Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress. Born August 7, 1975, in Benoni. Awards include Academy Award for Best Actress, Saturn Award for Best Actress and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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- Described as
- South African and American actress (born 1975)
- Born
- August 7, 1975 · 7 references
- Born in
- Benoni · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- South Africa; United States
- Occupation
- actor · 2 references; film producer · 1 reference; television actor; film actor · 1 reference; voice actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress (2004) · 1 reference; Saturn Award for Best Actress; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; Great Immigrants Award (2009) · 1 reference; Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (2008); GLAAD Vanguard Award (2006); Jupiter Awards; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Children
- Jackson Theron; August Theron
- Father
- Charles Theron · 1 reference
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Website
- http://www.charlizeafricaoutreach.org/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 119
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1383092757
Charlize Theron (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 after starring in the 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), The Old Guard (2020), and The Old Guard 2 (2025) 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.
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- August 7, 1975
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