Charlize Theron Debuts TwoToned Hair Transformation and Bangs That “Came to Play” Rachel BurchfieldThu, July 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC 3 Charlize Theron at the New York City premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ on July 14, 2026.Credit: GettyThe Gist Charlize Theron has been on a fashionforward press tour promoting her role in The Odyssey, where she is part of a starstudded cast. On July 30, the Oscar winner was in China for the movie’s Beijing premiere. At the event, the actress—who plays Calypso in the epic film—debuted a shorter, twotone blonde hairstyle with bangs.
Charlize Theron Debuts Two-Toned Hair Transformation and Bangs That “Came to Play”
Rachel BurchfieldThu, July 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC
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Charlize Theron at the New York City premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ on July 14, 2026.Credit: GettyThe Gist -
Charlize Theron has been on a fashion-forward press tour promoting her role in The Odyssey, where she is part of a star-studded cast.
On July 30, the Oscar winner was in China for the movie’s Beijing premiere.
At the event, the actress—who plays Calypso in the epic film—debuted a shorter, two-tone blonde hairstyle with bangs.
Charlize Theron is a chameleon when it comes to her hair—whether it’s a fresh cut, color, or style, the actress is always up for a transformation.
Such was the case on July 30, when The Odyssey star attended the film’s Beijing premiere. Theron’s blonde hair was now two-tone and shorter, complete with bangs done by her longtime hairstylist Adir Abergel. She tagged him in an Instagram post that she captioned, “Bangs came to play. So did @givenchy💋,” a nod to the designer of her plunging optical illusion gown.
Charlize Theron at the Beijing premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ on July 30, 2026.Credit: Getty
Theron plays Calypso in Christopher Nolan’s epic film, where Abergel used mousse scrunched in her hair “for a gritty look,” Allure reported, along with a leave-in conditioner and serum from Virtue Labs (Abergel is creative director of the brand). Makeup department head Luisa Abel kept her makeup “tanned and broken down, with a more outdoor feel,” which signalled the “warrior, self-sufficient aspect of her character.”
Of her work with Abergel, Theron told Red, “The thing I love about him as a hairdresser is that sometimes we overthink it with our hair, and when our hair is overdone, you see it. His philosophy is not to do so much to it.”
Charlize Theron on July 30, 2026.Credit: Getty
“It’s the little things, like don’t blow dry your entire head—blow dry pieces and integrate it into the rest of your hair,” she continued. “You can handle it much better when it’s not so intricate.”
Abergel told The Telegraph that Theron’s “pixie cuts have been iconic. We have loved creating so many reinvented versions of the short cut—each has had its own moment.” The outlet reported that Abergel works alongside colorist Tracey Cunningham to maintain Theron’s “bombshell blonde” look.
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Charlize Theron in Beijing on July 30, 2026.Credit: Getty
As many hairstyles and hair colors as Theron has rocked over the years—and there have been many—there was one that got a stamp of disapproval from her daughters. During a 2025 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the Oscar winner confirmed that she had a “real mullet” for her role in The Old Guard 2, which she was promoting at the time.
“I was in my bathroom and I was getting it cut and it had been already colored, and I just remember looking over and they both came into the room really excited, and then they just both froze,” she said. “And they just went [blank] and one started crying. One [of my kids] literally started bawling her eyes out.”
“I actually had to sit down with her and say, ‘We all get to be who we want to be, and right now, mom wants to wear a mullet,’” Theron said. “‘I don’t tell you what to do with your hair.’”
Matt Damon and Charlize Theron promoting ‘The Odyssey’ in Beijing on July 30, 2026.Credit: Getty
Theron said that her daughters are “mostly very girly, and they think of me as a princess, and they want mom to look like a princess.” That said, the actress said that she tends to “veer more towards the kind of edgy” and “masculine” style, and is more of a “jeans and [a] t-shirt” type of woman.
“When I go to school functions, my daughter’s always like, ‘Mom, can you please wear a dress?’” Theron joked.
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