Fezzik
- Bombshell · Megyn Kelly, Producer
- The Addams Family · Morticia Addams (Voice), Executive producer
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Hyperdrive · Self, Executive producer
- The Boys · 'Dawn of the Seven' Stormfront (uncredited)
- Murder Mystery · Executive producer
- Long Shot · Charlotte Field, Producer
- Desus & Mero · Self
- A Private War · Producer
- Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler · Self
- Tully · Marlo Moreau, Producer
- Gringo · Elaine Markinson, Producer
- MINDHUNTER · Executive producer
- The Orville · Pria Lavesque
- Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road · Self
- Atomic Blonde · Lorraine Broughton, Producer
- Girlboss · Executive producer
- The Fate of the Furious · Cipher
- Brain on Fire · Producer
- The Last Face · Dr. Wren Petersen
- The Grand Tour · Self
- Kubo and the Two Strings · Monkey / Mother (Voice)
- Angels in Exile · Narrator
- Chelsea · Self
- The Huntsman: Winter's War · Queen Ravenna
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Mad Max: Fury Road · Imperator Furiosa
- Dark Places · Libby Day, Producer
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Nelson Mandela Redrawn · Self
- A Million Ways to Die in the West · Anna
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus · Self
- Prometheus · Meredith Vickers
- Snow White and the Huntsman · Queen Ravenna
- Young Adult · Mavis Gary
- Wikus and Charlize · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked · Self
- The Road · Mother
- Astro Boy · "Our Friends" Narrator (Voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- The Burning Plain · Sylvia / Mariana
- Hancock · Mary
- Sleepwalking · Joleen, Producer
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis · Self
- In the Valley of Elah · Detective Emily Sanders
- Battle in Seattle · Ella
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · Self
- East of Havana · Producer
- Æon Flux · Æon Flux
- The Reichen Show · Self