Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ shar-LEEZTHERR-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, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. 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 received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country (2005). Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Atomic Blonde (2017), The Old Guard (2020), F9 (2021), and Fast X (2023). She received praise for playing troubled women in Jason Reitman's comedy-dramas Young Adult (2011) and Tully (2018) and for portraying Megyn Kelly in the biographical drama Bombshell (2019), for which she received her third Academy Award nomination. Since the early 2000s, Theron has ventured into film production with her company Denver and Delilah Productions. She has produced numerous films, in many of 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. She has been honoured with a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlize Theron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Fast X as Cipher
- 2022 · The School for Good and Evil as Lady Lesso
- 2022 · Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Clea
- 2021 · The Addams Family 2 as Morticia Addams (voice)
- 2021 · F9 as Cipher
- 2020 · The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- 2020 · The Old Guard as Andromache of Scythia / Andy
- 2019 · The Addams Family as Morticia Addams (voice)
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Boys as 'Dawn of the Seven' Stormfront (uncredited)
- 2019 · Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest
- 2017 · The Orville as Pria Lavesque
- 2017 · Atomic Blonde as Lorraine Broughton
- 2017 · The Fate of the Furious as Cipher
- 2016 · The Grand Tour as Self
- 2016 · Kubo and the Two Strings as Monkey / Mother (voice)
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · The Huntsman: Winter's War as Queen Ravenna
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Anna
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2012 · Prometheus as Meredith Vickers
- 2012 · Snow White and the Huntsman as Queen Ravenna
- 2010 · RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 · Astro Boy as Narrator
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · Hancock as Mary Embrey
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as Self (archive footage from North Country)
- 2003 · Monster as Aileen Wuornos
- 2003 · Arrested Development as Rita Leeds
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Italian Job as Stella Bridger
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2000 · Men of Honor as Gwen Sunday
- 1999 · The Cider House Rules as Candy Kendall
- 1997 · The Devil's Advocate as Mary Ann Lomax
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Fast X: Part 2 as Cipher
- 2025 · The Studio as
- 2024 · High & Low – John Galliano as Self
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Clea (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Fezzik
- 2019 · Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
- 2019 · Hyperdrive as Self
- 2019 · Long Shot as Charlotte Field
- 2018 · Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler as Self
- 2018 · Tully as Marlo Moreau
- 2018 · Gringo as Elaine Markinson
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road as Self
- 2017 · The Last Face as Dr. Wren Petersen
- 2016 · Angels in Exile as Narrator
- 2015 · Take Flight as Self - Performer
- 2015 · Dark Places as Libby Day
- 2014 · Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
- 2012 · The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
- 2011 · Young Adult as Mavis Gary
- 2010 · Wikus and Charlize as Self (voice)
- 2009 · The Road as Mother
- 2008 · The Burning Plain as Sylvia / Mariana
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Joleen
- 2008 · Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Detective Emily Sanders
- 2007 · Battle in Seattle as Ella
- 2006 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 2005 · Æon Flux as Æon Flux
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · North Country as Josey Aimes
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Britt Ekland
- 2004 · Head in the Clouds as Gilda Bessé
- 2002 · Waking Up in Reno as Candy Kirkendall
- 2002 · Trapped as Karen Jennings
- 2001 · The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Laura Kensington
- 2001 · 15 Minutes as Rose Hearn
- 2001 · Sweet November as Sara Deever
- 2001 · Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Legend of Bagger Vance as Adele Invergordon
- 2000 · The Yards as Erica Soltz
- 2000 · Reindeer Games as Ashley Mercer
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1999 · The Astronaut's Wife as Jillian Armacost
- 1998 · Mighty Joe Young as Jill Young
- 1998 · Celebrity as Supermodel
- 1997 · Trial and Error as Billie Tyler
- 1997 · Hollywood Confidential as Sally
- 1996 · That Thing You Do! as Tina
- 1996 · 2 Days in the Valley as Helga Svelgen
- 1995 · Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest as Eli's Follower (uncredited)
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · Atomic Blonde 2 as Lorraine Broughton
- Future · The Old Guard 2 as Andromache of Scythia / Andy
- Future · Jane as Jane
- Future · Apex as
- Future · Two for the Money as