In "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), what is the name of the character played by Charlize Theron?

In “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), Charlize Theron plays Imperator Furiosa. Furiosa is a high-ranking lieutenant of the Citadel’s ruler, Immortan Joe, and drives the heavily armed War Rig across the wasteland. Her decision to help Joe’s five enslaved wives escape turns the film’s chase into a rebellion against his regime.

Furiosa is not simply a supporting character alongside Max Rockatansky. She is the plan’s strategist, the War Rig’s driver, and the person with the strongest connection to the “Green Place,” the fertile homeland she remembers from childhood. When that refuge proves ruined, she convinces the group to return to the Citadel and seize it from Joe.

The answer is sometimes confused with The Splendid Angharad or Capable, two of Joe’s wives, both played by different actors. Immortan Joe is the film’s tyrannical antagonist, while “Imperator” is a rank or title associated with Furiosa’s position. Theron later returned to the character’s world through the 2024 prequel “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” although that film’s younger Furiosa is played by Anya Taylor-Joy.