Regardless, it certainly seems that her character, known only as Cipher, is one that Fast 8 is expecting a great deal from.
Whether or not Charlize Theron is part of the Shaw family is not known at this point.
Michelle Rodriguez’s comments to ET are hardly the first time we’ve heard glowing praise regarding Theron or the character.
Villains weren’t one of the things that the Fast and Furious movies were necessarily known for at the begging, but the more recent entries in the franchise have introduced some pretty good bad guys, most recently Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw.