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Charlize Theron
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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, her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. 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 was nominated twice more for the Oscar for portraying a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country (2005) and Megyn Kelly in the biographical drama Bombshell (2019). She received praise for playing troubled women in Jason Reitman's comedy-dramas Young Adult (2011) and Tully (2018). Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Atomic Blonde (2017), and The Old Guard (2020), as well as several Fast & Furious installments: The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021), and Fast X (2023). On television, she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Britt Ekland in the biographical film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Since the early 2000s, Theron has ventured into film production with her company Denver and Delilah Productions. She has produced numerous films, many in 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. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlize Theron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Odyssey
As Calypso
The Road
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Kubo and the Two Strings
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Mad Max: Fury Road
As Imperator Furiosa
Apex
As Sasha
Fast X
As Cipher
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
As Clea
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Hypnotic Gaze
From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.
8 films
The Ghosts We Carry
A journey through stop-motion films that turn loss into art, from mainstream masterpieces to hidden gems.
8 films
Signals in the Ash
From a father's vigil to a robot's devotion, eight films trace the fragile threads that hold humanity together when the world falls quiet.
8 films
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The Odyssey
2026 · Calypso
Apex
2026 · Sasha
Fast X
2023 · Cipher
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Clea
F9
2021 · Cipher
The Addams Family
2019 · Morticia Addams (voice)
Long Shot
2019 · Charlotte Field
Tully
2018 · Marlo Moreau
The Fate of the Furious
2017 · Cipher
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 · Monkey / Mother (voice)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 · Queen Ravenna
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Imperator Furiosa
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Anna
Prometheus
2012 · Meredith Vickers
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · Queen Ravenna
The Road
2009 · Mother
Hancock
2008 · Mary
Monster
2003 · Aileen Wuornos
The Italian Job
2003 · Stella Bridger
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · Laura Kensington
Reindeer Games
2000 · Ashley Mercer
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Candy Kendall
Celebrity
1998 · Supermodel
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Mary Ann Lomax
That Thing You Do!
1996 · Tina
2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Helga Svelgen
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995 · Eli's Follower (uncredited)
