Halle Berry
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| Halle Berry | |
|---|---|
 Berry at the Cloud Atlas Los Angeles premiere on October 24, 2012. | |
| Born | Maria Halle Berry August 14, 1966 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Residence | Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles,California |
| Occupation | Actress, former model |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) | David Justice (m. 1993–1997) Eric Benét (m. 2001–2005) |
| Partner(s) | Gabriel Aubry (2005–2010) Olivier Martinez (2010–present) |
| Children | Nahla Ariela Aubry |
| Awards | |
| Academy Awards | |
| Best Actress 2001 Monster's Ball | |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
| Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film 1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 2001 Monster's Ball | |
Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966[1]) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2013, the only woman of African-American descent to win an Oscar for a leading role. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and has been involved in the production side of several of the films in which she performed. Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel.[2][3]
Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986.[4] Her breakthrough film role was in 1992's Boomerang, which led to roles in films such as The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998). In addition to her Academy Award win, Berry reached a higher level of prominence in the new millennium with roles such asStorm in the X-Men film series (2000–present), Swordfish (2001), and Die Another Day (2002), where she played Bond Girl Jinx. She also won theGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person, one of few people to do so.[5]
Divorced from baseball player David Justice and musician Eric Benét, Berry has a daughter by French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry and is expecting a son with actor Olivier Martinez, her fiancé since 2012.
Early life [edit]
Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, though her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at the age of five.[6] Berry's parents selected her middle name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio.[7] Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins),[8] who is of English and German descent, was a psychiatric nurse.[9] Her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African American hospital attendant in the same psychiatric ward where her mother worked; he later became a bus driver.[7][10] Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in the United Kingdom (Sawley, Derbyshire, England), while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio.[11] Berry's parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her older sister Heidi[12] were raised exclusively by her mother.[7] Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood,[7][13] noting in 1992, "I haven't heard from him since [he left]. Maybe he's not alive."[12]
Berry graduated from Bedford High School. She worked in the children's department at Higbee's Department store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.[4] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas. In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.[14] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago's Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.[15] Berry then traveled to Chicago to pursue a career in modeling.[16]
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