Charlize Theron
Highest Rated: 97% Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Lowest Rated: 8% The Last Face (2017)
Birthday: Aug 7, 1975
Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa
As legend has it, Charlize Theron was discovered by an agent while fighting with a bank manager on Hollywood Boulevard. Eighteen and starving, Theron purportedly got into the argument after the manager refused to cash her check. The outburst caught the agent's attention, and eight months later Theron got her first acting job. She subsequently went on to become one of the hottest young actors in Hollywood, thanks to a fortuitous combination of talent and the blonde, statuesque good looks so fervently adored by the camera. Born August 7, 1975, Theron was raised on a farm in Benoni, South Africa. Trained as a ballet dancer, she was sent to Milan at 16 to become a model following the death of her father (which, it was later revealed, occurred after he was shot by Theron's mother, who was defending herself from his drunken abuse). After tiring of modeling, Theron returned to her first love, dancing, which resulted in a move to New York to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. Unfortunately, her career was halted by a knee injury, which led Theron -- at her mother's behest -- to travel to Los Angeles to try her luck with acting. After a long, unprofitable struggle, fate smiled upon Theron in the form of the aforementioned bank encounter. Following an inauspicious bit part in 1994's Children of the Corn III, Theron won her first dose of recognition with 2 Days in the Valley (1996). The film wasn't particularly successful, but it did give her both much-needed exposure and critical praise. The film also served as the stepping stone to her first leading role, that of Keanu Reeves' embattled wife in The Devil's Advocate (1997). The film drew poor reviews, but Theron managed to win widespread praise for her performance. Her next project, Trial and Error (1997), surfaced briefly before disappearing with nary a trace, but the subsequent Mighty Joe Young (1998) netted Theron more positive notices. Her ascent was confirmed with her casting in Celebrity, Woody Allen's 1998 cameo-fest that also featured turns from everyone from Kenneth Branagh to Winona Ryder to Leonardo DiCaprio to Isaac Mizrahi. In her portrayal of a perpetually aroused supermodel, Theron shone in a role seemingly designed to allow her to flaunt her natural attributes and little else. She was rewarded with more substantial -- not to mention multilayered -- work in The Cider House Rules (1999), Lasse Hallström's Oscar-winning adaptation of John Irving's novel. As a troubled young woman with secrets to hide, Theron received star billing alongside Michael Caine and Tobey Maguire.In the wake of The Cider House Rules came a few highly publicized but ultimately disappointing projects, including John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games (2000), Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), and Sweet November (2001), the last of which reunited her with erstwhile co-star Keanu Reeves. Theron was also reunited with Woody Allen in his The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), another widely anticipated film that, despite a high-profile cast and stylish period design, was both a critical and commercial underachiever.None of this, however, nudged Theron from her A-list status, something that was confirmed by her casting in the flashy, star-studded 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a much-beloved 1969 comedy caper starring Michael Caine. The 2003 version featured Mark Wahlberg in the starring role, with Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, and Mos Def, among others, backing him up. That same year, Theron switched gears and dove headfirst into the "serious actress" category with her starring role in Monster, the crime drama based upon the real-life story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who, in the late '80s, murdered seven men in Florida. Co-starring Christina Ricci as Wuornos' lover, the film promised to show audiences a side of Theron that certainly hadn't been hinted at in her previous portrayals of models, girlfriends, and Southern debutantes. It was evidently successful as Theron was s
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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| No Score Yet | F9 | Cipher | — | 2020 |
| 70% | Bombshell | Producer Megyn Kelly | — | 2019 |
| 43% | The Addams Family | Morticia Addams | — | 2019 |
| 81% | Long Shot | Charlotte Field | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Casi imposible | Producer Charlotte Field | — | 2019 |
| 89% | A Private War | Producer | — | 2018 |
| 13% | Brain on Fire | Producer | — | 2018 |
| 86% | Tully | Marlo Producer | — | 2018 |
| 40% | Gringo | Elaine Markinson Producer | — | 2018 |
| 78% | Atomic Blonde | Producer Lorraine Broughton | $51.6M | 2017 |
| 8% | The Last Face | Wren | — | 2017 |
| 67% | The Fate of the Furious | Cipher | $225.7M | 2017 |
| 97% | Kubo and the Two Strings | Monkey | $48.1M | 2016 |
| 18% | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Ravenna | $46.5M | 2016 |
| 24% | Dark Places | Libby Day Producer | $0.2M | 2015 |
| 97% | Mad Max: Fury Road | Imperator Furiosa | $129.5M | 2015 |
| 34% | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Anna | $37.4M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Sympathy for Lady Vengeance | Actor | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Lady Vengeance | Actor | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Angels in Exile | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 73% | Prometheus | Meredith Vickers | $126.5M | 2012 |
| 49% | Snow White and the Huntsman | Ravenna | $155.1M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Snow White and the Huntsman (Extended Version) | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 80% | Young Adult | Mavis Gary | $16.3M | 2011 |
| 73% | The Road | Wife | $8.1M | 2009 |
| 50% | Astro Boy (AstroBoy) | "Our Friends" Narrator | $19.6M | 2009 |
| 38% | The Burning Plain | Sylvia Executive Producer | $0.3M | 2009 |
| 56% | Battle in Seattle | Ella | — | 2008 |
| 41% | Hancock | Mary Embrey | $228M | 2008 |
| 17% | Sleepwalking | Joleen Producer | — | 2008 |
| 73% | In the Valley of Elah | Det. Emily Sanders | $6.6M | 2007 |
| 75% | East of Havana | Producer | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Actor | — | 2006 |
| 9% | Aeon Flux | Aeon Flux | $25.9M | 2005 |
| 69% | North Country | Josey Aimes | $18.4M | 2005 |
| 16% | Head in the Clouds | Executive Producer Gilda Besse | $0.2M | 2004 |
| 81% | Monster | Aileen Wuornos Producer | $34.2M | 2004 |
| 69% | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Britt Ekland | — | 2004 |
| 73% | The Italian Job | Stella Bridger | $106M | 2003 |
| 13% | Waking Up in Reno | Candy Bush K. | — | 2002 |
| 17% | Trapped | Karen | $7M | 2002 |
| 46% | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Laura | $6.8M | 2001 |
| 32% | 15 Minutes | Rose Hearn | $24.2M | 2001 |
| 15% | Sweet November | Sara Deever | $24.5M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies | Actor | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies | Narrator | — | 2001 |
| 42% | Men of Honor | Gwen Sunday | — | 2000 |
| 43% | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Adele | $30.4M | 2000 |
| 64% | The Yards | Erica Stoltz | — | 2000 |
| 25% | Reindeer Games (Deception) | Ashley | — | 2000 |
| 71% | The Cider House Rules | Candy | — | 1999 |
| 15% | The Astronaut's Wife | Jillian Armacost | — | 1999 |
| 55% | Mighty Joe Young | Jill Young | — | 1998 |
| 41% | Celebrity | Supermodel | — | 1998 |
| 67% | The Devil's Advocate | Mary Ann Lomax | — | 1997 |
| 51% | Trial and Error | Billie Taylor | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Hollywood Confidential | Sally | — | 1997 |
| 93% | That Thing You Do! | Tina | — | 1996 |
| 59% | 2 Days in the Valley | Helga | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Young Woman | — | 1995 |
TV
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| No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003 |
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2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2012 |
| 100% |
Desus & Mero 2019 |
Guest |
2019 |
| 100% |
Hyperdrive 2019 |
Executive Producer |
2019 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2019 |
Guest |
2019 2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014 |
Guest |
2019 2017 |
| 97% |
Mindhunter 2017-2019 |
Executive Producer |
2019 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 2015-2019 |
Guest |
2019 2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015 |
Guest |
2019 2018 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show 2007 |
Guest |
2019 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014 |
Guest |
2019 2017 2015 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Unapologetic With Aisha Tyler 2018 |
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2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009-2019 |
Guest |
2018 2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2018 2017 2014 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2018 2012 |
| 36% |
Girlboss 2017 |
Executive Producer |
2017 |
| 65% |
The Orville 2017 |
Pria Lavesque |
2017 |
| No Score Yet |
Today 2017 |
Guest |
2017 |
| 41% |
Chelsea 2016-2017 |
Appearing Guest |
2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Brokenwood Mysteries 2014 |
2016 |
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| No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately 2007-2014 |
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2014 2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live 1975 |
Guest Host |
2014 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
Colbert Report 2005-2014 |
Guest |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning 2011-2018 |
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2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Top Chef 2006 |
Judge |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Conan 2010 |
Guest |
2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2012 2011 2008 2003 2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015 |
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2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Iconoclasts 2005-2012 |
Appearing |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015 |
Guest |
2008 |
| 75% |
Arrested Development 2003-2019 |
Rita |
2005 |
QUOTES FROM Charlize Theron CHARACTERS
Ravenna says: Learn from a loss Freya, and your day will come. Your possibilities will be endless once the magic awakens in your heart.
Freya says: It won't. We both know it won't, I'm not like you.
Ravenna says: All the women of our blood are gifted Freya, and in time, you will find the source of your power as i found mine.
Freya says: We'll see.
Freya says: Your turn.
Ravenna says: Why should I bother? You always win.
Freya says: You always let me win.
Ravenna says: *laughs* I suppose you are my weakness.
Ravenna says: I suppose you are my weakness.
Ravenna says: Have you lost your mind?
Freya says: How did you make me strong? How did you draw the weakness out?
Ravenna says: I shall give this wretched world the queen it deserves!
Imperator Furiosa says: Remember me?
Libby Day says: I'm not ready for this.
Libby Day says: I was eight the night they were killed. The little orphan girl from the Kansas prairie massacre.
Imperator Furiosa says: We go back?
Imperator Furiosa says: Don't breathe.
Imperator Furiosa says: We go back?
Imperator Furiosa says: Don't breathe.
Max Rockatansky says: Them?
Imperator Furiosa says: They are looking for hope.
Imperator Furiosa says: Out here, everything hurts.
Aileen Wuornos says: You'll never meet someone like me again.
Anna says: What's with this fair?
Albert says: Every year, people die.
Anna says: Really?
Rannulph Junuh says: Is there somethin' you wanna tell me?
Adele Invergordon says: Well, I'm tryin' to think of how to say it, Junuh, There is a purpose to this visit... and that's to apologize. But I'm not a naturally apologetic woman, so it takes me a little longer to get my thoughts in order.
Rannulph Junuh says: Interestin' match.
Adele Invergordon says: I've always thought so.
Jill Young says: Legends live forever.
Aeon Flux says: I had a family once, I had a life. Now all I have is a mission.
Adele Invergordon says: I don't want you think I'm cryin' over us, Junuh. 'Cause I'm not. I'm cryin' over Savannah and the pain it's people are sufferin'.
Rannulph Junuh says: You're cryin' for Savannah?
Adele Invergordon says: I truly, truly am.
Rannulph Junuh says: Then who'd you take your clothes off for? Chattanooga?
Aileen Wuornos says: So I made a deal. I said God I gotta spend this 5 bucks but when it's gone so am I so, if you got something for me in this life you better bring it on, and there she was.
Supermodel says: Hey...nice car.
Lee Simon says: Uh...thank - uh, would you...do you wanna drive it?
Supermodel says: It's yours?
Lee Simon says: It's, what am I a car thief or something? Of course it's mine, it's uh, it's an Aston Martin. You're very uh, you're so welcome because it's a, it's a great uh...you're, you're wearing a wig, which is uh...
Supermodel says: Gimme the keys.
Ravenna says: Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?
Mirror Man says: It is you, my queen. Yet another kingdom falls to your glory. Is there no end to your power and beauty?
Meredith Vickers says: What's that on its head?
Elizabeth Shaw says: It's a new cell. In state of change.
Meredith Vickers says: Changing into what?
Tara says: [after she sees him staring at her] Uncle James, you're creeping me out.
Joleen says: Hey, you be nice to Uncle James. James, where do you keep the hangers?
James says: What?
Joleen says: Hangers! God, this place is such a mess. I should have brought some of my own furniture.And we're going to need another pillow for Tara, by the way.
Tara says: I'm not sleeping in the same bed as you, Mom!
Joleen says: You know, you could really start unpacking your own shit instead of sitting there and pretending to do your homework.
Tara says: I'm not pretending to do my homework, I'm pretending not to hate my life!
Joleen says: Well, you're not doing a very good job of pretending!
Tara says: Well, maybe I'm not applying myself!
Joleen says: I don't need this kind of shit from you right now, Tara!
Tara says: What kind of shit do you need from me right now, Mom?
Joleen says: [kicking a chest of drawers] What do you want from me? God, Tara!
Ravenna says: Do you hear that? It's the sound of battles fought and lives lost. It once pained me to know that I am the cause of such despair, but now their cries give me strength. Beauty is my power.
Aileen Wuornos says: I loved her. And the thing no one ever realized about me or believed was that I could learn. I could train myself into anything. People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance cause they think you took the easy way out. When no one could imagine the will power it took to do what we do, walking the streets night after night. Taking the hits and still getting back up. But I did and they'd all miss out. Cause they had no idea what I could discipline myself too and I believed in something - and I believed in her.
Aileen Wuornos says: People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance, because they think you took the easy way out, when no one could imagine the willpower it took to do what we do. Walking the streets, night after night, taking the hits and still getting back up.
Aileen Wuornos says: "All you need is love and to believe in yourself."
Aileen Wuornos says: All you need is love and to believe in yourself.
Aileen Wuornos says: [scoffs] Nice idea. It doesn't exactly work out that way. But I guess it was better to hear a flat-out lie than to know the truth at 13.
Ravenna says: Let them break their skulls on these stone walls.
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable. That is the natural order of things.
Meredith Vickers says: Let's say I'm wrong, and you do find these "Engineers" down there. You won't engage them. You won't talk to them. You'll do nothing, but report to me.
Meredith Vickers says: Let's say I'm wrong, and you do find these 'Engineers' down there. You won't engage them. You won't talk to them. You'll do nothing, but report to me.
Wife says: They're gonna catch up with us. They're gonna catch up with us and they are going to kill us.
Ravenna says: let them come
Ravenna says: Let them come.
Ravenna says: I will give this wretched world the queen it deserves.
Ravenna says: Lips red as blood, hair black as night, bring me your heart, my dear, dear Snow White.
The Queen says: Snow White has to do what snow does best... fall
The Queen says: Snow White must do what snow does best, fall.
Mavis Gary says: Matt, don't you get it. Love conquers all. Have you not seen the graduate or like, I don't know, anything?
Mavis Gary says: Mother, I'm trying to tell a story here.
The Queen says: She's no good to me in the dark forest lost!!
The Queen says: She's no good to me in the dark forest lost!
Ravenna says: Lips red as blood, Hair dark as night, bring me your heart my dear dear snow white.
The Queen says: Only with a nail? if she'd had a sword she'd have taken my kingdom.
The Queen says: Only with a nail? If she'd had a sword she'd have taken my kingdom.
Meredith Vickers says: A king has its reign...and then he dies. Its inevitable.
Meredith Vickers says: If you're going down there, you're going to die.
Aileen Wuornos says: All you need is love and to believe in yourself. Nice idea. It doesn't exactly work out that way. But I guess it was better to hear a flat-out lie than to know the truth at 13.
Sandra Freehauf says: Take me with you.
Mavis Gary says: Excuse me?
Sandra Freehauf says: Take me with you. To the Mini Apple.
Mavis Gary says: You're good here, Sandra.
Mavis Gary says: Sometimes in order to heal a few people have to get hurt.
Mavis Gary says: Mary Ellen, you were great tonight. It's so inspiring to see a single mother with so much confidence on stage. Really.
The Queen says: Beauty is my power.
The Queen says: Find me someone who doesn't fear the dark forest to hunt her down!
Meredith Vickers says: 'A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.'
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign, and then he dies.
Elizabeth Shaw says: Prometheus, are you seeing this?
Meredith Vickers says: They were right..
Janek says: You wanted them to be wrong?
Meredith Vickers says: If you're going down there, you're going to die.
Meredith Vickers says: Meet me in my room in ten minutes.
Meredith Vickers says: What did he say?
David says: I'm sorry that's confidential.
Meredith Vickers says: So help me God, I will find the cord that makes you run and I will cut it! What did he say?
David says: He said 'try harder'...
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign and then he diesâ?¦ it's inevitable.
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign and then he dies, it's inevitable.
The Queen says: What would you give to see her again?
The Queen says: Mirror mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?
The Queen says: Only fairest blood can destroy the spell.
The Queen says: Do you hear that? It's the sound of battles fought and lives lost. It once pained me to know that I am the cause of such despair. But now their cries give me strength. Beauty is my power.
Meredith Vickers says: Cheers.
The Queen says: You are the only one who can break the spell and destroy me!
The Queen says: Find me someone who doesn't fear the dark forest to hunt her down!
Meredith Vickers says: A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.
Meredith Vickers says: Get back on the ship now!
The Queen says: Come and avenge your father, who was too weak to raise his sword.
The Queen says: I should have killed her when she was a child.
The Queen says: Lips red as blood. Hair black as night. Bring me your heart, my dear, dear Snow White.
Meredith Vickers says: If your going sown there, your going to die
Meredith Vickers says: If you're going down there, you're going to die.
The Queen says: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
Meredith Vickers says: Take us home!
Elizabeth Shaw says: If we don't stop it, there won't be any home to go back to!
The Queen says: I will give the world the queen it deserves.
The Queen says: I will give this wretched world the Queen it deserves.
Adele Invergordon says: I don't want you think I'm crying over us, Junuh. 'Cause I'm not. I'm crying over Savannah and the pain it's people are suffering.
Rannulph Junuh says: You're crying for Savannah?
Adele Invergordon says: I truly, truly am.
Rannulph Junuh says: Then who'd you take your clothes off for? Chattanooga?
Mavis Gary says: I'm crazy. And no one loves me.
The Queen says: it's none of your concerned..
The Queen says: It's none of your concerned..
The Queen says: Lips red as Blood. Hair black as Night. Bring me your heart, my dear, dear, Snow White...
Hedda Gary says: That new baby of his is just darling.
Mavis Gary says: Have you seen it? Up close?
Matt Freehauf says: '' Your a piece of work ''
Matt Freehauf says: Your a piece of work.
Matt Freehauf says: You're a piece of work.
Mavis Gary says: '' Your a piece of shit ''
Mavis Gary says: Your a piece of shit.
Mavis Gary says: You're a piece of shit.
Aileen Wuornos says: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Faith can move mountains." "Love will always find a way." "Everything happens for a reason." "Where there is life, there is hope."
Aileen Wuornos says: Love conquers all. Every cloud has a silver lining. Faith can move mountains. Love will always find a way. Everything happens for a reason. Where there is life, there is hope.
Aileen Wuornos says: [Laughs]
Aileen Wuornos says: [laughs]
Aileen Wuornos says: Oh, well... They gotta tell you somethin'
Aileen Wuornos says: Oh, well... They gotta tell you somethin'.
Stella Bridger says: I trust everyone. It's the devil inside them I don't trust.
The Queen says: Lips red as blood, hair dark as night, bring me your heart my dear dear Snow White.
Mavis Gary says: I don't know about him... his face is doughy, like a murderer.
Matt Freehauf says: Mavis Gary? I think we went to high school together.
Mavis Gary says: At the same time?
The Queen says: Do you hear that? It's the sound of battles fought and lives lost.
Mavis Gary says: You can some to the city with me like we always planned.
Buddy Slade says: Mavis, I'm a married man.
Mavis Gary says: I know, we can beat this thing together.
Matt Freehauf says: You move back?
Mavis Gary says: Of course not... gross.
Mavis Gary says: Good 'cause I have a small dog... in my vehicle.
Stella Bridger says: I don't go out with strange men. I just met you five minutes ago.
Steve Frezelli says: I guess I'll just have to sabotage my cable, you know, till we get to know each other well enough.