Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress and producer. One of the world’s highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
At 13, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg.
Although seeing herself as a dancer, at age 16 Theron won a one-year modeling contract at a local competition in Salerno and moved with her mother to Milan, Italy.
After Theron spent a year modeling throughout Europe, she and her mother moved to the United States, both New York City and Miami.
In 1995 she played her first non-speaking role in the horror film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest.
Her first speaking role was Helga Svelgen the hitwoman in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), but despite the film’s mixed reviews, attention drew to Theron due to her beauty and the scene where she fought Teri Hatcher’s character.
Theron starred as a safe and vault technician in the 2003 heist film The Italian Job, an American homage/remake of the 1969 British film of the same name.
In 2017, Theron starred in The Fate of the Furious as the cyberterrorist Cipher, the main antagonist of the entire franchise.
In 2020, she produced and starred opposite KiKi Layne in The Old Guard, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
How much does Charlize Theron make per movie?
Charlize Theron earns $12 million to $18 million per movie.