# Charlize Theron filmography

Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress and producer who made her film debut in an uncredited role as a follower of a cult in the 1995 horror film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest. Theron followed this with appearances as a hitman's girlfriend in 2 Days in the Valley, a waitress in the romantic comedy Trial and Error (1997), and a woman plagued with demonic visions in the mystery thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997) with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. She appeared in the science fiction thriller The Astronaut's Wife with Johnny Depp, and Lasse Hallström's The Cider House Rules (both in 1999). For her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the crime drama Monster (2003), Theron received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. The following year, she played Swedish entertainer Britt Ekland in the biographical film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
Theron played the eponymous rebel assassin in the science fiction action film Æon Flux, and a miner fighting sexual harassment in the drama North Country (both in 2005). The latter role earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. In the same year, she voiced Æon Flux in the tie-in video game adaptation to the film for which she received the Best Performance by a Female award at the Spike Video Game Awards. Three years later, Theron starred in the superhero film Hancock with Will Smith. The film grossed over $624 million at the worldwide box office. She received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her role as an alcoholic writer in the comedy-drama Young Adult (2011). The following year, Theron appeared in the action adventure film Snow White and the Huntsman and Ridley Scott's science fiction film Prometheus. In 2015, she played Imperator Furiosa in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. Two years later, Theron appeared as criminal mastermind Cipher in the action film The Fate of the Furious (2017), a role she would reprise in F9 (2021), Fast X (2023), and Fast XI (2026). Theron followed this with acclaimed performances in the comedy-drama Tully (2018), the romantic comedy Long Shot (2019), and the biographical drama Bombshell (2019), the lattermost of which earned her a third Academy Award nomination.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Eli's Follower | Uncredited; Direct-to-video |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Helga Svelgen | |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Tina Powers | |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Billie Tyler | |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Mary Ann Lomax | |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Supermodel | |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Jill Young | |
| 1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Jillian Armacost | |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Candy Kendall | |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games | Ashley Mercer | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Erica Stoltz | |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Gwen Sunday | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Adele Invergordon | |
| 2001 | Sweet November | Sara Deever | |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | Rose Hearn | Uncredited |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Laura Kensington | |
| 2002 | Trapped | Karen Jennings | |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Candy Kirkendall | |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Stella Bridger | |
| 2003 | Monster | Aileen Wuornos | Also producer |
| 2004 | Head in the Clouds | Gilda Bessé | |
| 2005 | North Country | Josey Aimes | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Æon Flux | |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Emily Sanders | |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Ella | |
| 2008 | Sleepwalking | Joleen Reedy | Also producer |
| 2008 | Hancock | Mary Embrey | |
| 2008 | The Burning Plain | Sylvia | Also executive producer |
| 2009 | The Road | Wife | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Narrator | Voice |
| 2011 | Young Adult | Mavis Gary | |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Queen Ravenna | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Meredith Vickers | |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Anna | |
| 2015 | Dark Places | Libby Day | Also producer |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa | |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Queen Ravenna | |
| 2016 | The Last Face | Wren Petersen | |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Sariatu / Monkey | Voice |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde | Lorraine Broughton | Also producer |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Cipher | |
| 2018 | Tully | Marlo | Also producer |
| 2018 | Gringo | Elaine Markinson | Also producer |
| 2019 | Long Shot | Charlotte Field | Also producer |
| 2019 | The Addams Family | Morticia Addams | Voice; also executive producer |
| 2019 | Bombshell | Megyn Kelly | Also producer |
| 2020 | The Old Guard | Andromache "Andy" of Scythia | Also producer |
| 2021 | F9 | Cipher | |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Morticia Addams | Voice |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Clea | Cameo; post-credits scene |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Lady Lesso | |
| 2023 | Fast X | Cipher | |
| 2025 | The Old Guard 2 † | Andromache "Andy" of Scythia | Post-production; also producer |
| 2026 | The Odyssey † | Circe | Filming |
| TBA | Apex † | | Filming |
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1997 | Hollywood Confidential | Sally Bowen | Television film |
| 2000 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Charlize Theron / Paul Simon" |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Britt Ekland | Television film |
| 2005 | Arrested Development | Rita Leeds | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Daniel's Mom / Mother / Waitress | Voice; episode: "Book of Corrine" |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Charlize Theron / The Black Keys" |
| 2017 | The Orville | Pria Lavesque | Episode: "Pria" |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | Episode: "Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming the Castle!" |
| 2022 | The Boys | Herself playing Stormfront | Cameo; episode: "Payback" |
| 2024 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest Judge | Season 16; episode: "Rate-A-Queen" |

## Production work

| Year | Title | Work | Notes |
| Year | Title | Producer | Notes |
| 2006 | East of Havana | Yes | Documentary |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Executive | Television pilot only |
| 2016 | Brain on Fire | Yes | Feature film |
| 2017 | Girlboss | Executive | 13 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Mindhunter | Executive | 19 episodes |
| 2019 | Murder Mystery | Executive | Feature film |
| 2019 | Hyperdrive | Executive | 10 episodes |
| 2023 | Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York | Executive | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter | Yes | 2 episodes |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Role | Artist | Ref(s) |
| 2010 | Crossfire | Heroine | Brandon Flowers | |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref(s) |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Æon Flux | |

## Web

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2009 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Herself |
| 2012 | Charlize Theron Got Hacked | Herself |
| 2017 | 10 Ways To Drive Him Wild (ft. Charlize Theron) | Herself |