ACTOR

Charlize Theron

1975 - Today

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Charlize Theron ( shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlize Theron has received more than 43,313,983 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Charlize Theron is the 452nd most popular actor (down from 361st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular South African Actor.

Charlize Theron is most famous for her role as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charlize Theron ranks 452 out of 13,578. Before her are Bill Nighy, Robert Wagner, Halle Berry, Hugh Laurie, Gloria Swanson, and William Hurt. After her are Jean Rochefort, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rade Šerbedžija, Robert Downey Jr., and Michele Placido.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Charlize Theron ranks 9. Before her are Liz Truss, Sia, David Beckham, Enrique Iglesias, Kate Winslet, and Bradley Cooper. After her are Milla Jovovich, Marion Cotillard, Tobey Maguire, Charles Michel, Eiichiro Oda, and DJ Khaled.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Charlize Theron ranks 14 out of 454. Before her are Nadine Gordimer (1923), Shaka (1787), Desmond Tutu (1931), Christiaan Barnard (1922), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), and Max Theiler (1899). After her are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), and Jody Scheckter (1950).

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Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Charlize Theron ranks 1. After her are Glynis Johns (1923), Basil Rathbone (1892), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), Cyril Cusack (1910), Alice Krige (1954), David Bailie (1937), Sharlto Copley (1973), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Janet Suzman (1939), and John Kani (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mad Max: Fury Road
Imperator Furiosa
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
May 13o 20157.614 / 10
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Jul 26o 20176.424 / 10
Hancock
Mary Embrey
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Jul 1o 20086.349 / 10