Charlize Theron is a South African-born American actress, producer, director, and fashion model, who is best known for her roles as Aileen Wuornos in the 2003 crime drama film Monster (which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Mavis Gary in the 2011 comedy-drama film Young Adult (alongside Patton Oswalt). She is also well-known for her other roles as the Evil Queen in the 2012 dark fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman, Imperator Furiosa in the post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road, the voice of Monkey in the 2016 stop-motion animated fantasy film Kubo and the Two Strings, Cipher in the 2017 action film The Fate of the Furious and its sequel F9, Lorraine Broughton/Satchel in the graphic novel adaption of Atomic Blonde, and Morticia Addams in the 2019 adaptation of The Addams Family and its 2021 sequel.
For Disney, she portrayed Jill Young in Mighty Joe Young and Clea in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Doctor Strange 3. Additionally for Miramax, she played Candy Kendall in The Cider House Rules, Ashley Mercer/Millie Bobeck in Reindeer Games, Erica Soltz in The Yards, and Candy Kirkendall in Waking Up in Reno.
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(The Cider House Rules)
(Reindeer Games)
(The Yards)
(Waking Up in Reno)
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- She was considered for the role of Hela in Thor: Ragnarok, before Cate Blanchett was cast. However, she ended up being cast as Clea in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a role she will reprise for Doctor Strange 3.
- She was also considered for the role of Baroness Von Hellman in Cruella, before Emma Thompson ended up taking the role.
- Charlize was rumoured to have been auditioning for the role of Jean Grey in the X-Men film.
