
Charlize Theron
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.
Known For(121 works)

The Boys
2019The Boys
2019

Apex
2026Apex
2026

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Daily Show
1996The Daily Show
1996

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
1975

The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Show
2007

The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Show
2007

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992

The Colbert Report
2005The Colbert Report
2005

The Colbert Report
2005The Colbert Report
2005

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009RuPaul's Drag Race
2009

The View
1997The View
1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Hot Ones
2015Hot Ones
2015

Arrested Development
2003Arrested Development
2003

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Orville
2017The Orville
2017

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

The Drew Barrymore Show
2020The Drew Barrymore Show
2020

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

The Reichen Show
2005The Reichen Show
2005

Chelsea
2016Chelsea
2016

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010

Bambi
1948Bambi
1948

Fast X
2023Fast X
2023

Mad Max: Fury Road
2015Mad Max: Fury Road
2015

The Studio
2025The Studio
2025

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019

The Oscars
1953The Oscars
1953

The Oscars
1953The Oscars
1953

The Odyssey
2026The Odyssey
2026

The Devil's Advocate
1997The Devil's Advocate
1997

The Grand Tour
2016The Grand Tour
2016

The Fate of the Furious
2017The Fate of the Furious
2017

Hot Ones Versus
2024Hot Ones Versus
2024

Rove
1999Rove
1999

Desus & Mero
2019Desus & Mero
2019

Prometheus
2012Prometheus
2012

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020

Entertainment Tonight
1981Entertainment Tonight
1981

The School for Good and Evil
2022The School for Good and Evil
2022

The Old Guard 2
2025The Old Guard 2
2025

Atomic Blonde
2017Atomic Blonde
2017

The Old Guard
2020The Old Guard
2020

The Road
2009The Road
2009

The Italian Job
2003The Italian Job
2003

Today
1952Today
1952

F9
2021F9
2021

Hancock
2008Hancock
2008

The Cider House Rules
1999The Cider House Rules
1999

Bombshell
2019Bombshell
2019

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012Snow White and the Huntsman
2012

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008

The Addams Family
2019The Addams Family
2019

The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016

Kubo and the Two Strings
2016Kubo and the Two Strings
2016

Astro Boy
2009Astro Boy
2009

Monster
2003Monster
2003

A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014

Æon Flux
2005Æon Flux
2005

Long Shot
2019Long Shot
2019

The Addams Family 2
2021The Addams Family 2
2021

Men of Honor
2000Men of Honor
2000

The Astronaut's Wife
1999The Astronaut's Wife
1999

Trapped
2002Trapped
2002

Elle Style Awards
1997Elle Style Awards
1997

Mighty Joe Young
1998Mighty Joe Young
1998

Reindeer Games
2000Reindeer Games
2000

North Country
2005North Country
2005

That Thing You Do!
1996That Thing You Do!
1996

Gringo
2018Gringo
2018

The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000

Tully
2018Tully
2018

The Yards
2000The Yards
2000

Sweet November
2001Sweet November
2001

The Early Show
1999The Early Show
1999

15 Minutes
200115 Minutes
2001

Celebrity
1998Celebrity
1998

Young Adult
2011Young Adult
2011

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018

2 Days in the Valley
19962 Days in the Valley
1996

Hyperdrive
2019Hyperdrive
2019

Battle in Seattle
2007Battle in Seattle
2007

This Morning
1988This Morning
1988

The Last Face
2017The Last Face
2017

The Burning Plain
2008The Burning Plain
2008

Dark Places
2015Dark Places
2015

Head in the Clouds
2004Head in the Clouds
2004

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022

In the Valley of Elah
2007In the Valley of Elah
2007

Sleepwalking
2008Sleepwalking
2008

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012

Waking Up in Reno
2002Waking Up in Reno
2002

Trial and Error
1997Trial and Error
1997

It’s a Mad Max World
2025It’s a Mad Max World
2025

Hollywood Confidential
1997Hollywood Confidential
1997

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006

High & Low – John Galliano
2024High & Low – John Galliano
2024

Inside the Actors Studio
1994Inside the Actors Studio
1994

Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001

Jane
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Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014

Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022

Wikus and Charlize
2010Wikus and Charlize
2010

Angels in Exile
2016Angels in Exile
2016

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
2026Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
2026