Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress and producer who has received various awards and nominations, including one Academy Award and one Golden Globe Award. Additionally, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and one Primetime Emmy Award. In 2005, Theron received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the motion picture industry.

In 1999, Theron starred in Lasse Hallström's drama The Cider House Rules. For her performance, she won the Bambi Award for Shooting Star: Female, and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Theron's breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed biographical crime drama Monster (2003) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2005, Theron starred in Niki Caro's drama North Country as a single mother and iron worker experiencing sexual harassment. Her performance went on to win the Desert Palm Achievement Award, the Hollywood Actress Award, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

In 2015, Theron starred in Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa opposite Tom Hardy. Theron received widespread acclaim for her performance, and winning the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie, the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the AACTA International Award for Best Actress, the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. In 2019, Theron starred in Jay Roach's drama Bombshell, based upon the accounts of the women at Fox News who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Theron's performance in the film garnered critical acclaim and earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Charlize Theron

Organizations	Year	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2004	Monster	Best Actress	Won
	2006	North Country		Nominated
	2020	Bombshell		Nominated
Audie Awards	2010	Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales	Audiobook of the Year	Won
			Multi-Voiced Performance
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards	2016	Mad Max: Fury Road	Best International Lead Actress – Cinema	Nominated
			Best Lead Actress – Cinema	Nominated
	2020	Bombshell	Best International Lead Actress – Cinema	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	2005	Monster	Best Film Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated
	2006	North Country		Nominated
	2020	Bombshell		Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival	2004	Monster	Silver Bear for Best Actress	Won
Bambi Award	2000	The Cider House Rules	Shooting Star: Female	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	2003	Monster	Best Actress	Won
	2014	Mad Max: Fury Road		Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards	2004	Monster	Best Movie Actress	Won
	2006	North Country		Nominated
	2012	Young Adult		Nominated
	2016	Mad Max: Fury Road	Best Action Movie Actress	Won
			Best Movie Actress	Nominated
	2019	Tully	Best Comedy Movie Actress	Nominated
	2020	Bombshell	Best Movie Actress	Nominated
			Best Movie Cast	Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	2003	Monster	Best Actress	Won
	2005	North Country		Nominated
	2011	Young Adult		Nominated
	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road		Nominated
	2019	Bombshell		Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	2011	Young Adult	Best Actress	Nominated
	2019	Bombshell		Nominated
Emmy Awards (Primetime)	2005	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Award	2019	Bombshell	Best Actress	Nominated
Film Independent Spirit Awards	2004	Monster	Best Female Lead	Won
			Best First Feature Film Production	Won
Golden Globe Awards	2004		Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Won
	2005	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
	2006	North Country	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
	2012	Young Adult	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Nominated
	2019	Tully		Nominated
	2020	Bombshell	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association	2011	Young Adult	Best Actress	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	2002	Sweet November	Worst Actress	Nominated
	2015	A Million Ways to Die in the West		Nominated
			Worst Screen Combo (with Seth MacFarlane)	Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Award	2019	Bombshell	Best Actress	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Award	2019			Nominated
Hollywood Film Award	2005	North Country	Best Actress of the Year	Won
Irish Film & Television Drama Academy	2004	Monster	Best Film International Actress	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Awards	2004		Actress of the Year	Nominated
	2019	Bombshell		Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	2003	Monster	Best Actress	2nd place
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2004		Best Kiss of the Year in a Movie	Nominated
			Best Performance of the Year in a Movie	Nominated
	2016	Mad Max: Fury Road	Best Fight of the Year in a Movie	Nominated
			Best Hero of the Year in a Movie	Nominated
			Best Performance of the Year in a Movie	Won
	2018	Atomic Blonde	Best Fight of the Year in a Movie	Nominated
National Board of Review	2003	Monster	Best Breakthrough Performance	Won
National Society of Film Critics	2003		Best Actress	Won
New York Film Critics Circle Award	2003		Best Actress	3rd place
New York Film Critics Online	2003		Best Actress	Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	2017	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Favorite Villain	Nominated
			Favorite Frenemies (shared with Emily Blunt)	Nominated
	2022	The Addams Family 2	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society	2003	Monster	Best Actress	Nominated
	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road		Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2006	North Country	Desert Palm Achievement Award	Won
	2012	Young Adult	Chairman's Vanguard Award	Won
	2020	Bombshell	International Star Award	Won
People's Choice Awards	2013	Prometheus	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress	Nominated
		Snow White and the Huntsman		Nominated
	2016	Mad Max: Fury Road	Favorite Action Movie Actress	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2000	The Cider House Rules	Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Nominated
	2011	Young Adult	Best Actress in a Film	Nominated
	2020	Bombshell		Nominated
Saturn Awards	2010	The Burning Plain	Best Film Lead Actress	Nominated
	2013	Snow White and the Huntsman	Best Film Supporting Actress	Nominated
	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Best Film Lead Actress	Won
Spike Video Game Award	2005	Aeon Flux	Best Performance by a Female	Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	2003	Monster	Best Actress	Won
	2019	Bombshell		Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2000	The Cider House Rules	Outstanding Motion Picture Cast	Nominated
	2004	Monster	Outstanding Motion Picture Actress	Won
	2005	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Outstanding Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Actress	Nominated
	2006	North Country	Outstanding Motion Picture Actress	Nominated
	2020	Bombshell		Nominated
			Outstanding Motion Picture Cast	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	2018	Tully	Best Actress	Nominated
	2019	Bombshell		Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	2012	Snow White and the Huntsman	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Won
			Choice Movie: Villain	Nominated
		Prometheus	Choice Movie: Summer Actress	Nominated
	2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress	Nominated
			Choice Movie: Villain	Nominated
	2017	The Fate of the Furious		Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2003	Monster	Best Actress	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	2005	North Country	Best Actress	Nominated
	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road		Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle	2017	Atomic Blonde	Courage in Acting	Nominated

Honors

List of honors received by Charlize Theron

Award	Year	Ref(s)
Hollywood Walk of Fame	2005
Indie Impact Award	2012
American Cinematheque Award	2019
Hollywood Career Achievement Award