Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Born
August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Birth Name
Maria Halle Berry

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Bio
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Bedford, Ohio to Judith Ann (Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse, and 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).

**IceMan** · 16th May 2006, 02:25

Awesome stuff MaD

thanks for these

**Deft0ne5** · 17th May 2006, 08:50

Great shots there. Many thanks for the always stunning, Halle.

**tromso** · 27th May 2006, 14:15

**IceMan** · 27th May 2006, 15:41

She needs to show off some more cleavage :p

But still nice pics.

**MaD** · 24th June 2006, 16:34

**CyberHawk** · 24th June 2006, 17:22

Can't believe there is no replies yet. Those last 5 are superb, she really needs to do a topless shoot at some point... going by these and her movies

JJ · 24th June 2006, 17:25

Great Halle pics and photoshoot. Thxs MaD.

**Kenji** · 24th June 2006, 18:19

Best pictures ive ever seen of her!

CB · 24th June 2006, 19:04

very nice thanxs MaD

**IceMan** · 24th June 2006, 20:15

AWESOME post MaD I especially like pics 5 and 6 :p:p

**jareb13** · 25th June 2006, 05:13

Thanx MaD..Never go wrong with Halle..

**Dasher** · 25th June 2006, 12:06

It's the Firooz Zahedi Photoshoot...

**Anubis** · 25th June 2006, 12:52

very nice, thanks

JJ · 25th June 2006, 17:50

Thxs again for the photoshoot title info Dasher. The title has updated.

Akula · 2nd July 2006, 09:16

Thanks Mad!!!

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