Charlize Theron
Acting • Born 1975-08-07
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, 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.
Filmography
126 credits
Fast X
Movie • 2023
Cipher
Monster
Movie • 2003
Aileen Wuornos
Reindeer Games
Movie • 2000
Ashley Mercer
The Cider House Rules
Movie • 1999
Candy Kendall
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
Mary Ann Lomax
Angels in Exile
Movie • 2016
Narrator
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Movie • 2004
Britt Ekland
Sweet November
Movie • 2001
Sara Deever
15 Minutes
Movie • 2001
Rose Hearn
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Movie • 2001
Laura Kensington
The Astronaut's Wife
Movie • 1999
Jillian Armacost
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Movie • 2000
Adele Invergordon
Waking Up in Reno
Movie • 2002
Candy Kirkendall
The Road
Movie • 2009
Mother
In the Valley of Elah
Movie • 2007
Detective Emily Sanders
Æon Flux
Movie • 2005
Æon Flux
Men of Honor
Movie • 2000
Gwen Sunday
Hancock
Movie • 2008
Mary
Trapped
Movie • 2002
Karen
Celebrity
Movie • 1998
Supermodel
That Thing You Do!
Movie • 1996
Tina
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1998
Jill Young
The Italian Job
Movie • 2003
Stella Bridger
2 Days in the Valley
Movie • 1996
Helga Svelgen
North Country
Movie • 2005
Josey Aimes
Battle in Seattle
Movie • 2007
Ella
Sleepwalking
Movie • 2008
Joleen
Astro Boy
Movie • 2009
"Our Friends" Narrator (voice)
Trial and Error
Movie • 1997
Billie Tyler
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
Head in the Clouds
Movie • 2004
Gilda Bessé
The Yards
Movie • 2000
Erica Soltz
Prometheus
Movie • 2012
Meredith Vickers
Young Adult
Movie • 2011
Mavis Gary
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie • 2012
Queen Ravenna
Jane
Movie
Jane
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Movie • 2012
Self
Dark Places
Movie • 2015
Libby Day
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Clea
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Movie • 2014
Anna
The Burning Plain
Movie • 2008
Sylvia / Mariana
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Clea (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Face
Movie • 2017
Dr. Wren Petersen
Wikus and Charlize
Movie • 2010
Self (voice)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Movie • 2016
Queen Ravenna
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Movie • 1995
Eli's Follower (uncredited)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Movie • 2016
Monkey / Mother (voice)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Movie • 2014
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Gringo
Movie • 2018
Elaine Markinson
Atomic Blonde
Movie • 2017
Lorraine Broughton
High & Low – John Galliano
Movie • 2024
Self
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie • 2015
Imperator Furiosa
The Fate of the Furious
Movie • 2017
Cipher
Tully
Movie • 2018
Marlo Moreau
APEX
Movie • 2026
Hollywood Confidential
Movie • 1997
Sally
Long Shot
Movie • 2019
Charlotte Field
Bombshell
Movie • 2019
Megyn Kelly
The Addams Family
Movie • 2019
Morticia Addams (voice)
F9
Movie • 2021
Cipher
The Old Guard
Movie • 2020
Andromache of Scythia / Andy
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
Movie • 2017
Self
The Addams Family 2
Movie • 2021
Morticia Addams (voice)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Movie • 2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
Movie • 2022
Lady Lesso
The Old Guard 2
Movie • 2025
Andromache of Scythia / Andy
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Movie • 2006
Self
The Odyssey
Movie • 2026
Circe
Dance Parents
Movie
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Movie • 2022
Mysteria
Movie
It’s a Mad Max World
Movie • 2025
Self
Tyrant
Movie
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
Movie • 2026
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Rita Leeds
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV • 2008
Self
Hyperdrive
TV • 2019
Self
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter
The Grand Tour
TV • 2016
Self
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
The Orville
TV • 2017
Pria Lavesque
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Fezzik
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
The Boys
TV • 2019
'Dawn of the Seven' Stormfront (uncredited)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Desus & Mero
TV • 2019
Self - Illustrious Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
TV • 2018
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Studio
TV • 2025
Charlize Theron
Hot Ones Versus
TV • 2024
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Elle Style Awards
TV • 1997
Self - Winner