Halle Berry
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Birth Name: Halle Maria Berry
Birth Date: August 14, 1966
Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height: 5′ 7″
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Profession: Actress, Model, Producer
Education: Bedford High School in Cleveland (until 1984)
Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio (majored in Broadcast Journalism; graduated in 1986)
Heskett Middle School in Bedford, Ohio
Relationship: Gabriel Aubrey (model; began dating November 2005; separated on April 30, 2010), Michael Ealy (actor; born on August 3, 1973; dated 2004-2005)
Husband/Wife: Eric Benet (jazz musician; born on October 15, 1966; married on January 24, 2001; divorced on January 3, 2005), David Justice (pro baseball player; born on April 14, 1966; married on December 31, 1992; divorced on June 24, 1997)
Father: Jerome J. Berry (African American; former hospital attendant; divorced when Berry was 4 years old)
Mother: Judith Ann Hawkins (Caucasian; a registered nurse)
Sister: Heidi Berry (born in 1966)
Half Sister: Renee Berry
Grand Father: Earl Ellsworth Hawkins (maternal grandfather)
Grand Mother: Nellie Dicken (maternal grandmother)
Daughter: Nahla Ariela Aubry (born on March 16, 2008; father: Gabriel Aubrey)
Step daughter: India (born in 1991; father: Eric Benet)
Claim to fame: Played Vivian in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991)
Halle Berry Short Biography
Halle Berry (pronounced /ˈhæli ˈbÉ›ri/; born August 14, 1966) is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was also nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster’s Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2009, only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She has also been involved in the production side of several of her films.
Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing runner-up in the Miss USA (1986), and winning the Miss USA World 1986 title. Her breakthrough feature film role was in the 1991 Jungle Fever. This led to roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998), X-Men (2000) and its sequels, and as Bond Girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002). She also won a worst actress Razzie Award in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person.
Divorced from baseball player David Justice and musician Eric Benét, Berry dated French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry from November, 2005, through April, 2010. Their daughter, Nahla Ariela Aubry, was born on March 16, 2008.
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