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