Charlize Theron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

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 Boys

    The Boys

  • 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

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • Fast X

    Fast X

  • The View

    The View

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

  • The Orville

    The Orville

  • Fast X: Part 2

    Fast X: Part 2

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Studio

    The Studio

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Devil's Advocate

    The Devil's Advocate

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Prometheus

    Prometheus

  • The Old Guard 2

    The Old Guard 2

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Fate of the Furious

    The Fate of the Furious

  • Monster

    Monster

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • The Grand Tour

    The Grand Tour

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

  • The School for Good and Evil

    The School for Good and Evil

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Astro Boy

    Astro Boy

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • Atomic Blonde

    Atomic Blonde

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • F9

    F9

  • Reindeer Games

    Reindeer Games

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

  • The Addams Family

    The Addams Family

  • Sweet November

    Sweet November

  • The Huntsman: Winter's War

    The Huntsman: Winter's War

  • The Old Guard

    The Old Guard

  • Hancock

    Hancock

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • Snow White and the Huntsman

    Snow White and the Huntsman

  • North Country

    North Country

  • The Italian Job

    The Italian Job

  • Dance Parents

    Dance Parents

  • The Addams Family 2

    The Addams Family 2

  • The Yards

    The Yards

  • Æon Flux

    Æon Flux

  • Lie Detector

    Lie Detector

  • Men of Honor

    Men of Honor

  • The Odyssey

    The Odyssey

  • Kubo and the Two Strings

    Kubo and the Two Strings

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • Trapped

    Trapped

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • The Road

    The Road

  • Rove

    Rove

  • 15 Minutes

    15 Minutes

  • The Cider House Rules

    The Cider House Rules

  • Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

    Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

  • Tyrant

    Tyrant

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • Long Shot

    Long Shot

  • 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

  • Today

    Today

  • The Burning Plain

    The Burning Plain

  • The Legend of Bagger Vance

    The Legend of Bagger Vance

  • Hollywood Confidential

    Hollywood Confidential

  • Jane

    Jane

  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

  • 2 Days in the Valley

    2 Days in the Valley

  • The Astronaut's Wife

    The Astronaut's Wife

  • Head in the Clouds

    Head in the Clouds

  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

    Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

  • The Last Face

    The Last Face

  • In the Valley of Elah

    In the Valley of Elah

  • Young Adult

    Young Adult

  • Waking Up in Reno

    Waking Up in Reno

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    High & Low – John Galliano

  • Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

  • Gringo

    Gringo

  • Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

    Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

    The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

  • Mysteria

    Mysteria

  • Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

    Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

  • Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

    Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

  • The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

    The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

  • Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Dark Places

    Dark Places

  • Tully

    Tully

  • Hyperdrive

    Hyperdrive

  • Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

    Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

  • Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

    Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

  • Wikus and Charlize

    Wikus and Charlize

  • It’s a Mad Max World

    It’s a Mad Max World

  • Apex

    Apex

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Angels in Exile

    Angels in Exile

  • Two for the Money

    Two for the Money

  • Atomic Blonde 2

    Atomic Blonde 2