Charlize Theron filmography

Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress who made her film debut in an uncredited role as a follower of a cult in the 1995 horror film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest.^[1][2] Theron followed this with appearances as a hitman's girlfriend in 2 Days in the Valley,^[3] a waitress in the romantic comedy Trial and Error (1997),^[4] and a woman plagued with demonic visions in the mystery thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997) with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino.^[5] She appeared in the science fiction thriller The Astronaut's Wife with Johnny Depp, and Lasse Hallström's The Cider House Rules (both in 1999). For her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the crime drama Monster (2003), Theron received the Academy Award for Best Actress,^[6] the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama,^[7] and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.^[8] The following year, she played Swedish entertainer Britt Ekland in the biographical film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

Theron at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

Theron played the eponymous rebel assassin in the science fiction action film Æon Flux,^[9] and a miner fighting sexual harassment in the drama North Country (both in 2005).^[10] The latter role earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards^[11] and the BAFTAs.^[12] In the same year, she voiced Æon Flux in the tie-in video game adaptation to the film for which she received the Best Performance by a Female award at the Spike Video Game Awards.^[13] Three years later, Theron starred in the superhero film Hancock with Will Smith. The film grossed over $624 million at the worldwide box office.^[14] She received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her role as an alcoholic writer in the comedy-drama Young Adult (2011).^[15][16] The following year, Theron appeared in the action adventure film Snow White and the Huntsman and Ridley Scott's science fiction film Prometheus. In 2015, she played Imperator Furiosa in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road.^[17] Two years later, Theron appeared as criminal mastermind Cipher in the action film The Fate of the Furious (2017), a role she would reprise in F9 (2021), Fast X (2023), and Fast XI (2026).^[18] Theron followed this with acclaimed performances in the comedy-drama Tully (2018), the romantic comedy Long Shot (2019), and the biographical drama Bombshell (2019), the lattermost of which earned her a third Academy Award nomination.^[19]

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	Eli's Follower	Uncredited; Direct-to-video	[2][20]
	2 Days in the Valley	Helga Svelgen		[21][22]
1996	That Thing You Do!	Tina Powers		[23][24]
1997	Trial and Error	Billie Tyler		[4]
	The Devil's Advocate	Mary Ann Lomax		[25]
1998	Celebrity	Supermodel		[26]
	Mighty Joe Young	Jill Young		[25]
1999	The Astronaut's Wife	Jillian Armacost		[27]
	The Cider House Rules	Candy Kendall		[25]
2000	Reindeer Games	Ashley Mercer		[28][24]
	The Yards	Erica Stoltz		[25]
	Men of Honor	Gwen Sunday		[29]
	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Adele Invergordon		[25]
2001	Sweet November	Sara Deever		[25]
	15 Minutes	Rose Hearn		[30]
	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Laura Kensington		[25]
2002	Trapped	Karen Jennings		[31]
	Waking Up in Reno	Candy Kirkendall		[32]
2003	The Italian Job	Stella Bridger		[25]
	Monster	Aileen Wuornos	Also producer	[33]
2004	Head in the Clouds	Gilda Bessé		[25]
2005	North Country	Josey Aimes		[25]
	Æon Flux	Æon Flux		[34]
2007	In the Valley of Elah	Emily Sanders		[25]
	Battle in Seattle	Ella		[25][35]
2008	Sleepwalking	Joleen Reedy	Also producer	[36]
	Hancock	Mary Embrey		[25]
	The Burning Plain	Sylvia	Also executive producer	[25][37]
2009	The Road	Wife		[25]
	Astro Boy	Narrator	Voice	[25]
2011	Young Adult	Mavis Gary		[25]
2012	Snow White and the Huntsman	Queen Ravenna		[38]
	Prometheus	Meredith Vickers		[39]
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Anna		[25]
2015	Dark Places	Libby Day	Also producer	[40]
	Mad Max: Fury Road	Imperator Furiosa		[41]
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Queen Ravenna		[42]
	The Last Face	Wren Petersen		[43]
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Monkey	Voice	[44][45]
2017	Atomic Blonde	Lorraine Broughton	Also producer	[46]
	The Fate of the Furious	Cipher		[47]
2018	Tully	Marlo	Also producer	[48]
	Gringo	Elaine Markinson	Also producer	[49]
2019	Long Shot	Charlotte Field	Also producer	[50]
	The Addams Family	Morticia Addams	Voice; also executive producer	[51]
	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly	Also producer	[52]
2020	The Old Guard	Andy / Andromache of Scythia	Also producer	[53]
2021	F9	Cipher		[54]
	The Addams Family 2	Morticia Addams	Voice	[55]
2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Clea	Cameo; post-credits scene	[56]
	The School for Good and Evil	Lady Lesso		[57]
2023	Fast X	Cipher		[58]
TBA	The Old Guard 2†	Andy / Andromache of Scythia	Post-production; also producer	[59]

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1997	Hollywood Confidential	Sally Bowen	Television film	[60]
2000	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Charlize Theron / Paul Simon"	[61]
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Britt Ekland	Television film	[62]
2005	Arrested Development	Rita Leeds	5 episodes	[63]
2006	Robot Chicken	Daniel's Mom / Mother / Waitress	Voice; episode: "Book of Corrine"	[64]
2014	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Charlize Theron / The Black Keys"	[65]
2017	The Orville	Pria Lavesque	Episode: "Pria"	[66]
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Fezzik	Episode: "Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming the Castle!"	[67]
2022	The Boys	Herself playing Stormfront	Cameo; episode: "Payback"	[68]
2024	RuPaul's Drag Race	Guest Judge	1 episode ("Rate-A-Queen")	[69]

Production Work

Year	Title	Work	Note
		Producer
2006	East of Havana	Yes	Documentary
2013	Hatfields & McCoys	Executive	television pilot only
2016	Brain on Fire	Yes	Feature film
2017	Girlboss	Executive	13 episodes
2017–2019	Mindhunter	Executive	19 episodes
2019	Murder Mystery	Executive	Feature film
	Hyperdrive	Executive	10 episodes
2023	Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York	Executive	4 Episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Artist	Ref(s)
2010	Crossfire	Heroine	Brandon Flowers	[70]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Ref(s)
2005	Æon Flux	Æon Flux	[71]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
2009	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	Herself	[72]
2012	Charlize Theron Got Hacked		[73]
2017	10 Ways To Drive Him Wild (ft. Charlize Theron)		[74]

See also

• List of accolades received by Charlize Theron

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External links

• Charlize Theron at IMDb