1975-08-07 Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Charlize Theron (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, a Screen Actors Guild 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 Oscar in an acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country (2005). Theron has since 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), and The Old Guard (2020). She also 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), receiving a third Academy Award nomination for the last. 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.
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Fast X | Cipher | 2023-05-19 |
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Clea | 2022-05-04 |
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The Addams Family 2 | Morticia Addams (voice) | 2021-10-01 |
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F9 | Cipher | 2021-05-19 |
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The Old Guard | Andromache of Scythia / Andy | 2020-07-10 |
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The Addams Family | Morticia Addams (voice) | 2019-10-10 |
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Long Shot | Charlotte Field | 2019-05-02 |
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Bombshell | Megyn Kelly | 2019-12-13 |
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Gringo | Elaine Markinson | 2018-03-08 |
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Tully | Marlo Moreau | 2018-05-04 |
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Atomic Blonde | Lorraine Broughton | 2017-07-26 |
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The Fate of the Furious | Cipher | 2017-04-12 |
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The Last Face | Dr. Wren Petersen | 2017-01-11 |
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Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road | Herself | 2017-08-01 |
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Kubo and the Two Strings | Mother (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
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The Huntsman: Winter's War | Queen Ravenna | 2016-04-06 |
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Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa | 2015-05-13 |
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The Road Warriors: Max and Furiosa | Self | 2015-09-01 |
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The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome | Herself | 2015-09-01 |
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Maximum Fury: Filming 'Fury Road' | Herself | 2015-09-01 |
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Take Flight | Self - Performer | 2015-12-10 |
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Dark Places | Libby Day | 2015-04-08 |
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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Anna Barnes-Leatherwood | 2014-05-22 |
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The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Herself | 2012-10-11 |
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Snow White and the Huntsman | Queen Ravenna | 2012-05-30 |
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Prometheus | Meredith Vickers | 2012-05-30 |
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Young Adult | Mavis Gary | 2011-11-11 |
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Wikus and Charlize | Charlize Theron | 2010-04-01 |
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The Road | Mother | 2009-11-25 |
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Astro Boy | Narrator | 2009-10-15 |
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The Burning Plain | Sylvia / Mariana | 2008-11-07 |
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Sleepwalking | Joleen | 2008-03-14 |
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Hancock | Mary Embrey | 2008-07-01 |
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Battle in Seattle | Ella | 2007-09-07 |
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In the Valley of Elah | Detective Emily Sanders | 2007-08-31 |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Herself | 2006-06-13 |
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North Country | Josey Aimes | 2005-02-12 |
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Æon Flux | Æon Flux | 2005-11-30 |
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Head in the Clouds | Gilda Bessé | 2004-04-29 |
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Britt Ekland | 2004-10-01 |
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The Italian Job | Stella Bridger | 2003-05-30 |
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Monster | Aileen Wuornos | 2003-12-24 |
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Waking Up in Reno | Candy Kirkendall | 2002-12-13 |
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Trapped | Karen Jennings | 2002-09-20 |
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Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2001-02-14 |
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Sweet November | Sara Deever | 2001-02-16 |
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15 Minutes | Rose Hearn | 2001-03-01 |
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Laura Kensington | 2001-08-05 |
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The Legend of Bagger Vance | Adele Invergordon | 2000-11-02 |
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Men of Honor | Gwen Sunday | 2000-09-13 |
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The Yards | Erica Soltz | 2000-10-20 |
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Reindeer Games | Ashley Mercer | 2000-02-25 |
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The Astronaut's Wife | Jillian Armacost | 1999-08-26 |
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The Cider House Rules | Candy Kendall | 1999-12-17 |
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Celebrity | Supermodel | 1998-09-07 |
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Mighty Joe Young | Jill Young | 1998-12-25 |
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The Devil's Advocate | Mary Ann Lomax | 1997-10-17 |
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Hollywood Confidential | Sally | 1997-04-14 |
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Trial and Error | Billie Tyler | 1997-05-30 |
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2 Days in the Valley | Helga Svelgen | 1996-09-11 |
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That Thing You Do! | Tina | 1996-10-04 |
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Eli's Follower | 1995-09-12 |
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Force | ||
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Atomic Blonde 2 | Lorraine Broughton | |
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Fast & Furious Female Spin Off | Cipher | |
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Everything Nice | Michaela (rumored) | |
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The Old Guard 2 | Andromache of Scythia / Andy | |
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The School for Good and Evil | Lady Lesso |