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* ActorAllusion: A scene in ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' has a bottle of Christian Dior perfume visible. Charlize has done endorsements for Dior since 2004.



* BeautyInversion: Her role in ''Film/{{Monster}}'', in which she gained weight and shaved her eyebrows, among other things, and which won her an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]], is considered a poster child for this being used as OscarBait, although it's widely agreed that unlike many cases of this, she actually had the acting ability to back it up. Funnily enough, it was the project that got her the Dior endorsement deal.

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Her role in ''Film/{{Monster}}'', in which she gained weight and shaved her eyebrows, among other things, and which won her an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]], is considered a poster child for this being used as OscarBait, although it's widely agreed that unlike many cases of this, she actually had the acting ability to back it up. Funnily enough, it was the project that got her the Dior endorsement deal.deal.
** A less extreme example in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', where she plays a queen who keeps herself young via magic, and her powers begin to fade, meaning she grows older and uglier as the story goes on, even [[spoiler: turning into a withered husk as she dies]].



* CreatorChosenCasting: She was the only choice for the role of Mavis in ''Film/YoungAdult'', and although Patty Jenkins had been considering other actresses for ''Monster'', she offered the role to Charlize after seeing ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''.



* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: She wears a wig in ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'', as she had shaved her head for ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.



* StuntCasting: She has a cameo AsHerself in ''Series/TheBoys2019'' playing Stormfront in the film within a film ''Dawn of the Seven'', since the real Stormfront's public image has been destroyed at this point, and the character is presented as the film's BigBad.
* ThrowItIn: In ''Monster'', she ad-libbed the memorable line "fuck you, Leslie".
* UnderageCasting: She was only 21 in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'' playing the girlfriend of the 30-year-old Keanu Reeves, and strongly implied to be the same age.



** She was approached to star in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', which would have reunited her with director Creator/PattyJenkins after ''Monster''. She turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot "a slap in the face". She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival superhero film franchise]] instead.

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** She was approached to star in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', which would have reunited her with director Creator/PattyJenkins after ''Monster''. She turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot "a slap in the face".face. She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival superhero film franchise]] instead.
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* CelebrityEndorsement: Famously appeared in Dior's "J'adore" {{perfume commercial}}s.
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* 2022 ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' as the Stormfront actress in ''[[ShowWithingAShow Dawn of the Seven]]''

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She's from an Afrikaner family that included a military leader during UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar, Danie Theron, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Film/{{Monster}}'' and got the Academy Award for Best Actress. Since then she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work as the {{Jerkass}} protagonist of ''Film/YoungAdult'', and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in [[ActionGenre action films]], appearing as competent female badasses in ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', ''Film/TheOldGuard'', and multiple installments of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.

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She's from an Afrikaner family that included a military leader during UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar, Danie Theron, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable not-entirely-unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Film/{{Monster}}'' ''Film/{{Monster}}'', for which she received mass acclaim (with one Creator/RogerEbert calling it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema") and got the Academy Award for numerous Best Actress. Actress awards, including a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe and UsefulNotes/AcademyAward. Since then then, she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work in ''Film/YoungAdult'' as as the {{Jerkass}} {{jerkass}} protagonist of ''Film/YoungAdult'', Mavis Gary, and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl as Furiosa in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in [[ActionGenre action films]], appearing as competent female badasses in ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', ''Film/TheOldGuard'', and multiple installments of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
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** She was approached to play in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', which would have reunited her with director Creator/PattyJenkins after ''Monster''. She turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot "a slap in the face". She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival superhero film franchise]] instead.

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** She was approached to play star in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', which would have reunited her with director Creator/PattyJenkins after ''Monster''. She turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot "a slap in the face". She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival superhero film franchise]] instead.
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** She was approached to play in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' and turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot a "slap in the face". She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival franchise]].

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** She was approached to play in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' and Woman|2017}}'', which would have reunited her with director Creator/PattyJenkins after ''Monster''. She turned the offer down, calling the fact of being asked to play Franchise/WonderWoman's mom (Queen Hippolyta) while she's just nine years older than Creator/GalGadot a "slap "a slap in the face". She ended up having a role in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse rival franchise]].superhero film franchise]] instead.

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After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Film/{{Monster}}'' and got the Academy Award for Best Actress. Since then she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work as the {{Jerkass}} protagonist of ''Film/YoungAdult'', and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in action films, appearing as competent female badasses in ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', ''Film/TheOldGuard'', and multiple installments of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.

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After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Film/{{Monster}}'' and got the Academy Award for Best Actress. Since then she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work as the {{Jerkass}} protagonist of ''Film/YoungAdult'', and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in [[ActionGenre action films, films]], appearing as competent female badasses in ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', ''Film/TheOldGuard'', and multiple installments of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
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She's from an Afrikaner family, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

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She's from an Afrikaner family, family that included a military leader during UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar, Danie Theron, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.
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After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

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She's from an Afrikaner family, and her ancestry includes Dutch as well as French and German. After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.
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Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975 in Benoni) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n-[=American=] actress and producer.

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Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975 in Benoni) Benoni, UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n-[=American=] South African-[=American=] actress and producer.
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Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n-[=American=] actress and producer.

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Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) 1975 in Benoni) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n-[=American=] actress and producer.
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After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''2 Days in the Valley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Monster'' and got the Academy Award for Best Actress. Since then she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work as the {{Jerkass}} protagonist of ''Young Adult'', and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl in ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in action films, appearing as competent female badasses in ''Atomic Blonde'', ''The Old Guard'', and multiple installments of ''The Fast and the Furious''.

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After working as a model in her teens, she took a one-way trip to Los Angeles in 1998 with the hope of getting into films. She played a non-speaking victim role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest'' but got attention as the ruthless girlfriend of Creator/JamesSpader in ''2 Days in the Valley''; ''Film/TwoDaysInTheValley''; this marked the beginning of her tendency to play characters who get physically punished.

After a string of major roles in not entirely unforgettable movies, she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Monster'' ''Film/{{Monster}}'' and got the Academy Award for Best Actress. Since then she's sought out complex and sometimes unsympathetic roles in quality pictures. She was highly praised for her work as the {{Jerkass}} protagonist of ''Young Adult'', ''Film/YoungAdult'', and the fandom went wild when she shaved her head and went ActionGirl in ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', in which she was the SupportingProtagonist. Since ''Mad Max'' she's carved out a solid career in action films, appearing as competent female badasses in ''Atomic Blonde'', ''The Old Guard'', ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', ''Film/TheOldGuard'', and multiple installments of ''The Fast and the Furious''.
''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.

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