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{{Short description|South African actress (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Charlize Theron
| image              = Charlize-theron-IMG 6045.jpg
| caption            = Theron in 2018
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|8|7}}
| birth_place        = [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]], [[Transvaal province|Transvaal]], South Africa
| citizenship        = {{ubl|South Africa|United States}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|producer}}
| years_active       = 1995–present
| partner            = [[Stuart Townsend]] (2001–2009)
| children           = 2
| works              = [[Charlize Theron filmography|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of accolades received by Charlize Theron|Full list]]
| website            = {{URL|charlizeafricaoutreach.org}}
}}
'''Charlize Theron''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ɑːr|ˈ|l|iː|z|_|ˈ|θ|ɛr|ə|n}} {{respell|shar|LEEZ|_|THERR|ən}};<ref name="pron2">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWeu8Bqj8w&t=38s|title=Charlize Theron pronounces her name and surname in English|date=7 April 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816095629/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWeu8Bqj8w&t=38s|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> {{IPA|af|ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn|lang}};<ref name="pron1">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3TTi_gAS5c&t=3s|title=Charlize Theron Speaks Afrikaans|date=30 June 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817225206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3TTi_gAS5c&t=3s|archive-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> born 7 August 1975) is a <!--The descriptor "South African and American" has been the subject of significant conversation. Please refer to the talk page before altering. -->South African<ref name=Nationality>{{cite news |quote=I am a South African. |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/charlize-defends-her-unique-american-accent-1.208000 |title=Charlize defends her 'unique' American accent |last=Farber |first=Tanya |work=IOL News |access-date=28 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403021744/http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/charlize-defends-her-unique-american-accent-1.208000 |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of [[List of accolades received by Charlize Theron|various accolades]], including an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name="forbes19"/> In 2016, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]].

Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood films]] ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1998), and ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' (1999). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer [[Aileen Wuornos]] in ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003), for which she won the [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|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 (film)|North Country]]'' (2005).

Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (2003), ''[[Hancock (film)|Hancock]]'' (2008), ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' (2012), ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' (2012), ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), ''[[The Fate of the Furious]]'' (2017), ''[[Atomic Blonde]]'' (2017), ''[[The Old Guard (2020 film)|The Old Guard]]'' (2020), ''[[F9 (film)|F9]]'' (2021) and ''[[Fast X]]'' (2023). She received praise for playing troubled women in [[Jason Reitman]]'s comedy-dramas ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]'' (2011) and ''[[Tully (2018 film)|Tully]]'' (2018), and for portraying [[Megyn Kelly]] in the biographical drama ''[[Bombshell (2019 film)|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 film)|Dark Places]]'' (2015), and ''[[Long Shot (2019 film)|Long Shot]]'' (2019). Theron became an American citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship. She has been honoured with a [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|motion picture star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

==Early life==
Theron was born in [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]], in [[Transvaal Province]] ([[Gauteng Province]] since 1994) of South Africa on 7 August 1975.<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=9 August 2013|issue=1271|page=22}}</ref> She is the only child of [[road construction]]ists<ref name="SAGinterview"/> Gerda ([[née]] Maritz){{r|bookrefp18|p=16-18}} and Charles Theron (27 November 1947 – 21 June 1991).{{r|bookrefp18|p=16-18, 34}} The [[Second Boer War]] military leader [[Daniel Theron|Danie Theron]] was her great-granduncle.{{r|bookrefp18|p=14}} She is from an [[Afrikaner]] family, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. Her French forebears were early [[Huguenots in South Africa]].{{r|bookrefp18|p=14}}

She grew up on her parents' farm in Benoni, near [[Johannesburg]].{{r|tca|WIRED}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlize Theron Biography|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/charlize-theron/|work=Hello Magazine|date=8 October 2009 |access-date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625182714/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/charlize-theron/|archive-date=25 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Benoni, East Rand|url=http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/benoni.php|work=sa-venues.com|access-date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617233213/http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/benoni.php|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 June 1991, Theron's father, an [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]],<ref name=tca /> threatened both Charlize and her mother while drunk, physically attacking her mother and firing a gun at both of them.<ref name=oxygen>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron Opens Up About Witnessing Mom Shoot And Kill Her Dad |url=https://www.oxygen.com/blogs/charlize-theron-opens-up-about-witnessing-mom-shoot-and-kill-her-dad-when-she-was-15 |first=Gina |last=Tron |publisher=Oxygen |date=26 July 2017 |access-date=20 April 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420185935/https://www.oxygen.com/blogs/charlize-theron-opens-up-about-witnessing-mom-shoot-and-kill-her-dad-when-she-was-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> Theron's mother retrieved her own handgun, shot back and killed him.<ref name=oxygen /> The shooting was legally adjudged to have been self-defense, and her mother faced no charges.<ref name=biochannel>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=http://94.236.123.156:8082/biographies/charlize-theron.html |publisher=[[Biography Channel|BiographyChannel.co.uk]] |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208190212/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/charlize-theron.html |archive-date=8 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132413 |title=Charlize Theron's Family Tragedy - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=6 January 2006 |access-date=1 August 2015 |archive-date=16 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816114658/http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132413 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Theron attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein),<ref name="WIRED">{{cite AV media |date=2018 |title=Charlize Theron & David Oyelowo Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions {{!}} WIRED |medium=Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoL7m4nVajg |format=YouTube video |via=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116104319/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoL7m4nVajg&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live }}</ref> a period during which she has said she was not "fitting in".<ref name=peoplemag1127>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/charlize-theron-remembers-high-school-teasing/ |title=Charlize Theron: I Was Teased By Mean Girls in High School |first=Paul |last=Chi |date=27 November 2011 |work=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129183129/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20547579,00.html |archive-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> She was frequently unwell with [[jaundice]] throughout childhood and the [[antibiotics]] she was administered made her upper [[incisor]] [[milk teeth]] rot; they had to be surgically removed. Theron's permanent teeth did not grow until she was roughly ten years old.<ref name="teeth">{{cite AV media |date=19 June 2013 |title=Charlize Theron on Missing Her Front Teeth and Wearing Cutlets {{!}} Screen Tests {{!}} W Magazine |medium=Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5rFUDH8LB0 |format=YouTube video |via=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[W magazine]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229061501/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5rFUDH8LB0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |date=7 June 2012 |title=CHARLIZE THERON & JON HAMM: My Secret Ugly Childhood (The Graham Norton Show) |medium=Television production |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9kdN6DYZA | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/3i9kdN6DYZA| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|format=YouTube video |time=0:35–1:33 |location=BBC Studios, London |publisher=[[The Graham Norton Show]] |via=[[BBC America]]'s [[YouTube]] channel |access-date=9 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At 13, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg.{{r|tca|teeth}} About her early life in her home country, Theron has said: “I grew up as an only child in South Africa, and there was turmoil in my family, but the surroundings were so great. I was usually barefoot in the dirt: no [[Game Boy]]s, no computers, and we had sanctions, so there were no concerts. This meant you had to entertain yourself.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |date=2008-02-24 |title=Charlize Angel |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/style/tmagazine/24coverlynn.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=25 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225162841/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/style/tmagazine/24coverlynn.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although Theron is fluent in English, her [[first language]] is [[Afrikaans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/charlize-theron |title=Charlize Theron |publisher=[[Access Hollywood]] |access-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725041723/http://www.accesshollywood.com/charlize-theron |archive-date=25 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=http://www.people.com/people/charlize_theron |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601182244/http://www.people.com/people/charlize_theron |archive-date=1 June 2009 |access-date=24 October 2009 |work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early work (1991–1996)===
Although she saw herself as a dancer,<ref name=CharAngel /> Theron won a one-year modelling contract at age 16<ref name=tca /> at a local competition in [[Salerno]], Italy<ref name=CharAngel /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/settembre/18/Charlize_Theron_Salerno_Potrei_innamorarmi_co_0_00091811394.shtml|title=Charlize Theron at Salerno "I could fall in love with Allen|access-date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905092659/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/settembre/18/Charlize_Theron_Salerno_Potrei_innamorarmi_co_0_00091811394.shtml|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=live|language=it}}</ref> and moved with her mother to [[Milan]], Italy.{{r|FiveThings|usaweekend}} After Theron spent a year modelling throughout Europe, she and her mother moved to the United States; they resided in New York City and [[Miami]].<ref name=usaweekend /> In New York, she attended the [[Joffrey Ballet School]], where she trained as a ballet dancer until a knee injury closed this career path.{{r|CharAngel|indielondon}} As Theron recalled in 2008:

{{blockquote|I went to New York for three days to model, and then I spent a winter in New York in a friend's windowless basement apartment. I was broke, I was taking class at the Joffrey Ballet, and my knees gave out. I realized I couldn't dance anymore, and I went into a [[Major depressive disorder|major depression]]. My mom came over from South Africa and said, "Either you figure out what to do next or you come home, because you can sulk in South Africa".<ref name=CharAngel />}}

In 1994,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1857161,00.html |title=Play It Tough |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins |date=24 August 2006 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=23 February 2008 |archive-date=4 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504152822/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/aug/24/cuba |url-status=dead }}</ref> Theron flew to [[Los Angeles]] on a one-way ticket her mother bought for her; she intended to work in the film industry.<ref name=CharAngel /> During her initial months there, she lived in a motel with the $300 budget that her mother had given her;<ref name="SAGinterview"/> she continued receiving cheques from New York and lived "from paycheck to paycheck".<ref name=Fast>{{cite AV media |date=12 July 2013 |title=Charlize Theron on her life, career, and South African homeland |medium=Television broadcast  |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XenO29VhOow | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/XenO29VhOow| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|time=5:54–6:11 |publisher=FastTheLatestNews |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=9 May 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Theron stole bread from a basket in a restaurant to survive.{{r|Fast|SAGinterview}} One day, she went to a [[Hollywood Boulevard]] bank to cash a few cheques, including one her mother had sent to help with the rent;{{r|indielondon|SAGinterview}} however; the check from her mother was rejected because it was out-of-state and she was not an American citizen.<ref name="SAGinterview"/> Theron argued and pleaded with the [[bank teller]] until [[talent agent]] John Crosby,<ref name=indielondon /> who was the next customer behind her, cashed it for her and gave her his business card.{{r|tca|SAGinterview}}

Crosby introduced Theron to an acting school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rd.com/celebrities/movie-celebs/face-to-face-with-charlize-theron/article.html |title=Charlize Theron Interview |first=Sara |last=Davidson |date=October 2005 |work=[[Reader's Digest]] |access-date=23 February 2008|archive-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325213620/http://www.rd.com/celebrities/movie-celebs/face-to-face-with-charlize-theron/article.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1995, she played her first non-speaking film role in the [[horror film]] ''[[Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest]]''.<ref name=tca/> In Theron's first speaking role, she portrayed [[hitwoman]] Helga Svelgen in ''[[2 Days in the Valley]]'' (1996). Despite the film's mixed reviews, Theron drew attention due to her beauty and to a scene in which she fought [[Teri Hatcher]]'s character.{{r|SAGinterview|firing}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Tim |title=TOTAL RECALL: THE 20 GREATEST FIGHTS SCENES EVER |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/total-recall-the-20-greatest-fights-scenes-ever/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219190200/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/Total-Recall-The-20-Greatest-Fights-Scenes-Ever/ |archive-date=19 February 2020 |date=17 April 2008 |quote=17. 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY (1996) - 59% - Charlize Theron vs. Teri Hatcher [...] ''2 Days in the Valley'' sets itself apart in a number of ways, not least of which is a hotel room-destroying donnybrook between Teri Hatcher and Charlize Theron.}}</ref> Theron feared being [[typecast]] as characters similar to Helga and recalled being asked to repeat her performance in the film during auditions:<ref name="SAGinterview"/> "A lot of people were saying, 'You should just hit while the iron's hot' [...] But playing the same part over and over doesn't leave you with any longevity. And I knew it was going to be harder for me, because of what I look like, to branch out to different kinds of roles".<ref name="firing">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/06/charlize_theron?printable=true |title=Charlize |first=Gabriel |last=Snyder |date=June 2008 |magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210125754/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/06/charlize_theron?printable=true |archive-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

When auditioning for ''[[Showgirls]]'', Theron was introduced to talent agent J. J. Harris by co-casting director Johanna Ray. She recalled being surprised at how much faith Harris had in her potential. Theron has referred to Harris as her mentor. Harris found scripts and films for Theron in a variety of genres and encouraged her to become a producer. She served as Theron's agent for over 15 years.{{r|SAGinterview|FiveThings}}

===Breakthrough (1997–2002)===
Theron's career expanded by the end of the 1990s. In the horror drama ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), which is credited as her break-out film,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/charlize-theron-i-trained-for-five-hours-a-day-for-three-months-to-get-stunts-right-36019620.html|title=Charlize Theron: 'I trained for five hours a day for three months to get stunts right'|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=11 August 2017|access-date=26 October 2018|archive-date=26 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064553/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/charlize-theron-i-trained-for-five-hours-a-day-for-three-months-to-get-stunts-right-36019620.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Theron starred alongside [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Al Pacino]] as the haunted wife of an unusually successful lawyer. She subsequently starred in the adventure film ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1998) as the friend and protector of a giant mountain gorilla, and in the drama ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' (1999), as a woman who seeks an abortion in World War II-era [[Maine]].<ref name=tca /> While ''Mighty Joe Young'' flopped at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyjoeyoung.htm |title=Mighty Joe Young |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064638/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightyjoeyoung.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> ''The Devil's Advocate'' and ''The Cider House Rules'' were commercially successful.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=devilsadvocate.htm |title=The Devil's Advocate |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064624/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=devilsadvocate.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ciderhouserules.htm |title=The Cider House Rules |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064611/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ciderhouserules.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> She appeared on the cover of the January 1999 issue of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' as the "White Hot Venus".<ref>{{cite book|first=Philippe J. |last=Salazar |title=An African Athens |page=112|publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8058-3341-6}}</ref> The May 1999 issue of ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' magazine also featured Theron on its cover; the photos of Theron used by ''Playboy'' had been taken several years earlier when she was an unknown model, and Theron unsuccessfully sued the magazine for publishing them without her consent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/charlize-theron-drew-barrymore-10-surprising-playboy-cover-stars-photos-553578|title=Charlize Theron to Drew Barrymore: 10 Surprising Playboy Cover Star|work=ibtimes.com|date=15 December 2011|access-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105023719/http://www.ibtimes.com/charlize-theron-drew-barrymore-10-surprising-playboy-cover-stars-photos-553578|archive-date=5 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/galleries/gallery/-/14782942/most-scandalous-celebrity-photoshoots/5/|title=Most Scandalous Photoshoots|date=6 September 2012|access-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216073612/http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/galleries/gallery/-/14782942/most-scandalous-celebrity-photoshoots/5/|archive-date=16 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

By the early 2000s, Theron continued to steadily take on roles in films such as ''[[Reindeer Games]]'' (2000), ''[[The Yards]]'' (2000), ''[[The Legend of Bagger Vance]]'' (2000), ''[[Men of Honor]]'' (2000), ''[[Sweet November (2001 film)|Sweet November]]'' (2001), ''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]'' (2001), and ''[[Trapped (2002 film)|Trapped]]'' (2002), all of which, despite achieving only limited commercial success, helped to establish her as an actress. On this period in her career, Theron remarked: "I kept finding myself in a place where directors would back me but studios didn't. [I began] a love affair with directors, the ones I really, truly admired. I found myself making really bad movies, too. ''Reindeer Games'' was not a good movie, but I did it because I loved [director] [[John Frankenheimer]]".<ref>{{cite web|first=Johnathan |last=Van Meter |date=October 2004 |url=http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/092704/page2.html |title= Bronzed bombshell |publisher=Vogue |website=Style.com |access-date= 24 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708215330/http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/092704/page2.html |archive-date=8 July 2008}}</ref>

===Worldwide recognition and critical success (2003–2008)===
[[File:Ms. magazine Cover - Fall 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Theron on the cover of ''[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]]'' magazine in 2005]]

Theron starred as a safe and vault technician in the 2003 heist film ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'', an American homage/[[remake]] of the 1969 British [[The Italian Job|film of the same name]], directed by [[F. Gary Gray]] and opposite [[Mark Wahlberg]], [[Edward Norton]], [[Jason Statham]], [[Seth Green]], and [[Donald Sutherland]]. The film was a box office success, grossing US$176 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |title=De Line hire portends more changes at Par |first=Dave |last=McNary |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/de-line-hire-portends-more-changes-at-par-1117897479/ |date=21 December 2003 |access-date=5 October 2008 |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502105337/https://variety.com/article/VR1117897479.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003), Theron portrayed [[serial killer]] [[Aileen Wuornos]], a former prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s;<ref name=tca /> film critic [[Roger Ebert]] felt that Theron gave "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040101/REVIEWS/40310032/1023 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Reviews: ''Monster'' |date=1 January 2004 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-date= 5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605075434/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040101%2FREVIEWS%2F40310032%2F1023 |url-status=live }}</ref> For her portrayal, she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] at the [[76th Academy Awards]] in February 2004,<ref name="oscars-db">{{cite web|title=Academy Awards Database: Charlize Theron|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=69587|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113030444/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=69587|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2013|access-date=30 January 2008}}</ref> as well as the [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] and the [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name="globes-db">{{cite web|title=Golden Globe Award Database: Charlize Theron |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28564 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=30 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523013603/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28564 |archive-date=23 May 2006}}</ref> She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress.<ref name="bbc-wof"/> The Oscar win pushed her to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''{{'}}s 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning up to US$10 million for a film; she ranked seventh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15958023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206031831/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15958023/ns/today-entertainment/t/kidman-now-highest-paid-actress/|url-status=live|archive-date=6 December 2011|title=Kidman now highest paid actress|work=msnbc|date=29 November 2006 |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> ''AskMen'' named her the number one most desirable woman of 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/specials/2003_top_99/1.html |title=Charlize Theron |work=askmen.com |access-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202110233/http://www.askmen.com/specials/2003_top_99/1.html |archive-date= 2 December 2012}}</ref>

For her role as Swedish actress and singer [[Britt Ekland]] in the 2004 [[HBO]] film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'', Theron garnered Golden Globe Award and [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/charlize-theron|title=Charlize Theron|work=Television Academy|access-date=26 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615145422/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/charlize-theron|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, she portrayed [[List of Arrested Development minor characters#Rita Leeds|Rita]], the mentally challenged love interest of [[Michael Bluth]] ([[Jason Bateman]]), on the third season of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s television series ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/charlize-theron-arrested-fox-comedy-wbna9129736|title=Charlize Theron gets 'Arrested' this season|publisher=[[Today.com]]|date=30 August 2005|access-date=24 July 2009|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223065042/http://www.today.com/popculture/charlize-theron-arrested-fox-comedy-wbna9129736|url-status=live}}</ref> and starred in the financially unsuccessful science fiction thriller ''[[Æon Flux (film)|Æon Flux]]''; for her voice-over work in the ''Aeon Flux'' video game, she received a [[Spike Video Game Awards|Spike Video Game Award]] for Best Performance by a Human Female.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike TV Video Game Awards 2005 Winners Announced |publisher=gamezone.com |url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/item/spike_tv_video_game_awards_2005_winners_announced/ |access-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614032846/http://www.gamezone.com/news/spike_tv_video_game_awards_2005_winners_announced |archive-date=14 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Video Game Awards 05' Pictures |publisher=cbsnews.com |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1080110-12.html |access-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034637/http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1080110-12.html |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Charlize.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Theron attending the premiere of ''[[North Country (film)|North Country]]'' at the [[2005 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

In the critically acclaimed drama ''[[North Country (film)|North Country]]'' (2005), Theron played a single mother and an iron mine worker experiencing sexual harassment. David Rooney of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "The film represents a confident next step for lead Charlize Theron. Though the challenges of following a career-redefining Oscar role have stymied actresses, Theron segues from ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' to a performance in many ways more accomplished [...] The strength of both the performance and character anchor the film firmly in the tradition of other dramas about working-class women leading the fight over industrial workplace issues, such as ''[[Norma Rae]]'' or ''[[Silkwood]]''."<ref>Rooney, David. (12 September 2005) [https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117928151.html?nav=reviews07&categoryid=1986&cs=1&p=0 ''Variety'' review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020143600/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117928151.html?nav=reviews07&categoryid=1986&cs=1&p=0 |date=20 October 2012 }}. ''Variety''. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref> Roger Ebert echoed the same sentiment, calling her "an actress who has the beauty of a fashion model but has found resources within herself for these powerful roles about unglamorous women in the world of men."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=North Country movie review & film summary (2005) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-country-2005|website=rogerebert.com/|access-date=22 October 2020|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118150400/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-country-2005|url-status=live}}</ref> For her performance, she received [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations for Best Actress.{{r|oscars-db|globes-db}} [[Ms. (magazine)|''Ms.'' magazine]] honoured her for this performance with a feature article in its Fall 2005 issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msmagazine.com/fall2005/oscar.asp|title=Ms. Congratulates Charlize Theron!|work=[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]] |access-date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223180225/http://www.msmagazine.com/fall2005/oscar.asp|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 30 September 2005, Theron received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name="bbc-wof">{{cite news|title=Hollywood honours actress Theron|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4296424.stm|work=BBC News|date=30 September 2005|access-date=8 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105144053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4296424.stm|archive-date=5 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Theron played a police detective in the critically acclaimed crime film ''[[In the Valley of Elah]]'', and produced and starred as a reckless, slatternly mother in the drama film ''[[Sleepwalking (film)|Sleepwalking]]'', alongside [[Nick Stahl]] and [[AnnaSophia Robb]]. ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' praised the latter film, commenting that "Despite its deficiencies, and the inadequate screen time allotted to Theron (who's quite good), ''Sleepwalking'' has a core of feeling".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p16s01-almo.html|title='Sleepwalking' has a dreamy feel |first=Peter |last=Rainer |date=14 March 2008 |newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=15 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317220803/http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p16s01-almo.html |archive-date=17 March 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Theron starred as a woman who faced a traumatic childhood in the drama ''[[The Burning Plain]]'', directed by [[Guillermo Arriaga]] and opposite [[Jennifer Lawrence]] and [[Kim Basinger]], and played the ex-wife of an alcoholic superhero alongside [[Will Smith]] in the [[superhero film]] ''[[Hancock (film)|Hancock]]''. ''The Burning Plain'' found a limited release in US theatres,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2009&wknd=38&p=.htm |title=Domestic 2009 Weekend 38 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064618/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2009&wknd=38&p=.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> but grossed $5,267,917 outside the US. ''Hancock'' made US$624.3 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=charlizetheron.htm |title=Charlize Theron Movie Box Office Results |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026104131/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=charlizetheron.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2008, Theron was named the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]] [[Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year|Woman of the Year]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521600 |title=Hasty Pudding To Honor Walken, Theron |work=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |first=Chelsea L. |last=Shover |date=24 January 2008 |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206062214/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521600 |archive-date=6 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was asked to be a [[United Nations Messengers of Peace|UN Messenger of Peace]] by the UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7730770.stm|title=Entertainment &#124; Actress to become UN peace envoy|publisher=BBC News|date=15 November 2008|access-date=24 July 2009|archive-date=2 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502105311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7730770.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Career hiatus and fluctuations (2009–2016)===
Her film releases in 2009 were the post-apocalyptic drama ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'', in which she briefly appears in [[flashback (narrative)|flashbacks]], and the animated film ''[[Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy]]'', providing her voice for a character. On 4 December 2009, Theron co-presented the draw for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Cape Town]], South Africa, accompanied by several other celebrities of South African nationality or ancestry. During rehearsals she drew an [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] ball instead of [[France national football team|France]] as a joke at the expense of FIFA, referring to [[Thierry Henry]]'s handball controversy in the [[France vs Republic of Ireland (2010 FIFA World Cup Play-Off)|play-off match]] between France and Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/theron-has-a-ball-at-fifas-expense-1962410.html|title=Theron has a ball at FIFA's expense|first=Jason|last=O'Brien|work=[[The Irish Independent]]|date=3 December 2009|access-date=8 June 2010|archive-date=12 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312080525/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/theron-has-a-ball-at-fifas-expense-1962410.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=354&fArticleId=5273884 Charlize puts Ireland in the finals]. 4 December 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429033910/http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=354&fArticleId=5273884 |date=29 April 2015}}</ref> The stunt alarmed FIFA enough for it to fear she might do it again in front of a live global audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/FIFA-shock-as-Charlize-Theron-picks-Ireland-as-first-team-for-World-Cup-78329492.html |title=FIFA shock as Charlize Theron picks Ireland as first team in World Cup draw, Hollywood star pulls stunt on World Cup officials in South Africa |date=2 December 2009 |publisher=Irishcentral.com |access-date=8 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303172637/http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/FIFA-shock-as-Charlize-Theron-picks-Ireland-as-first-team-for-World-Cup-78329492.html |archive-date=3 March 2010 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Following a two-year hiatus from films, Theron returned to the spotlight in 2011 with the black comedy ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]''. Directed by Jason Reitman, the film earned critical acclaim, particularly for her performance as a depressed divorced, alcoholic 37-year-old [[ghostwriter]]. [[Richard Roeper]] awarded the film an A grade, stating "Charlize Theron delivers one of the most impressive performances of the year".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/youngadult.aspx |title= Young Adult Review |first= Richard |last= Roeper |author-link= Richard Roeper |publisher= Richard Roeper & The Movies / [[Reelz Channel]] |access-date= 21 April 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419074420/http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/youngadult.aspx |archive-date= 19 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and several other awards. Roger Ebert called her one of the best actors working today.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Young Adult movie review & film summary (2011) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/young-adult-2011|website=rogerebert.com/|access-date=22 October 2020|archive-date=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027073722/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/young-adult-2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Charlize Theron WonderCon 2012 (Straighten Crop).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Theron promoting ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' at the 2012 [[WonderCon]]]]

In 2012, Theron took on the role of villain in two big-budgeted films. She played [[Queen (Snow White)|Evil Queen Ravenna]], Snow White's evil stepmother, in ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlize-theron-to-play-evil-queen-in-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-_n_807192|title=Charlize Theron To Play Evil Queen In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'|work=HuffPost|date=11 January 2011|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320023552/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/charlize-theron-to-play-evil-queen-in-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-_n_807192.html|archive-date=20 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> opposite [[Kristen Stewart]] and [[Chris Hemsworth]], and appeared as a crew member with a hidden agenda in [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''. [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' found ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' to be "[a] slow, boring film that has no charm and is highlighted only by a handful of special effects and Charlize Theron's truly evil queen",<ref>{{cite news|author=Mick LaSalle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Snow-White-and-the-Huntsman-review-Dwarfed-3599419.php |title='Snow White and the Huntsman' review: Dwarfed |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=2 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-date=27 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427224155/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Snow-White-and-the-Huntsman-review-Dwarfed-3599419.php}}</ref> while ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' writer Todd McCarthy, describing her role in ''Prometheus'', asserted: "Theron is in ice goddess mode here, with the emphasis on ice [...] but perfect for the role all the same".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/prometheus-film-review-330414 |title=Prometheus Film Review |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=30 May 2012 |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026070023/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/prometheus-film-review-330414 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Both films were major box office hits, grossing around US$400 million internationally each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=snowwhiteandthehuntsman.htm|website=Box Office Mojo |title=Snow White and the Huntsman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064628/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=snowwhiteandthehuntsman.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prometheus.htm |title=Prometheus|website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064630/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prometheus.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, ''Vulture''/''NYMag'' named her the 68th Most Valuable Star in Hollywood saying: "We're just happy that Theron can stay on the list in a year when she didn't come out with anything [...] any actress who's got that kind of skill, beauty, and ferocity ought to have a permanent place in Hollywood".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/most-valuable-movie-stars.html#/all/vulture-rankings|title=Vulture's 100 Most Valuable Stars of 2013|work=Vulture|date=22 October 2013|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607025255/http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/most-valuable-movie-stars.html#/all/vulture-rankings|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On 10 May 2014, Theron hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/charlize-theron-andy-samberg-hosting-snl.html|title=Charlize Theron, Andy Samberg Will Host Last Two SNLs of the Season|last=Lyons|first=Margaret|date=23 April 2014|website=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]]|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727201242/https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/charlize-theron-andy-samberg-hosting-snl.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/charlize-theron-is-the-ultimate-cat-lady-on-snl-236071/|title=Charlize Theron is the Ultimate Cat Lady on 'SNL'|last=Coleman|first=Miriam|date=11 May 2014|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727202404/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/charlize-theron-is-the-ultimate-cat-lady-on-snl-236071/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Theron took on the role of the wife of an infamous outlaw in the western comedy film ''[[A Million Ways to Die in the West]]'', directed by [[Seth MacFarlane]], which was met with mediocre reviews and moderate box office returns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west |title=A Million Ways to Die in the West |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718035837/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west |archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3855&p=.htm |title=Weekend Report: 'Stars' Align for 'Fault,' Cruise Misses with 'Edge' |first=Ray|last=Subers |date=8 June 2014 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116031746/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3855&p=.htm |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In 2015, Theron played the sole survivor of the massacre of her family in the film adaptation of the [[Gillian Flynn]] novel ''[[Dark Places (novel)|Dark Places]]'', directed by [[Gilles Paquet-Brenner]], in which she had a producer credit,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/02/berlin-toldja-charlize-theron-locked-for-dark-places/|title=Berlin TOLDJA! Charlize Theron Locked For 'Dark Places' - Deadline|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=Deadline|date=7 February 2013|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212091004/http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/berlin-toldja-charlize-theron-locked-for-dark-places/|archive-date=12 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and starred as [[Imperator Furiosa]] in ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), opposite [[Tom Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/mad-max-to-the-rescue-of-aussie-film-industry/story-e6frexli-1225790616747|title=Mad Max to the Rescue... again|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia|access-date=24 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117022704/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/mad-max-to-the-rescue-of-aussie-film-industry/story-e6frexli-1225790616747|archive-date=17 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=McNary|title=Charlize Theron to star in 'Mad' film|url=https://variety.com/2009/biz/markets-festivals/charlize-theron-to-star-in-mad-film-1118010598/|work=Variety|date=29 October 2009|access-date=30 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102020402/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010598.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|archive-date=2 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Mad Max'' received widespread critical acclaim, with praise going towards Theron for the dominant nature taken by her character.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Mad Max: Fury Road could be the loudest silent movie ever |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-mad-max-fury-road-could-be-the-loudest-silent-movie-ever-20150526-gh9f66.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Paul |last=Byrnes |date=31 May 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703045152/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-mad-max-fury-road-could-be-the-loudest-silent-movie-ever-20150526-gh9f66.html |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The film made US$378.4 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=furyroad.htm |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031041227/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=furyroad.htm |archive-date=31 October 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> She next reprised her role as Queen Ravenna in the 2016 film ''[[The Huntsman: Winter's War]]'', a sequel to ''Snow White and the Huntsman'',<ref>{{cite web |title = 'Snow White and the Huntsman 2' Trailer, Plot & Release Date: Emily Blunt Cast as Evil Snow Queen? |url = http://www.latinospost.com/articles/48969/20150120/snow-white-huntsman-2-trailer-plot-release-date-emily-blunt.htm |date = 20 January 2015 |website = Latinos Post |access-date = 25 September 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925180545/http://www.latinospost.com/articles/48969/20150120/snow-white-huntsman-2-trailer-plot-release-date-emily-blunt.htm |archive-date = 25 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> which was a critical and commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4179&p=.htm |title='Jungle Book' Repeats, 'Huntsman' Falls On His Axe and 'Zootopia' Tops $900M Worldwide |date=24 April 2016 |first=Brad|last=Brevet |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064635/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4179&p=.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> In 2016, Theron starred as a physician and activist working in West Africa in the little-seen romantic drama ''[[The Last Face]]'', with [[Sean Penn]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/sean-penn-last-face-cannes-1201779504/ |date=20 May 2016 |title=Sean Penn's 'The Last Face' Ripped Apart on Twitter After Cannes Debut |first=Brent|last=Lang |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064646/https://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/sean-penn-last-face-cannes-1201779504/ |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> provided her voice for the 3D stop-motion fantasy film ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'', and produced the independent drama ''[[Brain on Fire (film)|Brain on Fire]]''. That year, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named her in the [[Time 100]] list of the most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/4299681/charlize-theron-2016-time-100/ |title=Charlize Theron by Blake Mycoskie: TIME 100 |magazine=Time |access-date=29 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200410090119/https://time.com/4299681/charlize-theron-2016-time-100/ |archive-date=10 April 2020 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

===Resurgence (2017–present)===
[[File:Charlize Theron in 2017.jpg|upright|thumb|Theron at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]

In 2017, Theron starred in ''[[The Fate of the Furious]]'' as the cyberterrorist Cipher, the main antagonist of the entire franchise, and played a spy on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 in ''[[Atomic Blonde]]'', an adaptation of the graphic novel ''The Coldest City'', directed by [[David Leitch (director)|David Leitch]].<ref>{{cite web|title = John Wick 2 co-director David Leitch exits to helm The Coldest City|url = https://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/02/john-wick-2-coldest-city|date = 2 October 2015|website = EntertainmentWeekly|access-date = 4 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151104215347/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/02/john-wick-2-coldest-city|archive-date = 4 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Fate of The Furious'' had a worldwide gross of US$1.2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=furious8.htm |title=The Fate of the Furious |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002021531/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=furious8.htm |archive-date=2 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and ''Atomic Blonde'' was described by Richard Roeper of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' as "a slick vehicle for the magnetic, badass charms of Charlize Theron, who is now officially an A-list action star on the strength of this film and ''Mad Max: Fury Road''".<ref>{{cite news |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |date=24 July 2017 |title=Charlize Theron joins action's top echelon with slick 'Atomic Blonde' |url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-joins-actions-top-echelon-with-slick-atomic-blonde/ |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun Times]] |access-date=27 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803074238/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-joins-actions-top-echelon-with-slick-atomic-blonde/ |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> In the black comedy ''[[Tully (2018 film)|Tully]]'' (2018), directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody, Theron played an overwhelmed mother of three. The film was acclaimed by critics, who concluded it "delves into the modern parenthood experience with an admirably deft blend of humor and raw honesty, brought to life by an outstanding performance by Charlize Theron".<ref>{{cite web |title=Tully (2018) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tully_2018 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=4 May 2018 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008170410/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tully_2018/ |archive-date=8 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> She played the president of a pharmaceutical corporation in the crime film ''[[Gringo (2018 film)|Gringo]]'' and produced the biographical war drama film ''[[A Private War]]'', both released in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=gringo18.htm |title=Gringo |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064646/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=gringo18.htm |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In 2019, Theron produced and starred in the romantic comedy film ''[[Long Shot (2019 film)|Long Shot]]'', opposite [[Seth Rogen]] and directed by [[Jonathan Levine]], portraying a [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] who reconnects with a journalist she used to babysit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/seth-rogen-charlize-theron-comedy-moves-up-to-first-weekend-in-may-after-scoring-sxsw-world-premiere-1202537217/|title=Seth Rogen-Charlize Theron Comedy Moves Up To First Weekend In May After Scoring SXSW Slot|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=17 January 2019|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411173550/https://deadline.com/2019/01/seth-rogen-charlize-theron-comedy-moves-up-to-first-weekend-in-may-after-scoring-sxsw-world-premiere-1202537217/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at [[South by Southwest]] in March 2019, and was released on 3 May 2019, to positive reviews from film critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/long_shot_2019|title=Long Shot (2019)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=3 May 2019 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507182117/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/long_shot_2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Theron next starred as [[Megyn Kelly]] in the drama ''[[Bombshell (2019 film)|Bombshell]]'', which she co-produced. Directed by [[Jay Roach]], the film revolves around the sexual harassment allegations made against Fox News CEO [[Roger Ailes]] by former female employees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Charlize Theron To Play Megyn Kelly In Fox News Movie At Annapurna |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/charlize-theron-megyn-kelly-fox-news-women-movie-cast-1202395634/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=22 May 2018 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723223259/https://deadline.com/2018/05/charlize-theron-megyn-kelly-fox-news-women-movie-cast-1202395634/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For her work in the film, Theron was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/oscars-2020-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1202828454/|title=The 92nd Oscar Nominations: The Complete List|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=13 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113145411/https://deadline.com/2020/01/oscars-2020-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1202828454/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/golden-globes-nominations-announced-updating-live-1202804135/|title=Golden Globes Nominations: 'Marriage Story', Netflix, 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Way In Film—Full List Of Nominations|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=9 December 2019|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211174953/https://deadline.com/2019/12/golden-globes-nominations-announced-updating-live-1202804135/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/critics-choice-nominations-film-tv-nominees-list-1202803785/|title='The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Critics' Choice Nominations; Netflix Dominates With 61 Noms In Movies And TV|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Pete|last=Hammond|date=8 December 2019|access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208185645/https://deadline.com/2019/12/critics-choice-nominations-film-tv-nominees-list-1202803785/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/sag-awards-nominations-list-film-tv-nominees-screen-actors-guild-1202806390/|title=SAG Awards Nominations: 'Bombshell', 'The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Top Film List, 'Maisel,' 'Fleabag' Score In TV – Complete List Of Noms|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=11 December 2019|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211153707/https://deadline.com/2019/12/sag-awards-nominations-list-film-tv-nominees-screen-actors-guild-1202806390/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/bafta-film-awards-nominations-full-list-joker-irishman-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202823097/|title=BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Joker', 'The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead – Full List|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|date=7 January 2020|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108164424/https://deadline.com/2020/01/bafta-film-awards-nominations-full-list-joker-irishman-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202823097/|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, ''Forbes'' ranked her as the ninth highest-paid actress in the world, with an annual income of $23 million.<ref name="forbes19">{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Madeline |title=The Highest-Paid Actresses 2019: Scarlett Johansson Leads With $56 Million |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/23/highest-paid-actresses-scarlett-johansson/#3fe06aeb4b4d |date=23 August 2019 |work=Forbes |access-date=25 August 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210529/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/23/highest-paid-actresses-scarlett-johansson/#3fe06aeb4b4d |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, she produced and starred opposite [[KiKi Layne]] in ''[[The Old Guard (2020 film)|The Old Guard]]'', directed by [[Gina Prince-Bythewood]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/charlize-theron-netflix-the-old-guard-movie-1202561033/|title=Charlize Theron & KiKi Layne Comic Book Action Feature 'The Old Guard' Lands At Netflix|date=21 February 2019|website=Deadline|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030135142/https://deadline.com/2019/02/charlize-theron-netflix-the-old-guard-movie-1202561033/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Breznican |first1=Anthony |title=First Look at Charlize Theron's Immortal Warrior in The Old Guard |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/first-look-at-charlize-theron-immortal-warrior-in-the-old-guard |work=Variety |url-status=live |date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200513164548/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/first-look-at-charlize-theron-immortal-warrior-in-the-old-guard |archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> The following year, she reprised her role as Cipher in ''[[F9 (film)|F9]]'', originally set for release on 22 May 2020,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/07/08/charlize-theron-helen-mirren-fast-9/ |title=Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren strap back in for Fast & Furious 9 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Derek|last=Lawrence|date=8 July 2019|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708135451/https://ew.com/movies/2019/07/08/charlize-theron-helen-mirren-fast-9/|archive-date=8 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> before its delay to June 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/f9-delayed-to-2021-amid-coronavrius-pandemic-concerns.html|title='F9' delayed to 2021 amid coronavrius pandemic concerns|last=Whitten|first=Sarah|date=12 March 2020|website=CNBC|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=15 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315001551/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/f9-delayed-to-2021-amid-coronavrius-pandemic-concerns.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, Theron appeared in some projects. Upon the film's release in May, it was revealed that Theron would be portraying the character [[Clea Strange|Clea]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), beginning with her debut in the [[mid-credits scene]] of the superhero film ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Schedeen | first=Jesse | title=Charlize Theron's Clea Explained: Who Is the Doctor Strange Post-Credits Cameo Character? | website=[[IGN]] | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-strange-clea-multiverse-of-madness-post-credits-charlize-theron | access-date=7 May 2022 | archive-date=7 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507000837/https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-strange-clea-multiverse-of-madness-post-credits-charlize-theron | url-status=live }}</ref> She played Lady Lesso in the fantasy [[Netflix]] film ''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=19 February 2021|title=Kerry Washington And Charlize Theron Join Netflix's 'The School For Good And Evil'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/kerry-washington-charlize-theron-the-school-for-good-and-evil-movie-1234697107/|url-status=live|access-date=19 February 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219172356/https://deadline.com/2021/02/kerry-washington-charlize-theron-the-school-for-good-and-evil-movie-1234697107/ |archive-date=19 February 2021 }}</ref> and filmed a [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] in Season 3 opener of ''[[The Boys (TV series)|The Boys]]'' as an actress playing Stormfront.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=3 June 2022 |first=Nick |last=Romano |title='The Boys' season 3 welcomes Hollywood A-lister for surprise cameo |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-charlize-theron-stormfront/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603225019/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-charlize-theron-stormfront/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, Theron reprised her role as Cipher in ''[[Fast X]]'' and executive produced ''[[Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York]]'', a documentary series revolving around a serial killer preying upon gay men for [[HBO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.wbd.com/na/media-release/hbo-0/last-call-when-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york/hbo-original-docuseries-last-call-when-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york-debuts|title=HBO Original Docuseries LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK Debuts July 9|website=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=July 2, 2023|archive-date=2 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702213634/https://press.wbd.com/na/media-release/hbo-0/last-call-when-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york/hbo-original-docuseries-last-call-when-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york-debuts|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Other ventures==
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===Activism===
[[File:Crystal Award Ceremony - Exploring Arts in Society Charlize Theron.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Theron speaking at a meeting of the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2013]]

The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) was created in 2007 by Theron, in an effort to support African youth in the fight against [[HIV/AIDS]]. By November 2017, CTAOP had raised more than $6.3 million to support African organizations working on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2017/11/06/how-charlize-theron-is-helping-fight-aids/|title=How Charlize Theron Is Helping Fight AIDS|last=Robehmed|first=Natalie|website=Forbes|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008130015/https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2017/11/06/how-charlize-theron-is-helping-fight-aids/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, Theron was named a [[United Nations Messenger of Peace]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2008/11/281792-actor-and-advocate-charlize-theron-named-un-messenger-peace|title=Actor and advocate Charlize Theron named UN Messenger of Peace|date=14 November 2008|website=UN News|access-date=23 February 2020|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223074357/https://news.un.org/en/story/2008/11/281792-actor-and-advocate-charlize-theron-named-un-messenger-peace|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/charlize-theron-named-un-ambassador-of-peace-1.743389|title=Charlize Theron named UN Ambassador of Peace|work=cbc.ca|date=15 November 2008|access-date=15 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230234835/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/charlize-theron-named-un-ambassador-of-peace-1.743389|archive-date=30 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In his citation, [[Ban Ki-moon]] said of Theron: "You have consistently dedicated yourself to improving the lives of women and children in South Africa, and to preventing and stopping violence against women and girls."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/portal/cache/offonce/home/pid/7716 |title=Member States Portal – 17 November 2008: Charlize Theron is United Nations Messenger of Peace |work=un.int |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141217135752/http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/portal/cache/offonce/home/pid/7716 |archive-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> She recorded a public service announcement in 2014 as part of the UN's "Stop Rape Now" program.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/22/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/emma-watson-un-speech-celebs/|title=Emma Watson latest to use star power to help women|first=Lisa|last=Respers France|work=cnn.com|date=22 September 2014|access-date=15 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214155933/http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/22/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/emma-watson-un-speech-celebs/|archive-date=14 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2009, CTAOP and [[Toms Shoes]] partnered to create a limited edition unisex shoe. The shoe was made from vegan materials and inspired by the African [[Adansonia digitata|baobab]] tree, the silhouette of which was embroidered on blue and orange canvas. Ten thousand pairs were given to destitute children, and a portion of the proceeds went to CTAOP.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2009/12/17/exclusive-charlize-theron-designs-a-shoe-with-toms-for-charity|title= Charlize Theron Designs Shoes with TOMS for Charity|work= People|date= 17 December 2009|access-date= 1 July 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110816070350/http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2009/12/17/exclusive-charlize-theron-designs-a-shoe-with-toms-for-charity/|archive-date=16 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2020, CTAOP partnered with [[Parfums Christian Dior]] to create Dior Stands With Women, an initiative that includes [[Cara Delevingne]], [[Yalitza Aparicio]], [[Paloma Elsesser]], and others, to encourage women to be assertive by documenting their journey, challenges and accomplishments.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://hauteliving.com/2020/09/dior-charlize-theron-foundation-ctaop/690481/ | title = Dior Parfums Launches Partnership With Charlize Theron's Foundation Called 'Dior Stands With Women' | date = 22 September 2020 | access-date = 1 December 2020 | work = [[Haute Living]] | last = Masrani | first = Deyvanshi | archive-date = 27 October 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201027161302/https://hauteliving.com/2020/09/dior-charlize-theron-foundation-ctaop/690481/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

Theron is involved in [[women's rights]] organizations and has marched in [[pro-choice]] rallies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/hillary-takes-on-bush-20040426-gdit6q.html|title=Hillary takes on Bush|work=Sydney Morning Herald|author=AFP|date=26 April 2004|access-date=29 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318155905/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831473096.html|archive-date=18 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

Theron is a supporter of [[same-sex marriage]] and attended a march and rally to support that in [[Fresno, California]], on 30 May 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thousands attend Fresno rally supporting gay marriage|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/thousand-attend-fresno-rally-supporting-of-gay-marriage.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Jessica|last=Garrison|date=30 May 2009|access-date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721064526/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/thousand-attend-fresno-rally-supporting-of-gay-marriage.html|archive-date=21 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> She publicly stated that she refused to get married until same sex marriage became legal in the United States, saying: "I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. I think it would be exactly the same if we were married, but for me to go through that kind of ceremony, because I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself".<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlize Theron: I Won't Get Married Until My Gay Friends Can|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlize-theron-i-wont-ge_n_290073|work=[[HuffPost]]|last=Hall|first=Katy |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=17 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923150854/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/17/charlize-theron-i-wont-ge_n_290073.html|archive-date=23 September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Theron further elaborated on her stance in a June 2011 interview on ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]''. She stated: "I do have a problem with the fact that our government hasn't stepped up enough to make this federal, to make [gay marriage] legal. I think everybody has that right".<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlize Theron, Piers Morgan Talk Gay Marriage, Long-Term Relationships|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/122316/charlize-theron-piers-morgan-gay-marriage/|first=Michael|last=Söze|website=[[Inquisitr]]|date=1 July 2011|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704190242/http://www.inquisitr.com/122316/charlize-theron-piers-morgan-gay-marriage/|archive-date=4 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2014, CTAOP was among the charities that benefited from the annual [[Fame and Philanthropy]] fundraising event on the night of the [[86th Academy Awards]]. Theron was an honoured guest along with Halle Berry and keynote speaker [[James Cameron]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/scene/news/oscar-parties-academy-awards-governors-ball-elton-john-fame-philanthropy-1201124479/|title=Oscars Parties: Governors Ball, Elton John and the Inaugural Fame & Philanthropy Party|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2 March 2014|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703153321/http://variety.com/2014/scene/news/oscar-parties-academy-awards-governors-ball-elton-john-fame-philanthropy-1201124479/|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, Theron signed an open letter which [[One Campaign]] had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]], urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the [[G7]] in Germany and the [[African Union|AU]] in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.<ref>{{cite news |last=McVeigh |first=Tracy  |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |title=Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality &#124; Life and style |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082544/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2017, she visited South Africa with [[Trevor Noah]] and made a donation to the South African charity Life Choices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/videos/watch-trevor-noah-and-charlize-theron-join-in-an-african-haka-at-a-cape-town-school-video/|title=Watch: Trevor Noah and Charlize Theron join in an 'African Haka' at a Cape Town school [video]|last=Head|first=Tom|publisher=[[The South African]]|date=14 August 2017|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322125120/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/videos/watch-trevor-noah-and-charlize-theron-join-in-an-african-haka-at-a-cape-town-school-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, she gave a speech about AIDS prevention at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, organized by the [[International AIDS Society]].<ref name="panther">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/movies/charlize-theron-moved-to-tears-by-black-panther-18391510|title=Charlize Theron moved to tears by Black Panther|website=iol.co.za|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322125122/https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/movies/charlize-theron-moved-to-tears-by-black-panther-18391510|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 June 2022, it was announced that Theron and Sheryl Lee Ralph would receive the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award for their commitment to raising awareness of HIV at the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS fundraising gala.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Urban|first=Sasha|title=Charlize Theron, Sheryl Lee Ralph to Be Honored at Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS|url=https://variety.com/2022/scene/news/charlize-theron-sheryl-lee-ralph-elizabeth-taylor-ball-1235301149/|date=22 June 2022|access-date=22 June 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=22 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622223952/https://variety.com/2022/scene/news/charlize-theron-sheryl-lee-ralph-elizabeth-taylor-ball-1235301149/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Endorsements===
Having signed a deal with [[John Galliano]] in 2004, Theron replaced Estonian model [[Tiiu Kuik]] as the spokeswoman in the [[J'Adore (fragrance)|J'Adore]] advertisements by [[Dior|Christian Dior]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/08/13/news/newsmakers/charlize_dior|title=Dior signs Charlize Theron|publisher=CNN|date=13 August 2004|access-date=6 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206052102/https://money.cnn.com/2004/08/13/news/newsmakers/charlize_dior/|archive-date=6 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2024, Dior announced Theron will no longer be the face of J'Adore and be replaced by [[Barbados|Barbadian]] singer and businesswoman [[Rihanna]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekpo |first=Ime |title=Rihanna Makes History As The New Face Of Dior's J'Adore Fragrance |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/imeekpo/2024/06/19/rihanna-makes-history-as-the-new-face-of-diors-jadore-fragrance/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, she appeared in a new advertisement for Dior J'adore. From October 2005 to December 2006, Theron earned US$3 million for the use of her image in a worldwide print media advertising campaign for Raymond Weil watches.<ref name="smoke">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1001082theron1.html|title=Charlize Theron's Screen Gems|work=The Smoking Gun|access-date=7 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004014120/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1001082theron1.html|archive-date=4 October 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2006, she and her production company were sued by Weil for breach of contract.<ref name="smoke" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marre |first1=Oliver |title=Charlize Theron: A tale of two watches |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2008/oct/14/celebrity |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=9 May 2020 |quote=Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil is seeking $20m in damages from Theron for wearing a Christian Dior watch, contrary to the terms of a 14-month contract she signed with Raymond Weil in 2005. The contract committed her to wear Raymond Weil watches during public events, especially when the paparazzi is present.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509204000/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2008/oct/14/celebrity|archive-date=9 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled on 4 November 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/charlize_theron_settles__20m_lawsuit_brought_by_swiss_watchmaker/1841896/|title=Charlize Theron settles $20M lawsuit brought by Swiss watchmaker|publisher=NBC Washington|date=4 November 2008|access-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208011331/http://www.accesshollywood.com/charlize-theron-settles-20m-lawsuit-brought-by-swiss-watchmaker_article_12006|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Theron joined [[Brad Pitt]], [[Daniel Wu]] and [[Adam Driver]] as brand ambassadors for [[Breitling SA|Breitling]], dubbed the Breitling Cinema Squad.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Nonjabulo Mbatha |title=Charlize Theron headlines the Breitling Cinema Squad |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/art-artists/charlize-theron-headlines-the-breitling-cinema-squad/ |work=The South African |date=5 September 2018 |access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509203812/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/art-artists/charlize-theron-headlines-the-breitling-cinema-squad/ |archive-date=9 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing the Breitling Squad Concept |url=https://www.breitling.com/us-en/news/details/introducing-the-breitling-squad-concept-23554 |website=[[Breitling SA|Breitling]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509203112/https://www.breitling.com/us-en/news/details/introducing-the-breitling-squad-concept-23554 |archive-date=9 May 2020 |date=23 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2007, Theron became a naturalised [[Citizenship of the United States|citizen of the United States]],<ref name="cbs">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-theron-glad-to-be-a-us-citizen/ |title=Charlize Theron: Glad To Be A U.S. Citizen |first=Judy |last=Rosen |date=12 March 2008 |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=17 August 2008 |archive-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524151340/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/12/entertainment/main3932852.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> while retaining her [[South African nationality law|South African citizenship]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Bob |last= Tourtellotte |title=Charlize Theron's awakening |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/charlize-therons-awakening/story-e6freqex-1111115508567 |date=9 February 2008 |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |access-date=20 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221025224/http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/charlize-therons-awakening/story-e6freqex-1111115508567|archive-date=21 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Theron has adopted two children: a daughter in March 2012<ref>{{cite journal|title=Charlize Theron Adopts a Baby Boy|journal=People|date=14 March 2012|url=https://people.com/parents/charlize-theron-adopts-a-baby-boy/|access-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315215020/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20578441,00.html|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and another daughter in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Webber |first=Stephanie |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/charlize-theron-adopts-second-child-baby-girl-after-sean-penn-split-201518 |title=Charlize Theron Adopts Second Child, Baby Girl, After Sean Penn Split |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=1 August 2015 |access-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802185452/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/charlize-theron-adopts-second-child-baby-girl-after-sean-penn-split-201518 |archive-date=2 August 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has been interested in adoption since childhood, when she became aware of orphanages and the overflowing numbers of children in them.<ref name="FiveThings"/> In April 2019, Theron revealed that Jackson, then seven years old, is a [[trans woman|transgender girl]]. She said of her daughters, "They were born who they are and exactly where in the world both of them get to find themselves as they grow up, and who they want to be, is not for me to decide".<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlize Theron has revealed her child, 7, is transgender|last=Napoli|first=Jessica|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|date=19 April 2019|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-has-revealed-her-child-7-is-transgender/news-story/cad4f4922915202e3a0fd090813e89de|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502105315/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-has-revealed-her-child-7-is-transgender/news-story/cad4f4922915202e3a0fd090813e89de|url-status=live}}</ref>

She is inspired by actresses [[Susan Sarandon]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]].<ref name="SAGinterview"/> She has described her admiration for [[Tom Hanks]] as a "love affair" and watched many of his films throughout her youth.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=My First Time with Charlize Theron |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN4VOhw1SaY | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/hN4VOhw1SaY| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|time=1:02 |publisher=[[Fandango (website)|Fandango]] |access-date=10 May 2020 |via=Fandago All Access}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="SAGinterview"/> Hollywood actors were not featured in magazines in South Africa so she did not know how famous he was until she moved to the United States,<ref name="SAGinterview"/> which has been inferred as a factor of her "down-to-earth" attitude to fame.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Charlize Theron |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpDRb5QJKw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/OCpDRb5QJKw| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|series=E! True Hollywood Story |series-link=E! True Hollywood Story |network=[[E!]] |date=20 June 2008 |season=12 |number=5 |minutes=14 |access-date=10 May 2020 |quote=The fact that Charlize did even really know what celebrities were when she was growing up is probably the main reason why she's able to be so grounded and so normal...}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After filming for ''[[That Thing You Do!]]'' finished, Theron got Hanks' [[autograph]] on her script.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desta |first1=Yohana |title=Tom Hanks Probably Regrets Making This Joke About Charlize Theron |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/charlize-theron-tom-hanks-tv-joke |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=11 July 2017 |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510000341/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/charlize-theron-tom-hanks-tv-joke |archive-date=10 May 2020 |quote=One of the actress's first major roles was in the music comedy ''That Thing You Do!'' which Hanks directed. Theron, like any mere mortal, asked Hanks to sign her copy of the film's script, which is when he left the note.|url-status=live}}</ref> She later presented him his [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in 2020, in which Hanks revealed that he had a mutual admiration for Theron's career since the day he met her.<ref>{{cite news |author1=afp |author2=Kyle Zeeman |title=Charlize Theron brought to tears by Tom Hanks' tribute to her at the Golden Globes |url=https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/lifestyle/entertainment/2020-01-06-charlize-theron-brought-to-tears-by-tom-hanks-tribute-to-her-at-the-golden-globes/ |work=DispatchLIVE |date=6 January 2020 |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510005738/https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/lifestyle/entertainment/2020-01-06-charlize-theron-brought-to-tears-by-tom-hanks-tribute-to-her-at-the-golden-globes/ |archive-date=10 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Head |first1=Tom |title=Golden Globes: Charlize Theron and Tom Hanks 'fangirl' each other [video] |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/golden-globes-tom-hanks-speech-charlize-theron-video/ |work=The South African |date=6 January 2020 |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727203431/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/golden-globes-tom-hanks-speech-charlize-theron-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Theron said in 2018 that she went to therapy in her thirties because of anger, discovering that it was due to her frustration growing up during [[Apartheid in South Africa|South Africa's apartheid]],{{r|panther|FiveThings}} which ended when she was 15.<ref name="FiveThings"/>

In 2019, Theron spoke about her method of working on roles. Creating a physical identity together with the emotional part of the character, she said, is "a great tool set that adds on to everything else you were already doing as an actor. It's a case-by-case thing, but there is, to me, this beautiful thing that happens when you can get both sides: the exterior and interior. It's a really powerful dynamic". When preparing for a role, "I almost treat it like studying. I will find space where I am alone, where I can be focused, where there's nobody in my house, and I can really just sit down and study and play and look at my face and hear my voice and walk around and be a fucking idiot and my dogs are the only ones who are seeing that".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/charlize-theron-bombshell-acting-career-advice-69448/ |title=Charlize Theron Lets Us Inside Her Head + Her Acting Process |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |work=Backstage |date=20 November 2019 |access-date=12 April 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412124038/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/charlize-theron-bombshell-acting-career-advice-69448/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Theron is a longtime fan of the English band [[Depeche Mode]], and was the presenter for their [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angermiller |first1=Michele Amabile |title=Read Charlize Theron's Awesome Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech for Depeche Mode |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/charlize-theron-depeche-mode-rock-hall-of-fame-speech-1234825002/ |website=Variety |access-date=15 February 2023 |date=8 November 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203024916/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/charlize-theron-depeche-mode-rock-hall-of-fame-speech-1234825002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Relationships===
Theron's first public relationship was with actor [[Craig Bierko]], whom she dated from 1995 to 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/157720455/|title=She's Living on Fast Track Reserved for the Beautiful|author=Kristine McKenna|date=29 May 1997|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305170818/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/157720455/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/143703-who-has-charlize-theron-dated-a-look-at-the-mad-max-fury-road-stars-dating-history|title=Who Has Charlize Theron Dated? A Look At The 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Star's Dating History|website=Bustle|date=28 February 2016 |access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301134757/https://www.bustle.com/articles/143703-who-has-charlize-theron-dated-a-look-at-the-mad-max-fury-road-stars-dating-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

Theron was in a three-year relationship with singer [[Stephan Jenkins]] until October 2001. Some of [[Third Eye Blind]]'s third album, ''[[Out of the Vein]]'', explores the emotions Jenkins experienced as a result of their breakup.<ref name="Guthrie">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/20/PK64418.DTL&type=entertainment|title=He can see clearly now|author=Julian Guthrie|date=20 April 2003|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222111618/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2003%2F04%2F20%2FPK64418.DTL&type=entertainment|archive-date=22 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/interview-vanessa-carlton/9 |title=Interview: Vanessa Carlton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302202808/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/interview-vanessa-carlton/9 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |publisher=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=4 October 2007|access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref>

Theron began a relationship with Irish actor [[Stuart Townsend]] in 2001 after meeting him on the set of ''[[Trapped (2002 film)|Trapped]]''. The couple lived together in [[Los Angeles]] and Ireland.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/stuart-townsend-calls-charlize-theron-his-wife/ |title=Stuart Townsend Calls Charlize Theron His Wife |last=Chi |first=Paul |magazine=People |access-date=13 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915232439/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20055540,00.html |archive-date=15 September 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple split up in late 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=Barry|title=Stuart finds his life goes on after Theron|url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/stuart-finds-his-life-goes-on-after-theron-26632299.html|newspaper=Independent.ie|date=14 February 2010|access-date=7 October 2013|archive-date=31 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031070355/http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/stuart-finds-his-life-goes-on-after-theron-26632299.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2013, Theron began dating American actor [[Sean Penn]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Sabrina |title=Charlize Theron Says She and Sean Penn Were 'Never Engaged'  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/charlize-theron-sean-penn-engaged-dating-relationship-howard-stern-old-guard-netflix-a9580421.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200627175110/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/charlize-theron-sean-penn-engaged-dating-relationship-howard-stern-old-guard-netflix-a9580421.html |archive-date=27 June 2020 |quote=In 2014, while they were together, it was reported that Theron and Penn had become engaged. [...] "What? That's not true, no. I did not 'almost get married to Sean', that's such bulls***," the 44-year-old [Theron] said.  "No, we dated, that was literally all we did, we dated."|url-status=live}}</ref> The relationship ended in June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Esther|title=Sean Penn, Charlize Theron Split, Break Off Engagement: Breakup Details|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sean-penn-charlize-theron-split-couple-breaks-off-engagement-2015176|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=17 June 2015|access-date=15 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811023759/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sean-penn-charlize-theron-split-couple-breaks-off-engagement-2015176|archive-date=11 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> There were reports they were engaged, and Theron said that they were never engaged.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fernández |first=Alexia |date=June 22, 2020 |title=Charlize Theron Denies She Was Engaged to Sean Penn: 'I Was Never Going to Marry Him' |url=https://people.com/movies/charlize-theron-denies-she-was-engaged-to-sean-penn/ |access-date=February 2, 2022 |website=People}}</ref> Theron starred in Penn's film ''The Last Face'' (2016), which they filmed while still a couple.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Metz |first=Brooke |date=July 27, 2017 |title='The Last Face' and the tale of Charlize Theron and Sean Penn |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/07/27/long-saga-charlize-theron-and-sean-penn/496232001/ |access-date=February 2, 2022 |website=USA Today}}</ref>

===Health concerns===
Theron often quips that she has more injuries on sets that are not action films;<ref name="tullyGMA">{{cite AV media |date=4 May 2018 |title=Charlize Theron opens up about 'Tully' live on 'GMA' |medium=Television interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQjvAieNzQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/UJQjvAieNzQ| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|format=Television interview |time=4:21–5:17 |publisher=[[Good Morning America]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> however, while filming ''[[Æon Flux (film)|Æon Flux]]'' in [[Berlin]], Theron suffered a [[spinal disc herniation|herniated disc]] in her neck, caused by a fall while filming a series of back [[Handspring (gymnastics)|handsprings]]. It required her to wear a [[cervical collar|neck brace]] for a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/aeonflux/a/aeonct071705.htm|title=Charlize Theron Talks About Starring in "Aeon Flux" |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |publisher=[[Dotdash|About.com]] |access-date=23 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514214527/http://movies.about.com/od/aeonflux/a/aeonct071705.htm |archive-date=14 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Her thumb [[ligament]] tore during filming of ''The Old Guard'' when her thumb caught in another actor's jacket during a fight scene, which required three operations and six months in a thumb brace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron Revealed Why She Was Wearing a Thumb Brace on Jimmy Kimmel Live |url=https://www.thumbbrace.org/charlize-theron-revealed-why-she-was-wearing-a-thumb-brace-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |website=thumbbrace.org |date=3 November 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510103242/https://www.thumbbrace.org/charlize-theron-revealed-why-she-was-wearing-a-thumb-brace-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |archive-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Charlize Theron underwent three surgeries to fix shattered thumb |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-underwent-three-surgeries-to-fix-shattered-thumb/ar-AAIRiFu |date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510102530/https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/charlize-theron-underwent-three-surgeries-to-fix-shattered-thumb/ar-AAIRiFu |archive-date=10 May 2020 |url-status=live |quote=on Tuesday's episode of ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', the Oscar winner went into more detail, revealing she tore the ligament off the bone of her thumb. "I was doing a film in London... I was fighting a very big guy and he had an armoured vest on, and my thumb got stuck inside his vest and he decided to make a sharp move and my whole thumb just went back... I fell to my knees and cried like a girl." }}</ref><ref name="injuries">{{cite news |author1=Ale Russian |title=Charlize Theron Explains How She Injured Her Hand 'Fighting a Very Big Guy' in a New Movie |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-explains-she-injured-181226180.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALPScVTOjfqPKdX5J0E1ZWlsZ6l8ohuVSxe9Qi4bNNvZY8t-gjr8tELrcOHQSNP9rGWTfatrNEDJQNfzd8SRYgrd8WrzKxU-xz84yzsvh-N86lbKqDeBxkdkN9RMBsneK_Y1r4QxfEzvV8WmgI5OTY7jXV66AZSsdwkLJJOzr_KG |publisher=[[Yahoo News]]/[[People Magazine]] |date=9 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510102448/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/charlize-theron-explains-she-injured-181226180.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALPScVTOjfqPKdX5J0E1ZWlsZ6l8ohuVSxe9Qi4bNNvZY8t-gjr8tELrcOHQSNP9rGWTfatrNEDJQNfzd8SRYgrd8WrzKxU-xz84yzsvh-N86lbKqDeBxkdkN9RMBsneK_Y1r4QxfEzvV8WmgI5OTY7jXV66AZSsdwkLJJOzr_KG |archive-date=10 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> During the filming of ''Atomic Blonde'' she broke teeth from clenching her jaw,<ref>{{cite AV media |date=20 July 2017 |title=Charlize Theron on playing an empowered female protagonist: 'I had to work my booty off' |medium=Television interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvhQsavXpg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/azvhQsavXpg| archive-date=2021-11-23 | url-status=live|time=4:20–5:08 |publisher=[[Good Morning America]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and had dental surgery to remove them: "I had the removal and I had to put a donor bone in there to heal until I came back, and then I had another surgery to put a metal screw in there."<ref name="injuries"/>

Outside of action films, she had a herniated disk in her lower back as she filmed ''Tully'' and suffered from a depression-like state, which she theorized was the result of the [[processed food]] she had to eat for her character's [[post-natal]] body.<ref>{{cite news |title=Charlize Theron Recalls Calling Her Doctor After Struggling with Weight Gain for a Role: I Think I'm Dying!' |url=https://people.com/bodies/charlize-theron-recalls-calling-her-doctor-after-struggling-with-weight-gain-for-new-role-i-think-im-dying/ |last=Russian |first=Ale |work=People Magazine |date=11 July 2017 |quote="It was brutal in every sense", says Theron, who gained weight to play the mom of a newborn in Tully, which filmed last year. "This time around, I really felt it in my health. The sugar put me in a massive depression. I was sick. I couldn't lose the weight. I called my doctor and I said, 'I think I'm dying!' And he's like, 'No, you're 41. Calm down.'" |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727213809/https://people.com/bodies/charlize-theron-recalls-calling-her-doctor-after-struggling-with-weight-gain-for-new-role-i-think-im-dying/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{r|tullyGMA|SAGinterview|metro}} In July 2009, she was diagnosed with a serious [[Gastroenteritis|stomach virus]], thought to be contracted while overseas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531461,00.html|title=Report: Charlize Theron Hospitalized With Serious Virus|publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=11 July 2009 |access-date=10 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518231812/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531461,00.html|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275825|title=Charlize Theron Recovering From 'Unknown' Virus|work=Digital Journal|access-date=8 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022203206/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275825|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> While filming ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'', Theron injured her [[vocal cords]] while screaming during the [[childbirth|labour]] scenes.<ref>''The Road'' Region 1 DVD, Special feature: ''The Making of The Road''</ref> When promoting ''Long Shot'', she revealed that she laughed so hard at ''[[Borat]]'' that her neck locked for five days.<ref name="metro"/> She added that on the set of ''Long Shot'' she "ended up in the [[emergency room|ER]]" after knocking her head against a bench behind her when she was putting on [[knee pad]]s.<ref name="metro"/>

==Filmography and accolades==
{{Main|Charlize Theron filmography|List of accolades received by Charlize Theron}}
Theron has appeared in over 50 films. She has received an [[Academy Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], a [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]], and nominations for three [[British Academy Film Awards]] and an [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]].

==References==
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<ref name=CharAngel>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/style/tmagazine/24coverlynn.html |title=Charlize Angel |first=Lynn |last=Hirschberg |date=24 February 2008 |work=[[The New York Times]] T Magazine |access-date=24 February 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509183306/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/style/tmagazine/24coverlynn.html |archive-date=9 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=usaweekend>{{cite news |url=http://yourlife.usatoday.com/sex-relationships/story/2011-12-14/The-amazing-low-key-life-of-Charlize-Theron/51898844/1 |work=[[USA Today|USA Weekend]] |title=The Amazing, Low-Key Life of Charlize Theron |first=Mark |last=Morrison |date=9–11 December 2011 |access-date=20 December 2011 |archive-date=5 February 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205081925/http://yourlife.usatoday.com/sex-relationships/story/2011-12-14/The-amazing-low-key-life-of-Charlize-Theron/51898844/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="bookrefp18">{{cite book|title=Charlize: Life's One Helluva Ride|last=Karsten|first=Chris|publisher=Human & Rousseau|year=2009|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/21251449/Charlize-Life-s-One-Helluva-Ride|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165455/https://www.scribd.com/doc/21251449/Charlize-Life-s-One-Helluva-Ride|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="SAGinterview">{{Cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_7-7pSDON4|title=Conversations with Charlize Theron|date=9 August 2018|interviewer=Jenelle Riley|work=SAG-AFTRA Foundations Conversations|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|via=[[YouTube]]|author=Charlize Theron|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227152426/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_7-7pSDON4&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="FiveThings">{{cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-7-charlize-theron/id1490473390?i=1000463323664 |title=Episode 7: Charlize Theron |website=Five Things with Lynn Hirschberg |publisher=[[W (magazine)|W]] ([[Apple Podcasts]]) |host=[[Lynn Hirschberg]] |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525094916/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-7-charlize-theron/id1490473390?i=1000463323664 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=tca>{{Cite episode |title=Charlize Theron  |series=Inside the Actors Studio |series-link=Inside the Actors Studio |network=[[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] |date=18 January 2004 |season=10 |number=8}}</ref> 
<ref name=indielondon>{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/in-the-valley-of-elah-charlize-theron-interview |title=In the Valley of Elah: Charlize Theron interview |first=Jack |last=Foley |publisher=IndieLondon.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113184755/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/in-the-valley-of-elah-charlize-theron-interview |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="metro">{{cite news |url-status=live |last1=Kelly |first1=Emma |title=Charlize Theron laughed so hard during Borat that she was hospitalised for five days |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/03/charlize-theron-laughed-hard-borat-hospitalised-five-days-9397277/ |work=Metro |date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510154546/https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/03/charlize-theron-laughed-hard-borat-hospitalised-five-days-9397277/ |archive-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>
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