Charlize Theron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-08-07 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Studio

    The Studio

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Fast X

    Fast X

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • The Grand Tour

    The Grand Tour

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Orville

    The Orville

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Old Guard 2

    The Old Guard 2

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

  • The Devil's Advocate

    The Devil's Advocate

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Fast X: Part 2

    Fast X: Part 2

  • F9

    F9

  • The Addams Family

    The Addams Family

  • The Fate of the Furious

    The Fate of the Furious

  • Prometheus

    Prometheus

  • Snow White and the Huntsman

    Snow White and the Huntsman

  • Hancock

    Hancock

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • The Italian Job

    The Italian Job

  • Today

    Today

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Lie Detector

    Lie Detector

  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

  • The School for Good and Evil

    The School for Good and Evil

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • Astro Boy

    Astro Boy

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • The Cider House Rules

    The Cider House Rules

  • The Addams Family 2

    The Addams Family 2

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Monster

    Monster

  • The Odyssey

    The Odyssey

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

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

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

  • Æon Flux

    Æon Flux

  • Men of Honor

    Men of Honor

  • Rove

    Rove

  • The Road

    The Road

  • Sweet November

    Sweet November

  • Kubo and the Two Strings

    Kubo and the Two Strings

  • North Country

    North Country

  • The Old Guard

    The Old Guard

  • The Yards

    The Yards

  • The Huntsman: Winter's War

    The Huntsman: Winter's War

  • 2 Days in the Valley

    2 Days in the Valley

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

  • Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

  • Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

    Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

  • Atomic Blonde

    Atomic Blonde

  • The Burning Plain

    The Burning Plain

  • Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

    Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • Reindeer Games

    Reindeer Games

  • Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

  • Head in the Clouds

    Head in the Clouds

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Dance Parents

    Dance Parents

  • The Astronaut's Wife

    The Astronaut's Wife

  • Jane

    Jane

  • 15 Minutes

    15 Minutes

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

    The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

    The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

  • The Legend of Bagger Vance

    The Legend of Bagger Vance

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Dark Places

    Dark Places

  • The Last Face

    The Last Face

  • Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

    Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

  • In the Valley of Elah

    In the Valley of Elah

  • Trapped

    Trapped

  • Young Adult

    Young Adult

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • Apex

    Apex

  • Wikus and Charlize

    Wikus and Charlize

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Hollywood Confidential

    Hollywood Confidential

  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

    Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

  • It’s a Mad Max World

    It’s a Mad Max World

  • Long Shot

    Long Shot

  • Tully

    Tully

  • Waking Up in Reno

    Waking Up in Reno

  • Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

  • Gringo

    Gringo

  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

  • Hyperdrive

    Hyperdrive

  • Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

    Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

    Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

  • Mysteria

    Mysteria

  • Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

    Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

  • Two for the Money

    Two for the Money

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    High & Low – John Galliano

  • Angels in Exile

    Angels in Exile