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Charlize Theron
Theron in 2018
Born	(1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 49) Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Citizenship	South Africa United States
Occupations	Actress film producer
Years active	1995\u2013present
Works	Full list
Partner	Stuart Townsend (2001\u20132009)
Children	2
Awards	Full list
Website	charlizeafricaoutreach.org

Charlize Theron (/\u0283\u0251\u02d0r\u02c8li\u02d0z \u02c8\u03b8\u025br\u0259n/ shar-LEEZ THERR-\u0259n;^[1] Afrikaans: [\u0283ar\u02c8lis \u02c8tr\u0254n];^[2] born 7 August 1975) is a South African^[3] 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.^[4] In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.\n

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).\n

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). 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) she received her third Academy Award nomination.\n

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.\n

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\n Filmography \n Accolades \n
Producer	\n Monster (2003) \n East of Havana (2006) \n Sleepwalking (2008) \n Dark Places (2015) \n Brain on Fire (2016) \n Atomic Blonde (2017) \n Tully (2018) \n Gringo (2018) \n A Private War (2018) \n Long Shot (2019) \n Bombshell (2019) \n The Old Guard (2020) \n The Old Guard 2 (2025) \n
Related articles	\n Denver and Delilah Productions \n Imperator Furiosa \n
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Early life

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1991\u20132002: Early work and breakthrough

2003\u20132010: Rise to prominence

2011\u20132019: Established actress

2020\u2013present: Continued success

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