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.Half African-American, half Caucasian, Halle stands at 5' 7" inches tall and has the measurements 36C-22-37. She been named as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People eight times (matched by Julia Roberts) and became one of Playboy's 100 Sexiest Women of the Century (1998). Her popular face has been seen as a spokes model for Revlon cosmetics.
.Born August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, Halle Berry is the youngest daughter born to Jerome and Judith Berry, an interracial couple. Halle Berry, and her older sister Heidi, spent the first few years of their childhood living in an inner-city neighborhood. Her abusive father, Jerome Berry, abandoned his wife and children, and left the family when Halle was four years old. Halle was raised almost totally by her mother, Judith, a psychiatric nurse.
Judith then moved her family to the predominantly white Cleveland suburb of Bedford. This rough start to her life did not deter her from excelling in whatever she did. Halle attended a nearly all-white public school, and as a result, she was subjected to discrimination at an early age.
Throughout high school, Halle participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, holding positions of newspaper editor, class president, member of the honor society, varsity cheerleader, and prom queen.
.Halle Berry won Miss Ohio, Miss Teen All-American, and in
1986, was first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant. She was the first African American to represent the U.S. in the Miss World competition in London. Halle Berry attended Cleveland's Cuyahoga Community College, where she studied broadcast journalism. Halle abandoned her idea of a career in news reporting however, choosing wholeheartedly devote her time to a career in entertainment.
She first moved to Chicago, then New York City, where Halle Berry found work as a catalog model. Halle's acting career began in television with a role on the short-lived sitcom "Living Dolls". This was followed by a year-long run on the CBS prime time drama "Knot?s Landing". Halle's first big screen break came later that year when she was cast as Samuel L. Jackson?s drug addicted girlfriend in Spike Lee?s "Jungle Fever". More substantial supporting roles followed, including that of a stripper in the action-thriller "The Last Boy Scout", starring Bruce Willis. This success lead to Halle as the woman who finally wins Eddie Murphy?s heart in the romantic comedy "Boomerang".
Halle Berry, now with a few films under her belt, accepted more offbeat roles, making cameos in the documentary "CB4"
which traced the rise and fall of the titled rap group.
Halle Berry then starred in the live action version of "The Flintstones", featuring Halle as a Stone Age seductress, a very sexy and successful performance. Halle's next role was a no-holds-barred performance as a rehabilitated crack addict seeking to regain custody of her son in "Losing Isaiah". The story was set in the midst of a bitter custody battle with adoptive parents, played by Jessica Lange and David Strathairn. Later that year, Halle overcame Hollywood's racial barriers when she was cast as the first African American to play the Queen of Sheeba in Showtime?s movie "Solomon & Sheeba". Halle has been introduced as the new Bond Girl.
Halle's private life has made headlines several times. She raised public attention while revealing Wesley Snipes (Jungle Fever costar) was a violent boyfriend and responsible for her partial deafness. Her marriage to singer Eric Benet ended in divorce with former hubby asking her to foot all divorce bills and support him through spousal support. Berry has also been linked to names such as Shemar Moore and Matt Damon.
On New Year's Day in 1993, Halle tied the knot with Atlanta Braves' outfielder David Justice, but they later divorced him 1997. Halle became engaged to soul singer Eric Benet on August 14, 1999 and married him on January 24,2001.
However, the couple separated on October 1, 2003 and filed for divorce on April 26, 2004. Halle has a stepdaughter named India (born in 1991) from Eric Benet's previous partner.
Her breakout role arrived in 1999. She was cast for the title role in Martha Coolidge's adaptation of Earl Mills'
biographical book, the musical drama Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), which handed her both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie.
With her work as an actress being noticed, Halle was offered parts in a string of films, including Bryan Singer's adaptation of the Marvel's hit comic, the blockbuster X-Men (2000, with mutant friends Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Famke Janssen) and teamed with John Travolta in Swordfish (2001).
Halle was launched toward super stardom when Marc Forster cast her as Leticia Musgrove in his romance-drama Monster's Ball Her outstanding acting netted her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. She followed it up with the role of a James Bond's girl in Die Another Day (2002), repriced the role of Storm in the X-Men sequel, X2 (2003), and starred as psychiatrist-turned-patient Miranda Grey in Mathieu Kassovitz's mystery Gothika (2003).[one of my favorites] .Her staring in Cat-women was an unfortunate mistake. She may have looked great, but she got nominated for a worst actress award.
She recently starred in Darnell Martin's adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005, TV) and provided her voice for Cappy in CGI animated sci-fi movie, Robots. She will also be seen in the forthcoming films Nappily Ever After, Foxy Brown, and The Guide.
At the time of this article. Halle Berry was four months pregnant and I wish her all the best in the world, because I truly believe her to be a beautiful person on top of being an outstanding actress.
Andrew Conway is an author, a musician and a classic movie buff. He has contributed countless articles about the entertainment field. He has created a site at: http://www.ultimate-free-downloads.com for anyone who truely loves music and movies
» left by Debra from STL (174 days 1 hour ago.)
I think it's time YOU, Hallie and all the other media stop dissing Halle's father. He's dead now and never got a chance to tell his side of the story. Looking at Halle's mom I can imagine it wasn't all on him. Every Black man can't stay with a racist White woman for the sake of the kids. Whatever the case, Halle has been blessed, she needs to let go of her Mother's anger and hatred and move on. Life is the greatest teacher. Keep living...and learning Halle. Respond to this comment
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