For the past decade, @charlizeafrica has been a single mother to her two daughters—Jackson and August—which informs everything she does, including the parts she chooses. Next month, she will play a wicked dean in Paul Feig’s star-studded Netflix film ‘The School for Good and Evil.’ “The biggest driver for me was that it potentially could be something that my kids would enjoy,” Theron says. Theron credits both her children and her philanthropy @ctaop with shifting her approach to work and fighting for the causes she believes in. “I have learned that sometimes you have to know how effective you are as a messenger,” she says in our October 2022 cover story. “Just climbing on a mountain and screaming into the abyss is maybe not the best way to change hearts and minds or to have people find empathy.” Read more at the link in bio. — October 2022 Issue (on sale October 4) Photographer: @josholins Stylist: @stella_greenspan Creative Director: @lauragenninger Hair: @hairbyorlandopita Makeup: @sallybranka Manicures: @tombachik Production: @lolaproduction Set Design: @heathmattioli Story by: @leahchernikoff #CharlizeTheron wears @prada