Date of birth (location)
14 August 1966
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Spouse
Eric Benét (24 January 2001 - 3 January 2005) (divorced)
David Justice (31 December 1992 - 1996) (divorced)
Trivia
Is a spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.
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 diabetic
Her parents, Judith & Jerome Berry, divorced when she was 4 years old. She was
then raised by her mom. When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge, she
discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland, Ohio
hospital.
Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first season of
"Who Wants to Marry My Dad?" (2003). [1986]
Miss Ohio USA. [1986]
Miss Teen All American. [1985]
Attended Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
Turned down the role of Annie in Speed (1994).
Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally
housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is now an office
building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder department store on
"The Drew Carey Show" (1995).
In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper, and
class president. Was also crowned prom queen.
Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a
boyfriend in the early 90s.
Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford, Ohio.
First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
Has a step-daughter named India.
Sister Heidi b. 1964; is estranged from Halle.
April 10, 2002 - She received an injury on the set of Die Another Day (2002).
Halle was injured on location in Cadiz, Spain while shooting an action sequence
that involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune.
Portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the made for television film Introducing Dorothy
Dandridge (1999) (TV). Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to
be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and coincidentally Halle
Berry is the first to have won in that category.
As a young aspiring actress, she was the leading lady in R. Kelly and Public
Announcement's 1991 video hit Honey Love, where they re-enacted a scene from
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986).
Graduate of Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
First black American in the Miss World Competition. She didn't win a prize but
her dress did.
She is the only official "Bond Girl" to win an Academy Award. Although Kim
Basinger (Best Supporting Actress, L.A. Confidential (1997)) was a "Bond Girl",
Never Say Never Again (1983) is not included in the list of 20 official James
Bond films.
Starred in three movies with Hugh Jackman: X-Men (2000), Swordfish (2001) and X2
(2003).
May 2003 - Broke her arm on the set of Gothika (2003), filming in Montreal.
Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School.
Became engaged to singer 'Eric Benet' on 14 August 1999. Benet has a daughter,
India (b. 1991).
Half British on her mother's side.
The first actress to star and portray two different comic book characters for
two different comic book companies: "Storm" for Marvel's X-Men (2000) and X2
(2003), and "Catwoman" for D.C Comics's Catwoman (2004).
She is currently the highest paid black actress in Hollywood. [2004]
Played a character called "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones (1994). Ten years
later she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman (2004).
Wisely turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli (2003), which
birthed the relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman (2004). She wasn't
seriously injured.
Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman (2004)) named Playto,
to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough,
because Playto was too serious a name for her.
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.
The age difference between herself and Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day (2002) -
12 years and 5 months - is the greatest age difference between two Bond girls in
one film since Alison Doody and Grace Jones - a difference of 18 years - in A
View to a Kill (1985).
See tons of Hi-Res Divx
movies in the members archive.
Foxy Brown (2006) (announced) .... Foxy Brown
October Squall (2006) (announced)
Perfect Stranger (2006) (announced)
Nappily Ever After (2005) (announced) .... Venus Johnson
X-Men 3 (2006) (filming) .... Ororo Munroe/Storm
Robots (2005) (voice) .... Cappy
... aka Robots: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV) .... Janie Starks
Catwoman (2004) .... Patience Phillips/Catwoman
Gothika (2003) .... Miranda Grey
X2 (2003) .... Storm/Ororo Munroe
... aka X-Men 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka X-2 (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
Die Another Day (2002) .... Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson
... aka D.A.D. (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Monster's Ball (2001) .... Leticia Musgrove
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title)
Swordfish (2001) .... Ginger
X-Men (2000) .... Ororo Munroe/Storm
... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD title)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) .... Dorothy Dandridge
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) .... Zola Taylor
Bulworth (1998) .... Nina
The Wedding (1998) (TV) .... Shelby Coles
... aka Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding
B*A*P*S (1997) .... Nisi
... aka B.A.P.S.
The Rich Man's Wife (1996) .... Josie Potenza
Race the Sun (1996) .... Miss Sandra Beecher
Executive Decision (1996) .... Jean, Flight Attendant
... aka Critical Decision (Belgium: English title)
Losing Isaiah (1995) .... Khaila Richards
Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV) .... Nikhaule/Queen Sheba
The Flintstones (1994) .... Sharon Stone
The Program (1993) .... Autumn Haley
Father Hood (1993) .... Kathleen Mercer
... aka Desperado
... aka Honor Among Thieves
... aka Mike Hardy
"Queen" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Queen
... aka Alex Haley's Queen
Boomerang (1992) .... Angela Lewis
"Knots Landing" (1979) TV Series .... Debbie Porter (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991) .... Cory
Strictly Business (1991) .... Natalie
Jungle Fever (1991) .... Vivian
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