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 Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (n��e Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and, a year later in 1986, when she was the first runner-up in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a model. It eventually led to her first weekly TV series, 1989's Living Dolls (1989), where she soon gained a reputation for her on-set tenacity, preferring to "live" her roles and remaining in character even when the cameras stopped rolling. It paid off though when she reportedly refused to bathe for several days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991) because the role provided her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as Eddie Murphy's love interest in Boomerang (1992), one of the few times that Murphy was evenly matched on screen. In 1994, Berry gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy secretary "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones (1994). She next had a highly publicized starring role with Jessica Lange in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1993). Though the movie received mixed reviews, Berry didn't let that slow her down, and continued down her path to super-stardom.In 1998, she received critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who takes up with a struggling politician in Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998). The following year, she won even greater acclaim for her role as actress Dorothy Dandridge in made-for-cable's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series. In 2000, she received box office success in X-Men (2000) in which she played "Storm", a mutant who has the ability to control the weather. In 2001, she starred in the thriller Swordfish (2001), and became the first African-American to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards, for her role as a grieving mother in the drama Monster's Ball (2001).
Bio:
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (n��e Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and, a year later in 1986, when she was the first runner-up in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a model. It eventually led to her first weekly TV series, 1989's Living Dolls (1989), where she soon gained a reputation for her on-set tenacity, preferring to "live" her roles and remaining in character even when the cameras stopped rolling. It paid off though when she reportedly refused to bathe for several days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991) because the role provided her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as Eddie Murphy's love interest in Boomerang (1992), one of the few times that Murphy was evenly matched on screen. In 1994, Berry gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy secretary "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones (1994). She next had a highly publicized starring role with Jessica Lange in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1993). Though the movie received mixed reviews, Berry didn't let that slow her down, and continued down her path to super-stardom.In 1998, she received critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who takes up with a struggling politician in Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998). The following year, she won even greater acclaim for her role as actress Dorothy Dandridge in made-for-cable's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series. In 2000, she received box office success in X-Men (2000) in which she played "Storm", a mutant who has the ability to control the weather. In 2001, she starred in the thriller Swordfish (2001), and became the first African-American to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards, for her role as a grieving mother in the drama Monster's Ball (2001).
Tivia:
On 2/26/2005 she showed up in person to accept the Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her role as Catwoman (2004) and became the first actress to do so. Accepting the award, Berry smiled and said "Thank you and I hope to God I never see you guys again.".Saved from choking on a fig by Pierce Brosnan during shooting of the love scene on Cuba for Die Another Day (2002).Is the second "Bond girl" to win an Academy Award. The first was Kim Basinger.Well known for "living" her roles, she refused to bathe for two weeks in preparation for a role as a crack addict in Jungle Fever (1991).In high school, she was a National Honor Society member, editor of the school paper, class president, and crowned prom queen.As of 2023, she is the first of only two women of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. The second is Michelle Yeoh, who won the award twenty-one years later for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). Berry presented the award to Yeoh with Jessica Chastain.Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 1990s.During filming of Gothika (2003) in Montreal in May of 2003, Robert Downey Jr. was supposed to grab her arm and twist but he twisted too hard and broke it . Production was halted for eight weeks.Her first $1-million salary was for Executive Decision (1996)--a role she earlier refused until she was offered $1 million.When she "won" the Razzie? Award as Worst Actress of 2004 for Catwoman (2004), she became the first Oscar winner ever to attend and accept her Razzie Award in person.Stated that it was her role as a mother in Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) that led her to make the decision to become a mother herself.Can play the flute.Is one of only four actresses, along with Faye Dunaway, Sandra Bullock and Liza Minnelli, to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek).Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular from the first 75 years.Turned down the role of Annie Porter in Speed (1994). It went to Sandra Bullock.As of 2004, was the highest-paid black actress in Hollywood.Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is now an office building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder department store on The Drew Carey Show (1995).Sister of Heidi Berry. Heidi and Halle have a half-sister named Renee, from their dad's first marriage.Her father was African-American. Her mother, who is white, has English, some German and Irish, and distant Dutch, ancestry. Halle's maternal grandfather was American-born, and her maternal grandmother was English, born in Sawley, Derbyshire.On 9/21/2011 she broke her foot after tripping over a rock while chasing her daughter Nahla on a day off from filming Cloud Atlas (2012) in Majorca, Spain.Was four months pregnant with her son Maceo when she completed filming X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).Was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties after pleading no contest on 5/20/2000 to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident. The judge also ordered her to perform 200 hours of community service and make restitution as determined by the outcome of civil litigation arising from the February accident when she was driving a rented Chevrolet Blazer, ran a red light and crashed into another car on Sunset Boulevard. She left the scene of the accident before authorities arrived, suffered a gash to her head that required 20 stitches to close, and the woman (Hetal Raythatha) driving the other vehicle broke her wrist. Berry reported the accident to a police officer at the hospital where she sought treatment.Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman (2004)) named Plato, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Plato was too serious a name for her.Her parents, Judith Ann Hawkins and Jerome Jesse Berry, divorced when she was four years old. She was raised by her mother. When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge, she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland (OH) hospital.Lived in Cape Town, South Africa, with her daughter Nahla and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry while filming Dark Tide (2012) (July-September 2010).Was the first black American in the Miss World Competition. She did not win a prize but her dress did.Has played Dorothy Dandridge in the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999). Dorothy was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress; coincidentally, Berry is the first to have won in that category.Miss Teen All American (1985) and Miss Ohio USA (1986).Is an active participant with the Jenesee Center (for abused women and children) in Los Angeles.Starred in six movies with Hugh Jackman: X-Men (2000), Swordfish (2001) X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Movie 43 (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).Was given her Oscar-winning role of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001) after both Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams turned the role down.Has 2 children: daughter, Nahla Aubry (b. March 16, 2008) with ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry & son, Maceo Martinez (b. October 5, 2013) with estranged husband, Olivier Martinez.Is one of seven African-American actresses to win an Oscar in a competitive category. In chronological order, the others are: Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost (1990), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011) and Viola Davis for Fences (2016).Has two Barbie dolls made in her likeness: The first was for her character Jinx Johnson from Die Another Day (2002) as part of the Bond Girls Collection, and the second is her character Patience Phillips / Catwoman from Catwoman (2004).Early in her career, she auditioned for the role of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), but lost out to Angela Bassett who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance.Her mother is from Liverpool, England.Has dual US and UK citizenship.On 7/13/13 she married for the third time, to boyfriend of two years Olivier Martinez following a 17-month-long engagement.Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. on 4/3/07.Has played a character called Sharon Stone in The Flintstones (1994). Ten years later, she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman (2004).Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her daughter Nahla in order to begin filming Frankie & Alice (2010).Is the first actress to star in a James Bond film following an Academy Award win.Is one of ten African-American women to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis and Quvenzhan�� Wallis. As of 2023, Berry is the only African-American woman to win the award, and the first of only two women of color overall to win the award, preceding Michelle Yeoh.Is the first actress to play two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies: Storm in Marvel's X-Men (2000) films, and Catwoman in DC Comics' Catwoman (2004).Was considered for the role of Serleena in Men in Black II (2002), but it went to Lara Flynn Boyle.Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School in Ohio.Turned down the female lead in box-office disaster Gigli (2003), which birthed the relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman (2004) but was not seriously injured.Was the 121st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Monster's Ball (2001) at The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) on March 24, 2002.On 4/10/2002 she received an injury on the set of Die Another Day (2002) on location in Cadiz, Spain, while shooting an action sequence that involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune. |
| Name: |
Halle Berry |
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Actress,Producer,Director (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actress,Producer,Director |
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Actress,Producer,Director |
| Model rank: |
154 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' 5' (1.65 m) |
| Biography: |
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (n��e Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and h |
| Trivia: |
On 2/26/2005 she showed up in person to accept the Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her role as Catwoman (2004) and became the first actress to do so. Accepting the award, Berry smiled and said "Thank you and I hope to God I never see you guys again.".Saved from choking on a fig by Pierce Brosnan during shooting of the love scene on Cuba for Die Another Day (2002).Is the second "Bond girl" to win an Academy Award. The first was Kim Basinger.Well known for "living" her roles, she refused to bathe for two weeks in preparation for a role as a crack addict in Jungle Fever (1991).In high school, she was a National Honor Society member, editor of the school paper, class president, and crowned prom queen.As of 2023, she is the first of only two women of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. The second is Michelle Yeoh, who won the award twenty-one years later for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). Berry presented the award to Yeoh with Jessica Chastain.Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 1990s.During filming of Gothika (2003) in Montreal in May of 2003, Robert Downey Jr. was supposed to grab her arm and twist but he twisted too hard and broke it . Production was halted for eight weeks.Her first $1-million salary was for Executive Decision (1996)--a role she earlier refused until she was offered $1 million.When she "won" the Razzie? Award as Worst Actress of 2004 for Catwoman (2004), she became the first Oscar winner ever to attend and accept her Razzie Award in person.Stated that it was her role as a mother in Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) that led her to make the decision to become a mother herself.Can play the flute.Is one of only four actresses, along with Faye Dunaway, Sandra Bullock and Liza Minnelli, to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek).Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular from the first 75 years.Turned down the role of Annie Porter in Speed (1994). It went to Sandra Bullock.As of 2004, was the highest-paid black actress in Hollywood.Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is now an office building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder department store on The Drew Carey Show (1995).Sister of Heidi Berry. Heidi and Halle have a half-sister named Renee, from their dad's first marriage.Her father was African-American. Her mother, who is white, has English, some German and Irish, and distant Dutch, ancestry. Halle's maternal grandfather was American-born, and her maternal grandmother was English, born in Sawley, Derbyshire.On 9/21/2011 she broke her foot after tripping over a rock while chasing her daughter Nahla on a day off from filming Cloud Atlas (2012) in Majorca, Spain.Was four months pregnant with her son Maceo when she completed filming X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).Was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties after pleading no contest on 5/20/2000 to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident. The judge also ordered her to perform 200 hours of community service and make restitution as determined by the outcome of civil litigation arising from the February accident when she was driving a rented Chevrolet Blazer, ran a red light and crashed into another car on Sunset Boulevard. She left the scene of the accident before authorities arrived, suffered a gash to her head that required 20 stitches to close, and the woman (Hetal Raythatha) driving the other vehicle broke her wrist. Berry reported the accident to a police officer at the hospital where she sought treatment.Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman (2004)) named Plato, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Plato was too serious a name for her.Her parents, Judith Ann Hawkins and Jerome Jesse Berry, divorced when she was four years old. She was raised by her mother. When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge, she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland (OH) hospital.Lived in Cape Town, South Africa, with her daughter Nahla and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry while filming Dark Tide (2012) (July-September 2010).Was the first black American in the Miss World Competition. She did not win a prize but her dress did.Has played Dorothy Dandridge in the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999). Dorothy was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress; coincidentally, Berry is the first to have won in that category.Miss Teen All American (1985) and Miss Ohio USA (1986).Is an active participant with the Jenesee Center (for abused women and children) in Los Angeles.Starred in six movies with Hugh Jackman: X-Men (2000), Swordfish (2001) X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Movie 43 (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).Was given her Oscar-winning role of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001) after both Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams turned the role down.Has 2 children: daughter, Nahla Aubry (b. March 16, 2008) with ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry & son, Maceo Martinez (b. October 5, 2013) with estranged husband, Olivier Martinez.Is one of seven African-American actresses to win an Oscar in a competitive category. In chronological order, the others are: Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost (1990), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011) and Viola Davis for Fences (2016).Has two Barbie dolls made in her likeness: The first was for her character Jinx Johnson from Die Another Day (2002) as part of the Bond Girls Collection, and the second is her character Patience Phillips / Catwoman from Catwoman (2004).Early in her career, she auditioned for the role of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), but lost out to Angela Bassett who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance.Her mother is from Liverpool, England.Has dual US and UK citizenship.On 7/13/13 she married for the third time, to boyfriend of two years Olivier Martinez following a 17-month-long engagement.Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. on 4/3/07.Has played a character called Sharon Stone in The Flintstones (1994). Ten years later, she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman (2004).Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her daughter Nahla in order to begin filming Frankie & Alice (2010).Is the first actress to star in a James Bond film following an Academy Award win.Is one of ten African-American women to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis and Quvenzhan�� Wallis. As of 2023, Berry is the only African-American woman to win the award, and the first of only two women of color overall to win the award, preceding Michelle Yeoh.Is the first actress to play two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies: Storm in Marvel's X-Men (2000) films, and Catwoman in DC Comics' Catwoman (2004).Was considered for the role of Serleena in Men in Black II (2002), but it went to Lara Flynn Boyle.Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School in Ohio.Turned down the female lead in box-office disaster Gigli (2003), which birthed the relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman (2004) but was not seriously injured.Was the 121st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Monster's Ball (2001) at The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) on March 24, 2002.On 4/10/2002 she received an injury on the set of Die Another Day (2002) on location in Cadiz, Spain, while shooting an action sequence that involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune. |
| Quotes: |
On Dorothy Dandridge: ...You have to find a way to be sad on every day, in every scene, in every moment. And always try to hide the sadness. And (then) you'll get the essence of who she was.
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During her Oscar acceptance speech: This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett Smith, Angela Bassett, Vivica A. Fox... and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance, because the door tonight has been opened.
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On choosing both serious and popcorn-movie roles: There's art and there's commerce. You have to find a way to mesh the two. It's important to do the little movies just for the love of the art. But it's those big movies that take you around the world and make you globally famous.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever. |
| Salaries: |
Perfect Stranger (2007) - $10,000,000
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Catwoman (2004) - $14,000,000
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Gothika (2003) - $6,000,000
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Die Another Day (2002) - $4,000,000
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Monster's Ball (2002) |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1999) TV commercial: M&M's candy.
(2001) TV commercial: Revlon.
(2001-02) TV commercial: Pepsi-Cola Twist.
(2002) TV commercial (w/Pierce Brosnan): TNN's "James Bond for the 21st Century".
(2000) Print ads: Revlon Super Lustrous L |
| Spouse: |
Olivier Martinez (July 13, 2013 - December 28, 2016) (divorced, 1 child)Eric Ben��t (January 24, 2001 - January 3, 2005) (divorced)David Justice (January 1, 1993 - June 20, 1997) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Nahla AubryMaceo Martinez |
| Parents: |
Jerome Jessy Berry
Judith Ann Hawkins |
| Relatives: |
Heidi Berry (Sibling)
Renee Berry (Half Sibling) |
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