--- title: Charlize Theron Showed Up to the 2019 Oscars as a Brunette description: Charlize Theron made a statement ahead of Sunday's 2019 Oscars ceremony by showing up with a brunette bob haircut. canonical: https://time.com/5536359/charlize-theron-brunette/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-25T01:13:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:39.557Z og:title: Charlize Theron Showed Up to the 2019 Oscars as a Brunette og:description: The usually-blonde actress also wore a Dior gown og:url: https://time.com/5536359/charlize-theron-brunette/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5aab8c7cce343abe/698945cab21a9cd65a5002d1/charlize-theron-brunette-oscars-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Charlize Theron attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Charlize Theron Showed Up to the 2019 Oscars as a Brunette twitter:description: The usually-blonde actress also wore a Dior gown twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5aab8c7cce343abe/698945cab21a9cd65a5002d1/charlize-theron-brunette-oscars-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Charlize Theron Showed Up to the 2019 Oscars With a Surprising New Look by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Feb 25, 2019 1:13 AM UTC  Charlize Theron attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on Feb. 24, 2019. Charlize Theron attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on Feb. 24, 2019.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Feb 25, 2019 1:13 AM UTC Of all the adventurous looks and fashion statements expected from the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5534976/oscars-2019-winners/) [red carpet](http://time.com/5533549/history-red-carpet-hollywood/), Charlize Theron being not blonde probably wasn’t one of them. Still, the actress made a statement ahead of Sunday night’s awards ceremony when she arrived on the carpet with a brunette bob haircut. The actress, who won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2004 Oscars for her role in _Monster,_ stunned Twitter and beyond with the edgy look, along with her elegant, periwinkle gown, designed by Dior. > [](https://twitter.com/monamohae/status/1099820050440167425) Here are some of Twitter’s best reactions to Charlize Theron’s new look. > [](https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/1099826091852816384) > [](https://twitter.com/MarcSnetiker/status/1099823802857357312) > [](https://twitter.com/MDNAOKAY/status/1099822473086853121) > [](https://twitter.com/catexblanchett/status/1099823160600510464) > [](https://twitter.com/stonemayi/status/1099817604775112705) > [](https://twitter.com/arrivhal/status/1099833125872549889) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5536359/charlize-theron-brunette/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5536359/charlize-theron-brunette/"},"headline":"Charlize Theron Showed Up to the 2019 Oscars With a Surprising New Look","datePublished":"2019-02-25T01:13:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:39.557Z","description":"The usually-blonde actress also wore a Dior gown","url":"https://time.com/5536359/charlize-theron-brunette/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","onetime","oscars 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5aab8c7cce343abe/698945cab21a9cd65a5002d1/charlize-theron-brunette-oscars-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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