--- description: A first look at Charlize Thereon's character in the Fast and the Furious was released today on the movie's official Twitter account. title: See Charlize Theron's New 'Fast and Furious' Character image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet Charlize Theron's Fierce New _Fast 8_ Character  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2016 6:41 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2016 6:41 PM CUT A first look at [Charlize Theron](http://time.com/4299681/charlize-theron-2016-time-100/ "undefined")‘s adversarial character for the latest film in the _Fast and Furious_ franchise was released today on the movie’s official Twitter account. The [40-year-old actress](http://time.com/3965663/charlize-theron-obama-strip-club/ "undefined"), who played feminist road warrior Furiosa in 2015’s [_Mad Max: Fury Road_](http://time.com/3850323/mad-max-fury-road-eve-ensler-feminist/ "undefined"), will be joining the franchise as Cipher, starring opposite Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, and Tyrese Gibson in the eighth installation of the action series. > [](https://twitter.com/FastFurious/status/733675098889191425) The movie is slated for an April 14, 2017 release. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4343483/charlize-theron-fast-furious-8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4343483/charlize-theron-fast-furious-8/"},"headline":"Meet Charlize Theron's Fierce New Fast 8 Character","datePublished":"2016-05-20T18:41:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:36.230Z","description":"This is Charlize as you've never seen her before.","url":"https://time.com/4343483/charlize-theron-fast-furious-8/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4343483/charlize-theron-fast-furious-8/","name":"Meet Charlize Theron's Fierce New Fast 8 Character"}}]}] ```