Halle Berry
| Halle Berry | |
 Halle Berry | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Aug 14, 1966 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Partner(s): | Gabriel Aubry (2005–2010) Van Hunt (2020–present) |
| Spouse(s): | David Justice
(1993 - 1997) divorced [Eric Benét (2001 - 2005) divorced |
| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Actress (1989 - present) |
| Height: | 5' 5" (1.65m) |
| Weight: | 121 lbs (55 kg) |
| Measurements: | 36DD-26-37 in (91DD-66-93 cm) |
| Hair color: | Dark bronze |
| Eye color: | Black |
Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry ✦August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and participated in several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role came in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998), as well as in the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. For her performance as a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), Berry became the only African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress and the first woman of color. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the "X-Men film series" (2000–2014), the henchwoman of a robber in the thriller Swordfish (2001), Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004).
A varying critical and commercial reception followed in subsequent years, with Perfect Stranger (2007), Cloud Atlas (2012), and The Call (2013) being among her notable film releases during that period. Berry launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of several projects in which she performed, such as the CBS science fiction series "Extant" (2014–2015). She appeared in the action films Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and made her directorial debut with the Netflix drama Bruised (2020).
Berry has been a Revlon spokesmodel since 1996. She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, and actor Olivier Martinez. She has two children, one with Martinez and another with model Gabriel Aubry.
Early life
Berry was born Maria Halle Berry in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 14, 1966, to Judith Ann (née Hawkins), a first-generation American whose mother, Nelle Hawkins (née Dicken), came from Liverpool, and Jerome Jesse Berry, an African-American man. Her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at the age of five. Her parents selected her middle name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in Cleveland. Berry's mother worked as a psychiatric nurse, and her father worked in the same hospital as an attendant in the psychiatric ward; he later became a bus driver. They divorced when Berry was four years old, and she and her older sister Heidi Berry-Henderson were raised exclusively by their mother. She has been estranged from her father since childhood, noting in 1992 that she did not even know if he was still alive. Her father was abusive to her mother, and Berry has recalled witnessing her mother being beaten daily, kicked down stairs, and hit in the head with a wine bottle. Berry said she was bullied as a kid, so she learned how to fight and protect herself.
Personal life
Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991. In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000, claiming it was an unpaid loan to help launch her career. Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.
According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and resulted in her losing 80% of her hearing in her left ear. She has never identified the abuser, but she mentioned that he was someone "well known in Hollywood. " In 2004, her former boyfriend Christopher Williams accused Wesley Snipes of being responsible for the incident, saying, "I'm so tired of people thinking I'm the guy [who did it]. Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me."
Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV during an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice's hometown of Cincinnati informed her that Justice was a fan, Berry provided her phone number to the reporter to pass along to Justice. Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993. Following their separation in February 1996, Berry publicly stated that she was so depressed that she had considered taking her own life. Berry and Justice were divorced on June 20, 1997.
In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of a car accident. She was sentenced to three years of probation, fined $13,500, and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service.
Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, after a two-year courtship. Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002. By early October 2003, they had separated, and their divorce was finalized on January 3, 2005.
In November 2005, Berry began a romantic relationship with French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met during a photoshoot for Versace. Berry welcomed their daughter in March 2008. On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry publicly announced that their relationship had ended several months earlier. In January 2011, they became involved in a highly publicized custody dispute, mainly concerning Berry's intention to relocate with their daughter from Los Angeles, where they were living, to France, the home country of French actor Olivier Martinez, with whom Berry had started a relationship in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa. Aubry opposed this move, citing concerns that it would disrupt their existing joint custody arrangement. In November 2012, a judge denied Berry's request to relocate their daughter to France.
Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, both Aubry and Martinez were treated at a hospital for injuries sustained during a physical confrontation at Berry's home. Martinez made a citizen's arrest on Aubry, and due to the circumstances being categorized as a domestic violence incident, he was granted a temporary emergency protective order that prohibited Aubry from approaching within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and their mutual child until November 29, 2012. Subsequently, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, claiming that the altercation occurred after a threat made by Martinez to kill Aubry unless he allowed the couple to relocate to France. Leaked court documents included photographs showing significant injuries to Aubry's face, which received extensive media coverage. On November 29, 2012, Berry's attorney announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court. In June 2014, a ruling from the Superior Court stipulated that Berry was to pay $16,000 monthly in child support to Aubry, in addition to a retroactive payment of $115,115,000.00 and $ 300,000,000. 00 towards Aubry's attorney fees.
Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012, and married in France on July 13, 2013. In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son. In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced that they were divorcing. The divorce was finalized in December 2016. In August 2023, issues related to custody and child support were resolved.
Berry began dating American musician Van Hunt in 2020, a fact revealed through her Instagram.
Activism
Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the proposed Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility off the coast of Malibu. Berry said, "I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean." In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility. Hasty Pudding Theatricals awarded her its 2006 "Woman of The Year award." Berry participated in a nearly 2,000-house cell phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008. In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci's "Chime for Change" campaign, which aims to raise funds and awareness of women's issues in education, health, and justice. In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly's Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities' children from harassment by photographers. The bill passed in September.
In May 2024, Berry advocated for more research and education on menopause by supporting a bill introduced by Senators Patty Murray and Lisa Murkowski. Berry said, "I'm in menopause, OK?... The shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life that happens. Our doctors can't even say the word to us, let alone walk us through the journey."
Career
- Wikipedia article: Halle Berry Career
Filmography
- Wikipedia article: Halle Berry Filmography
Television
- Wikipedia article: Halle Berry Television
- Halle Berry gallery
External links
- Halle Berry at the Turner Classic Movie Database
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Halle_Berry ]
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