Charlize Theron (Actress)

Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress and producer who is one of the world’s highest-paid film stars. She rose to fame in the late 1990s with films like *The Devil’s Advocate*, *Mighty Joe Young*, and *The Cider House Rules*. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Aileen Wuornos in *Monster* (2003) and has earned multiple other Oscar nominations for films like *North Country* and *Bombshell*.

Theron is also known for major action and drama films including *Mad Max: Fury Road*, *Atomic Blonde*, *The Old Guard*, and entries in the *Fast & Furious* franchise. Beyond acting, she is a film producer through her company Denver and Delilah Productions and became an American citizen in 2007 while keeping her South African citizenship.