Charlize Theron may be an Oscar winner, but her most rewarding role? Mom. Indeed, the Mad Max: Fury Road actress reflected on being a parent to her daughters Jackson Theron, 14, and August Theron, 11.
In a May 10 Instagram post, Charlize shared rare pics with her kids, including one cozying up with them during a nap on a boat, selfies in the sun and enjoying a day out in the city.
“The greatest honour of my life,” she wrote alongside the post. “Happy mother’s day to all moms, oumas and godmothers.”
For the 50-year-old, being a single mom to Jackson and August-whom she adopted in 2012 and 2015, respectively-has been the most fulfilling journey.
“It’s probably one of the healthiest decisions I ever made,” she explained on the Call Her Daddy podcast in July 2025. “I love every single day of it. I love that I don’t have to share them with somebody. I love that I don’t have to run a f–king thing by a guy.”
Simply put, “This is how I wanted it to be.”
Despite being raised by just her mom Gerda Maritz after her dad Charles Theron was killed by Gerda in self-defense when Charlize was 15, the Oscar winner emphasized that her decision was simply born from what worked best for her.
“It looks, from afar, like I’m doing what I know, which is being a single mom because I was raised pretty much by a single mom,” she explained. “But I think I’m raising my kids as a single mom because of avoidance of things I know I don’t want and also understanding who I am fully and being honest with who I am and what I can give.”
“At the time, I wanted to be a parent was not somebody who should be having kids with another person,” Charlize-who was most recently linked to Alex Dimitrijevic in 2023-admitted. “You have to be that honest because it’s a child’s life.