Charlize Theron
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.
Known For
Cipher
Fast X
Aileen Wuornos
Monster
Ashley Mercer
Reindeer Games
Candy Kendall
The Cider House Rules
Mary Ann Lomax
The Devil's Advocate
Narrator
Angels in Exile
Britt Ekland
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Sara Deever
Sweet November
Rose Hearn
15 Minutes
Laura Kensington
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Jillian Armacost
The Astronaut's Wife
Adele Invergordon
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Candy Kirkendall
Waking Up in Reno
Mother
The Road
Detective Emily Sanders
In the Valley of Elah
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
Gwen Sunday
Men of Honor
Mary
Hancock
Karen
Trapped
Supermodel
Celebrity
Tina
That Thing You Do!
Jill Young
Mighty Joe Young
Stella Bridger
The Italian Job
Helga Svelgen
2 Days in the Valley
Josey Aimes
North Country
Ella
Battle in Seattle
Joleen
Sleepwalking
"Our Friends" Narrator (voice)
Astro Boy
Billie Tyler
Trial and Error
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Gilda Bessé
Head in the Clouds
Erica Soltz
The Yards
Meredith Vickers
Prometheus
Cipher
Fast X: Part 2
Mavis Gary
Young Adult
Queen Ravenna
Snow White and the Huntsman
Jane
Jane
Self
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Libby Day
Dark Places
Clea
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Anna
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Sylvia / Mariana
The Burning Plain
Clea (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Dr. Wren Petersen
The Last Face
Self (voice)
Wikus and Charlize
Queen Ravenna
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Two for the Money
Eli's Follower (uncredited)
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Monkey / Mother (voice)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Elaine Markinson
Gringo
Lorraine Broughton
Atomic Blonde
Self
High & Low – John Galliano
Imperator Furiosa
Mad Max: Fury Road
Cipher
The Fate of the Furious
Marlo Moreau
Tully
APEX
Sally
Hollywood Confidential
Charlotte Field
Long Shot
Megyn Kelly
Bombshell
Morticia Addams (voice)
The Addams Family
Cipher
F9
Andromache of Scythia / Andy
The Old Guard
Self
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
Morticia Addams (voice)
The Addams Family 2
Self - Narrator (voice)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Lady Lesso
The School for Good and Evil
Andromache of Scythia / Andy
The Old Guard 2
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Circe
The Odyssey
Dance Parents
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Mysteria
Self
L'apocalypse selon Mad Max
Tyrant
Atomic Blonde 2
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Female
Birthday
1975-08-07
Place of Birth
Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
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