Date of Birth : 14 August 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Occupation : Actress
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse. Halle also has an older sister named Heidi Berry. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old 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 USA Pageant.
As a former beauty queen and fashion model, Halle Berry surprised many naysayers when she emerged as a multi-talented actress capable of turning in award-worthy performances. After getting her start as a regular on the short-lived sitcom "Living Dolls" (ABC, 1989), Berry made herself known in a small, but noticeable role as a crackhead opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" (1991). Though underused in subsequent roles in movies like "The Last Boy Scout" (1991) and "Boomerang" (1992), she turned in a finely crafted dramatic performance as a drug-addicted mother trying to regain custody of her son in "Losing Isaiah" (1995). Though her performance as a surprisingly gutsy flight attendant in the action thriller "Executive Decision" (1996) garnered positive reviews, Berry received unwanted public scrutiny for her divorce from husband, baseball hero David Justice and later, from singer Eric Benet as well. Returning to form with a strong supporting role in "Bulworth" (1998), Berry established her dramatic chops and won an Emmy Award for playing the titular role in "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" (HBO, 1999), a role she had longed to perform. But it was her groundbreaking performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001) that truly established her acting bona fides, while she became the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Leading Actress. Though Berry's take on the comic book heroine Storm in the "X-Men" franchise earned her blockbuster status, her prancing around as "Catwoman" (2004) earned her certain notoriety and a not-so-coveted Golden Raspberry Award. Nonetheless, Berry had the rare ability to excel in both major tent pole movies and small indie dramas, making her one of the more respected and sought-after actresses and most revered beauties working in Hollywood.
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