| Halle Berry |
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Berry at the Cloud Atlas Los Angeles Premiere on October 24, 2012. |
| Born | Maria Halle Berry
August 14, 1966 (age 46)
Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Occupation | Actress, former model |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
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| Spouse(s) |
Eric Benét (m. 2001–2005) |
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| Partner(s) | Gabriel Aubry (2005–10)
Olivier Martinez (2010–present) |
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| Children | Nahla Ariela Aubry |
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Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the
Miss USA Pageant (1986), and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986.
[2] She made her film debut in 1991 with a brief appearance in
Jungle Fever. Her breakthrough 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, the 21st century brought a new level of prominence to Berry, with roles in films such as
X-Men (2000), and its sequels,
Die Another Day (2002), where she played
Bond Girl Jinx, and
Cloud Atlas(2012). She also won the
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in 2005 for
Catwoman and accepted the award in person, one of the few performers to do so.
[5]
[edit]Early life
Berry was born
Maria Halle Berry, though her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry in 1971.
[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
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]
[edit]1989–2002
Berry went to
Chicago in the late 1980s to pursue a career in modeling and acting.
[16] One of her first acting projects was a television series for local cable by Gordon Lake Productions called
Chicago Force. In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to further pursue her acting ambitions. During her early time there she ran out of money and had to live briefly in a homeless shelter.
[16][17][18] Later in 1989, her situation improved and she was cast in the role of model Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series
Living Dolls, which was shot in New York and was a spin-off of the hit series
Who's the Boss?.
[16] During the taping of which she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with
diabetes.
[19][20] After the cancellation of
Living Dolls, she moved to Los Angeles.
[16] She went on to have a recurring role on the long-running primetime serial
Knots Landing. In 1992, Berry was cast as the love interest in the video for
R. Kelly's seminal single,
Honey Love.
[21][22]
Berry visiting with sailors and Marines during the opening day of
Fleet Week New York 2006
Berry tackled a more serious role, playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in
Losing Isaiah (1995), starring opposite
Jessica Lange. She portrayed Sandra Beecher in
Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, shot in
Australia, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in
Executive Decision. Beginning in 1996, she was a
Revlonspokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.
[4][24]
She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film,
B*A*P*S. Although panned by critics, it showed Halle's acting versatility.In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in
Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (
Warren Beatty) a new lease on life. The same year, she played the singer
Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer
Frankie Lymon, in the biopic
Why Do Fools Fall in Love. In the 1999
HBO biopic
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, she portrayed the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress
Academy Award, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.
[7] Berry's performance was recognized with several awards, including an
Emmy and a
Golden Globe.
[2][25]
Berry portrayed the mutant superhero
Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series
X-Men (2000) and its sequels,
X2: X-Men United (2003) and
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film
Swordfish, which featured her first nude scene.
[26] At first, she refused to be filmed topless in a sunbathing scene, but she changed her mind when Warner Brothers raised her fee substantially.
[27] The brief flash of her breasts added $500,000 to her fee.
[28] Berry considered these stories to be rumors and was quick to deny them.
[26][29] After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make
Swordfish because her husband, Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks.
[30]
She appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the wife of an executed murderer, in the 2001 film
Monster's Ball. Her performance was awarded the
National Board of Review and the
Screen Actors Guild best-actress prizes; in an interesting coincidence she became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress (earlier in her career she portrayed
Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio).
[31] The
NAACP issued the statement: "Congratulations to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington for giving us hope and making us proud. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color then it is a good thing."
[32] Her role also generated controversy. Berry's graphic nude love scene with a racist character played by co-star
Billy Bob Thornton was the subject of much media chatter and discussion among African-Americans. Many in the African-American community were critical of Berry for taking the part.
[30] Berry responded: "I don't really see a reason to ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would be a really special script that would require something like that again."
[30]
Berry asked for a higher fee for Revlon advertisements after winning the Academy Award, and
Ron Perelman, the cosmetics firm's chief, congratulated her, saying how happy he was that she modeled for his company. She replied, "Of course, you'll have to pay me more." Perelman stalked off in a rage.
[33] Her win at the Academy Awards led to two famous "Oscar moments." In accepting her award, she gave an acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses who had never had the opportunity. She said, "This moment is so much bigger than me. This is for every nameless, faceless woman of colour who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened."
[34] One year later, as she presented the Best Actor award, winner
Adrien Brody ran on stage and, instead of giving her the standard peck on the cheek, planted a long kiss on Berry.
[edit]2002–present
As
Bond girl Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster
Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from
Dr. No, emerging from the surf to be greeted by
James Bond as
Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier.
[35] Lindy Hemming, costume designer on
Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as an homage.
[36] Berry has said of the scene: "It's splashy", "exciting", "sexy", "provocative" and "it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar."
[30] The bikini scene was shot in
Cadiz; the location was reportedly cold and windy, and footage has been released of Berry wrapped in thick towels in between takes to avoid catching a chill.
[37] According to an ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.
[38] Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye. It was removed in a 30-minute operation.
[39] After Berry won the Academy Award, rewrites were commissioned to give her more screentime for
X2.
[40]
She starred in the psychological thriller
Gothika opposite
Robert Downey Jr. in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard. Production was halted for eight weeks.
[41] It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.
[42] Berry appeared in the
Limp Bizkit music video for
Behind Blue Eyes for the motion picture soundtrack for the film. The same year, she was named #1 in
FHM's
100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
[43]
Berry received $12.5 million for the title role in the film
Catwoman,
[42] a $100 million movie; it grossed $17 million on its first weekend.
[44] She was awarded a "worst actress"
Razzie award in 2005 for this role. She appeared at the ceremony to accept the award in person (making her the third person, and second actor, to ever do so)
[45] with a sense of humor, considering it an experience of the "rock bottom" in order to be "at the top".
[5] Holding the Academy Award in one hand and the Razzie in the other she said, "I never in my life thought that I would be here, winning a Razzie. It's not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."
[31]The Fund for Animals praised Berry's compassion towards cats and for squelching rumors that she was keeping a
Bengal tigerfrom the sets of Catwoman as a "pet."
[46]
Her next film appearance was in the
Oprah Winfrey-produced
ABC TV movie
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of
Zora Neale Hurston's novel, in which Berry portrayed Janie Crawford, a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She was nominated for an Emmy for this TV film. Meanwhile, she voiced the character of
Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature
Robots (2005).
[47]
Berry is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning $10 million per film.
[3]In July 2007, she topped
In Touch magazine's list of the world's most fabulous 40-something celebrities. On April 3, 2007, she was awarded a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the
Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry.
[49][50] As of 2011, Berry's worldwide box office gross has been more than 2.7 billion US$. In 2011, she appeared in
New Year's Eve. She played one of the leads in the film
Cloud Atlas, which was released in October 2012.
[51] Berry has served for many years as the face of
Revlon cosmetics and also as the face of
Versace. The
Coty Inc. fragrance company signed Berry to market her debut fragrance in March 2008. Berry was delighted, saying that she had created her own fragrances at home by mixing scents.
[52]
[edit]Personal life
Berry on the red carpet of
Robots
Berry has been married twice. Her first marriage was to former baseball player
David Justice, from 1993
[53] to 1996. Their divorce was finalized in 1997.
[54] Berry has stated publicly that she was so depressed after her breakup with Justice that she considered taking her own life,
[55] but she was concerned about how the afterlife would be for someone who had committed suicide.
[56][57]
She was married to
Eric Benét from early 2001 to 2005.
[30][58] Berry credited Benét with support after she was involved in a February 2000 traffic collision, in which she left the scene of the accident. Some in the media complained that her misdemeanor
hit and run charge was preferential treatment;
[59][60] she had also been the driver in an alleged hit and run incident three years earlier in which no charges were filed.
[61] The incident became fodder for comedians. Berry pleaded
no contest, did community service, paid a fine and was placed on three years' probation.
[62] A civil lawsuit was settled out of court.
[63][64] While married to Benét, Berry adopted his daughter, India.
[58] The divorce was finalized in January 2005.
[65]
Berry began dating
French-Canadian model
Gabriel Aubry in November 2005. The couple met at a
Versace photoshoot.
[66] Berry gave birth to a girl named Nahla Ariela Aubry on March 16, 2008, at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
[67] Nahla means "honeybee" in Arabic; Ariela is Hebrew for "lion for God".
[68] On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their separation.
[69] Aubry filed documents with the Los Angeles Superior Court on December 30, 2010, asking the court to formally recognize his paternity and grant a court order giving him and Berry joint legal and physical custody over their daughter.
[70][71]
[edit]Activism
Berry took part in a nearly 2000-house party cell-phone bank campaign for
Barack Obama in February 2008.
[78]
[edit]Public image
Berry was ranked No. 1 on
People's "50 Most Beautiful People In The World," in 2003 after making the top ten list seven times and appeared No. 1 on
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World the same year.
[79][80] She was named
Esquire magazine's "Sexiest Woman Alive" in October 2008, about which she stated "I don't know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it."
[81][82] Men's Health ranked her at No. 35 on their "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" list.
[83] In 2009, she was voted #23 on
Empire's 100 Sexiest Film Stars.
[84] The same year, rapper
Hurricane Chris released a song entitled "
Halle Berry (She's Fine)," extolling Berry's beauty and sex appeal.
[85]
[edit]Filmography
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[edit]Further reading
- Banting, Erinn. Halle Berry, Weigl Publishers, 2005 – ISBN 1-59036-333-7
- Gogerly, Liz. Halle Berry, Raintree, 2005 – ISBN 1-4109-1085-7
- Naden, Corinne J. Halle Berry, Sagebrush Education Resources, 2001 – ISBN 0-613-86157-4
- O'Brien, Daniel. Halle Berry, Reynolds & Hearn, 2003 – ISBN 1-903111-38-2
- Sanello, Frank. Halle Berry: A Stormy Life, Virgin Books, 2003 – ISBN 1-85227-092-6
- Schuman, Michael A. Halle Berry: Beauty Is Not Just Physical, Enslow, 2006 – ISBN 0-7660-2467-9
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