Charlize Theron
Acting
- Born:
- 1975-08-07
- Place of birth:
- 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
The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic
Apex
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
Skip Intro
The Old Guard 2
It’s a Mad Max World
The Studio
High & Low – John Galliano
Hot Ones Versus
Fast X
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
The School for Good and Evil
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The Addams Family 2
F9
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Old Guard
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Bombshell
The Addams Family
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hyperdrive
The Boys
Long Shot
Desus & Mero
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Tully
Gringo
The Orville
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
Atomic Blonde
The Fate of the Furious
The Last Face
The Grand Tour
Kubo and the Two Strings
Angels in Exile
Chelsea
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dark Places
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Young Adult
Wikus and Charlize
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
The Road
Astro Boy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Burning Plain
Hancock
Sleepwalking
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
In the Valley of Elah
Battle in Seattle
The Graham Norton Show
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Æon Flux
The Reichen Show
The Colbert Report
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
North Country
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Head in the Clouds
Monster
Arrested Development
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Italian Job
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Waking Up in Reno
Trapped
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
15 Minutes
Sweet November
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Men of Honor
The Yards
Reindeer Games
The Cider House Rules
The Early Show
Rove
The Astronaut's Wife
Mighty Joe Young
Celebrity
Burn
The Devil's Advocate
Elle Style Awards
The View
Leute heute
Trial and Error
Hollywood Confidential
That Thing You Do!
2 Days in the Valley
The Daily Show
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Inside the Actors Studio
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jeopardy!
Goldene Kamera
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
Bambi
Jane
Dance Parents
Mysteria
Tyrant
Six Clean Kills