Halle Berry

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August 14, 1966

Halle Maria Berry

Eric Benét (24 January 2001 - 3 January 2005) (divorced)

David Justice (31 December 1992 - 24 June 1997) (divorced)

Actress:

2011 The Surrogate

2011 The Skank Robbers

2011 Cloud Atlas

2011 Shoe Addicts Anonymous

2011 New Year's Eve (filming)
Dark Tide (2011)

Frankie and Alice (2010)

Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

Perfect Stranger (2007)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Robots (2005) (voice)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)

Catwoman (2004)

Gothika (2003)

X2 (2003)

Die Another Day (2002)

Monster's Ball (2001)

Swordfish (2001)

X-Men (2000)

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)

Bulworth (1998)

Frasier (1 episode, 1998)

The Wedding (1998) (TV)

B*A*P*S (1997)

The Rich Man's Wife (1996)

Race the Sun (1996)

Executive Decision (1996)

Losing Isaiah (1995)

Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV)

The Flintstones (1994)

The Program (1993)

Father Hood (1993)

"Queen" (1993) TV mini-series

Boomerang (1992)

Knots Landing (21 episodes, 1991-1992)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Strictly Business (1991)

Jungle Fever (1991)

"They Came from Outer Space" (1 episode, 1991)

"A Different World" (1 episode, 1991)

Amen (1 episode, 1991)

"Living Dolls" (12 episodes, 1989)

Producer:

Frankie and Alice (2009) (producer)

Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) (executive producer)

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) (executive producer)

Appearances

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) (TV)

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010) (TV)

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2010 (TV)

Entertainment Tonight (13 episodes, 2006-2009)

"The Jay Leno Show" (1 episode, 2009)

Spike's Guys Choice (2009) (TV)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2 episodes, 2007-2009)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (7 episodes, 1993-2009)

81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 (TV)

The 40th NAACP Image Awards (2009) (TV)

Stand Up to Cancer (2008) (TV)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV)

A Discussion About 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (2008)

Biography (3 episodes, 2003-2008)

16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008) (TV)

Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007) (TV)

Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode, 2007)

Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (3 episodes, 2005-2007)

Late Show with David Letterman (6 episodes, 1994-2007)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (TV)

The View (1 episode, 2007)

"iVillage Live" (2 episodes, 2007)

"Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (1 episode, 2007)

The Daily Show (2 episodes, 2000-2007)

"Las mañanas de Cuatro" (1 episode, 2007)

"Miradas 2" (1 episode, 2007)

"The Insider" (1 episode, 2006)

2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2006) (TV)

"Corazón de..." (3 episodes, 2005-2006)

X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy (2006)

X-Men: The Excitement Continues (2006)

Just Another Day (2006) (TV)

Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? (2006) (TV)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (5 episodes, 1993-2006)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (1 episode, 2006)

Legends Ball (2006) (TV)

"Le grand journal de Canal+" (1 episode, 2006)

The 78th Annual Academy Awards 2006 (TV) (uncredited)

"Bl!tz" (1 episode, 2006)

The WIN Awards (2005) (TV)

The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2005 (TV)

The Teen Choice Awards 2005 (2005) (TV)

"Tavis Smiley" (1 episode, 2005)

BET Awards 2005 (2005) (TV)

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '05 (2005) (TV)

Assembling 'Robots': The Magic, the Music, & the Comedy (2005) (TV)

Good Morning America (1 episode, 2005)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (5 episodes, 2002-2005)

"HBO First Look" (4 episodes, 2001-2005)

The Making of 'Robots' (2005)

The 77th Annual Academy Awards 2005 (TV)

"Good Day Live" (1 episode, 2005)

The Many Faces of Catwoman (2005)

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (TV)

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV)

"4Pop" (1 episode, 2004)

52 Most Irresistible Women (2004) (TV)

2004 MTV Movie Awards 2004 (TV)

John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) (TV)

"Getaway" (1 episode, 2004)

Rove Live (1 episode, 2004)

"T4" (1 episode, 2004)

"GMTV" (1 episode, 2004)

This Morning (1 episode, 2004)

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2004)

"Pulse" (1 episode, 2004)

The Making of 'Catwoman' (2004) (uncredited)

"Tinseltown TV" (1 episode, 2003)

Punk'd (1 episode, 2003)

"Movie House" (1 episode, 2003)

Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 2003)

Extra (1 episode, 2003)

Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003)

Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (2003) (TV)

Inside 'Die Another Day' (2003)

The 75th Annual Academy Awards 2003 (TV)

"Style Star" (1 episode, 2003)

TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003) (TV)

34th NAACP Image Awards (2003) (TV)

Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003) (TV)

"Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (1 episode, 2003)

The Uncanny Suspects (2003)

X-Men Production Scrapbook (2003)

X-Factor: The Look of 'X-Men' (2003)

The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2003 (TV)

James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002) (TV)

Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002) (TV)

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 episode, 2002)

MADtv (2 episodes, 1998-2002)

Shaken and Stirred on Ice (2002)

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (2002)

Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002) (TV)

"Revealed with Jules Asner" (1 episode, 2002)

"E! True Hollywood Story" (1 episode, 2002)

Bond Girls Are Forever (2002) (TV)

The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 (TV)

"Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp" (1 episode, 2002)

Essence Awards (2002) (TV)

2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (2002) (TV)

"Leute heute" (2 episodes, 2002)

"Seitenblicke" (1 episode, 2002)

The 74th Annual Academy Awards 2002 (TV)

The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2002) (TV)

"The Bernie Mac Show" (1 episode, 2002)

The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2002 (TV)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (4 episodes, 1996-2001)

The Concert for New York City (2001) (TV)

"Mundo VIP" (1 episode, 2001)

America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV)

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards 2001 (TV)

32nd NAACP Image Awards (2001) (TV)

Great Streets: The Champs Elysees with Halle Barry (2001) (TV)

The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 (TV)

2000 MTV Movie Awards 2000 (TV)

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) (uncredited)

31st NAACP Image Awards (2000) (TV)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999) (TV)

30th NAACP Image Awards (1999) (TV)

The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1999 (TV)

"Behind the Music" (1 episode, 1998)

Welcome to Hollywood (1998)

Women of the Net (1998) (TV)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998) (TV)

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998) (TV)

"Intimate Portrait" (1 episode, 1998)

Christmas Miracles (1997) (TV)

The 1997 World Music Awards (1997) (TV)

10th Anniversary Essence Awards (1997) (TV)

Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (1996) (TV)

1996 Essence Awards (1996) (TV)

Girl 6 (1996)

"Martin" (1 episode, 1996)

27th NAACP Image Awards (1996) (TV)

Dennis Miller Live (1 episode, 1995)

1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995) (TV)

The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards 1995 (TV)

"A Century of Women" (1994) TV mini-series

"Hollywood Women" (1994) TV mini-series

1993 Essence Awards (1993) (TV)

"The Word" (1 episode, 1993)

CB4 (1993)

25th NAACP Image Awards (1993) (TV)

The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards 1993 (TV)

"Ebony/Jet Showcase" (1 episode, 1992)

MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (1992) (TV)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode, 1991)

AFI Awards, USA

2002 Nominated AFI Film Award AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movies for: Monster's Ball (2001)

Academy Awards

2002 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Monster's Ball (2001)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2003 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress for: Die Another Day (2002)

1995 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress for: The Flintstones (1994)

Acapulco Black Film Festival

1998 Nominated Black Film Award Best Actress for: B*A*P*S (1997)

1997 - Career Achievement Award

BAFTA Awards

2003 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Monster's Ball (2001)

BET Awards

2008 Won BET Award Best Actress

2004 Won BET Award Best Actress

2002 Won BET Award Best Actress

Bambi Awards

2002 Won Bambi Film - International

Berlin International Film Festival

2002 Won Silver Berlin Bear Best Actress for: Monster's Ball (2001)

Black Movie Awards

2006 Nominated Black Movie Award Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

2005 Won Black Movie Award Outstanding Television Movie for: Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Black Reel Awards

2006 Nominated Black Reel Best Actress - Television for: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)

2004 Nominated Black Reel Film: Best Actress for: Gothika (2003)

2003 Nominated Black Reel Theatrical - Best Supporting Actress for: Die Another Day (2002)

2002 Won Black Reel Theatrical - Best Actress for: Monster's Ball (2001)

2000 Won Black Reel Network/Cable - Best Actress for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

1997 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Adventure/Drama for: Executive Decision (1996)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2002 Nominated CFCA Award Best Actress for: Monster's Ball (2001)

Christopher Awards

2006 Won Christopher Award Television & Cable for: Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Emmy Awards

2005 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)

2005 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Made for Television Movie for: Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

2000 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

2000 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Made for Television Movie for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Empire Awards, UK

2003 Nominated Empire Award Best Actress for: Die Another Day (2002)

Golden Globes

2006 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)

2002 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Monster's Ball (2001)

2000 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

2006 - Woman of the Year

Image Awards

2008 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for: Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

2006 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)

2004 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for: Gothika (2003)

2003 Won Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for: Die Another Day (2002)

2002 Won Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for: Swordfish (2001)

2000 Won Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

2000 - Special Award Entertainer of the Year

1999 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for: Bulworth (1998)

1999 Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for: The Wedding (1998) (TV)

1996 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series for: Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV)

1996 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for: Losing Isaiah (1995)

1995 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for: "Queen" (1993)

Independent Spirit Awards

2006 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best First Feature for: Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Kids' Choice Awards

2007 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Female Movie Star for: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

2005 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actress for: Catwoman (2004)

2004 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actress for: X2 (2003) Also for Gothika (2003).

2003 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Female Butt Kicker for: Die Another Day (2002)

2003 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actress for: Die Another Day (2002)

2001 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actress for: X-Men (2000)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2003 Nominated ALFS Award Actress of the Year for: Monster's Ball (2001)

MTV Movie Awards

2004 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for: Gothika (2003)

2003 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for: Die Another Day (2002)

2002 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for: Monster's Ball (2001)

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Team for: X-Men (2000)

1995 Nominated MTV Movie Award Most Desirable Female for: The Flintstones (1994)

1993 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Breakthrough Performance for: Boomerang (1992)

1993 Most Desirable Female for: Boomerang (1992)

National Board of Review, USA

2001 Won NBR Award Best Actress for: Monster's Ball (2001)

PGA Awards

2006 Nominated Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform for: Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2008 - Desert Palm Achievement Award for: Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

People's Choice Awards

2008 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Female Movie Star

2007 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Female Action Star

2007 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Female Movie Star

2005 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Female Action Movie Star

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2002 Won PFCS Award Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Monster's Ball (2001)

Satellite Awards

2002 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Monster's Ball (2001)

2000 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2002 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Monster's Ball (2001)

2000 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

Shanghai International Film Festival

2009 - Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

ShoWest Convention, USA

2004 - ShoWest Award Female Star of the Year

Teen Choice Awards

2006 Nominated Teen Choice Award Movies - Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure for: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

2004 Won Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure for: Gothika (2003)

2003 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure for: X2 (2003) Also for Die Another Day (2002).

Walk of Fame

2007 - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 3 April. At 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

Women in Film Crystal Awards

2002 Won Crystal Award

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Of mixed race but self-identified as African-American, possessed of a vulnerability, and gifted with a face ready-made for magazine covers, Halle Berry is a truly modern star. She first entered into the public arena aged seventeen when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985. Then in 1986 she was the first runner-up in the Miss USA. Pageant, after which she became a catalog model. This led to her appearance in the TV series Living Dolls (1989).

She is a performer with a deep emotional energy that she has mined for performances in such movies as Boomerang (1992), Losing Isaiah (1995), Bulworth (1998), and the X-Men series (2000 - 2006), in which she plays the sexy Storm, a mutant who has the ability to control the weather.

Her considerable acting ability has been recognized, too, with various plaudits. her lead role in the TV biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) earned Berry both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Actress, for her depiction of the late actress's struggle to succeed in the racially biased industry of 1950s Hollywood. Berry then crowned this with Monster's Ball (2001), which saw her become the first African-American actress to win the Academy Award for best actress.

That she has been so readily accepted in recent years is definitely helped by her good looks. After all, she played a stripper in the action thriller The Last Boy Scout (1991), and she is remembered more for her body in Swordfish (2001) than for her dramatic contribution. Yet she is clearly in control of her image and career, enough so that she has made the transition from being a pinup to an artist in only a few years based on challenging roles after she first emerged in Jungle Fever (1991) and Strictly Business (1991).

"This moment is so much bigger than me, This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll... It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett Smith, Angela Bassett, Vivica A. Fox... and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance, because the door tonight has been opened." - During her Oscar acceptance speech.

She was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties after pleading no contest on May 10, 2000 to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident. The judge also ordered the actress to perform 200 hours of community service and to make restitution as determined by the outcome of civil litigation arising from the February accident when she was driving a rented Chevrolet Blazer and ran a red light and crashed into another car on Sunset Boulevard. She left the scene of the accident before authorities arrived, suffered a gash to her head that required 20 stitches to close, and the woman (Hetal Raythatha) driving the other vehicle broke her wrist. Halle reported the accident to a police officer at the hospital where she sought treatment.


Is type 1 diabetic.


Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first season of "Who Wants to Marry My Dad?" (2004). [1986]


Miss Ohio USA. [1986]


Miss Teen All American. [1985]


Turned down the role of Annie in Speed (1994).


Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 90s


First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress


Wisely turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli (2003)


Her first $1 million salary for a film was for Executive Decision (1996) - a part which she earlier refused.... until she was offered $1 million.


Her favorite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg.


Early in her career she auditioned for the role of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)


Salary

Perfect Stranger (2007) $10,000,000

Gothika (2003) $6,000,000

Die Another Day (2002) $4,000,000

Monster's Ball (2001) $600,000

Swordfish (2001) $2,500,000

Executive Decision (1996) $1,000,000

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