Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

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.

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Filmography

2026

The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Movie - Released: 7/15/2026

2025

The Old Guard 2
The Old Guard 2
as Andromache of Scythia / Andy
Movie - Released: 7/1/2025
L'apocalypse selon Mad Max
L'apocalypse selon Mad Max
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/26/2025
The Studio
The Studio
as Charlize Theron
TV - Released: 3/25/2025

2024

High & Low – John Galliano
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/2024
Hot Ones Versus
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
TV - Released: 1/31/2024

2023

Fast X
Fast X
as Cipher
Movie - Released: 5/17/2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
Movie - Released: 4/26/2023

2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Clea
Movie - Released: 5/4/2022
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
as Clea (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/7/2022
The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil
as Lady Lesso
Movie - Released: 10/19/2022

2021

F9
F9
as Cipher
Movie - Released: 5/19/2021
The Addams Family 2
The Addams Family 2
as Morticia Addams (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/2021

2020

The Old Guard
The Old Guard
as Andromache of Scythia / Andy
Movie - Released: 7/9/2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/14/2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Fezzik
TV - Released: 6/29/2020

2019

Long Shot
Long Shot
as Charlotte Field
Movie - Released: 5/2/2019
Bombshell
Bombshell
as Megyn Kelly
Movie - Released: 12/13/2019
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
as Morticia Addams (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/10/2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
TV - Released: 9/16/2019
Hyperdrive
Hyperdrive
as Self
TV - Released: 8/21/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
The Boys
The Boys
as 'Dawn of the Seven' Stormfront (uncredited)
TV - Released: 7/25/2019
Desus & Mero
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest
TV - Released: 2/21/2019

2018

Gringo
Gringo
as Elaine Markinson
Movie - Released: 3/8/2018
Tully
Tully
as Marlo Moreau
Movie - Released: 5/4/2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
as Self
TV - Released: 6/4/2018
TV
Lie Detector
as Self
TV - Released: 3/1/2018

2017

The Last Face
The Last Face
as Dr. Wren Petersen
Movie - Released: 1/11/2017
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde
as Lorraine Broughton
Movie - Released: 7/26/2017
The Fate of the Furious
The Fate of the Furious
as Cipher
Movie - Released: 4/12/2017
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/1/2017
The Orville
The Orville
as Pria Lavesque
TV - Released: 9/10/2017

2016

Angels in Exile
Angels in Exile
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/25/2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War
The Huntsman: Winter's War
as Queen Ravenna
Movie - Released: 4/6/2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Monkey / Mother (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/18/2016
The Grand Tour
The Grand Tour
as Self
TV - Released: 11/17/2016
Chelsea
Chelsea
as Self
TV - Released: 5/11/2016

2015

Dark Places
Dark Places
as Libby Day
Movie - Released: 4/8/2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Imperator Furiosa
Movie - Released: 5/13/2015
Take Flight
Take Flight
as Self - Performer
Movie - Released: 12/10/2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones
as Self
TV - Released: 3/12/2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/2/2015

2014

A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Anna
Movie - Released: 5/22/2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/18/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014

2012

Prometheus
Prometheus
as Meredith Vickers
Movie - Released: 5/30/2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White and the Huntsman
as Queen Ravenna
Movie - Released: 5/30/2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/11/2012

2011

Young Adult
Young Adult
as Mavis Gary
Movie - Released: 11/11/2011

2010

Wikus and Charlize
Wikus and Charlize
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/1/2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 2/1/2010

2009

The Road
The Road
as Mother
Movie - Released: 11/25/2009
Astro Boy
Astro Boy
as "Our Friends" Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/15/2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 2/2/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2008

Hancock
Hancock
as Mary
Movie - Released: 7/1/2008
Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking
as Joleen
Movie - Released: 3/14/2008
The Burning Plain
The Burning Plain
as Sylvia / Mariana
Movie - Released: 11/7/2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self
TV - Released: 1/4/2008

2007

In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah
as Detective Emily Sanders
Movie - Released: 9/14/2007
Battle in Seattle
Battle in Seattle
as Ella
Movie - Released: 9/7/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 2/22/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/13/2006

2005

Æon Flux
Æon Flux
as Æon Flux
Movie - Released: 11/30/2005
North Country
North Country
as Josey Aimes
Movie - Released: 2/12/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/1/2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
TV - Released: 10/17/2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
as Self (archive footage from North Country)
TV - Released: 10/17/2005
The Reichen Show
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 11/11/2005

2004

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Britt Ekland
Movie - Released: 10/1/2004
Head in the Clouds
Head in the Clouds
as Gilda Bessé
Movie - Released: 4/29/2004

2003

Monster
Monster
as Aileen Wuornos
Movie - Released: 12/24/2003
The Italian Job
The Italian Job
as Stella Bridger
Movie - Released: 5/30/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
as Rita Leeds
TV - Released: 11/2/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/26/2003

2002

Waking Up in Reno
Waking Up in Reno
as Candy Kirkendall
Movie - Released: 12/13/2002
Trapped
Trapped
as Karen Jennings
Movie - Released: 9/20/2002

2001

Sweet November
Sweet November
as Sara Deever
Movie - Released: 2/16/2001
15 Minutes
15 Minutes
as Rose Hearn
Movie - Released: 3/1/2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Laura Kensington
Movie - Released: 8/5/2001
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/14/2001

2000

Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
as Ashley Mercer
Movie - Released: 2/25/2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Adele Invergordon
Movie - Released: 11/2/2000
Men of Honor
Men of Honor
as Gwen Sunday
Movie - Released: 9/13/2000
The Yards
The Yards
as Erica Soltz
Movie - Released: 4/27/2000

1999

The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
as Candy Kendall
Movie - Released: 12/17/1999
The Astronaut's Wife
The Astronaut's Wife
as Jillian Armacost
Movie - Released: 8/27/1999
The Early Show
The Early Show
as Self
TV - Released: 11/1/1999
Rove
Rove
as Self
TV - Released: 9/22/1999

1998

Celebrity
Celebrity
as Supermodel
Movie - Released: 9/7/1998
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
as Jill Young
Movie - Released: 12/25/1998

1997

The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
as Mary Ann Lomax
Movie - Released: 10/17/1997
Trial and Error
Trial and Error
as Billie Tyler
Movie - Released: 5/30/1997
Hollywood Confidential
Hollywood Confidential
as Sally
Movie - Released: 4/14/1997
TV
Leute heute
as Self
TV - Released: 7/23/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

That Thing You Do!
That Thing You Do!
as Tina
Movie - Released: 10/4/1996
2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley
as Helga Svelgen
Movie - Released: 9/11/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1995

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
as Eli's Follower (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/12/1995

1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 6/10/1992

1988

This Morning
This Morning
as Self
TV - Released: 10/3/1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1984

TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1981

Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1981

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1952

Today
Today
as Self
TV - Released: 1/14/1952

1948

Bambi-Verleihung
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1948

Unknown

Fast X: Part 2
Fast X: Part 2
as Cipher
Movie
Movie
Jane
as Jane
Movie
Movie
Movie
Apex
Movie