Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio (USA) on August 14th, 1966. Her father was an African-American physician, while her mother was a nurse from Liverpool, England. She was raised by her mother after her parents divorced.
Model Career.
She won the Miss Teen All-American at the age of 14 and she was runner-up in Miss America, and Miss World. Then, she started modelling and she worked for important fashion firms such as Chanel, Versace, and Victoria’s Secret.
Acting career.
After getting her degree in journalism and performance in Cleveland, she moved to Chicago, and she started to perform on shows such as The Sound of Music and the Wiz. She continued her career as model before getting her first roles in T.V series such as Living Dolls (1999), and California (1991).
Movies.
That year, Halle Berry made her debut on movies along with Samuel L. Jackson in Jungle Fever. A film directed by Spike Lee. The same director gave her once again a chance in Girl 6 in 1996 she did a small cameo. She continued to perform in supporting roles. She made the part of a stripper in The Last Boy Scout. She co-starred the film Boomerang, with Eddie Murphy; she also acted on the film The Flintstones, and in the Warren Beatty’s film Bulworth.
Her consecration came in the year 2000 thanks to X-Men. A Bryan Singer’s film. Her role in that movie was “Storm”, a character who has the ability to manipulate weather conditions. She did the same role in 2003, and 2006 after having a tremendous blockbuster success.
Golden Globe and Oscar.
After interpreting the actress Dorothy Dandridge in a T.V film that gave her a Golden Globe in 2000, Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award in 2002, when she made the role of a sentenced to death in Monster’s Ball, a film made by Marc Forster.
She became a Bond’s girl in Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan. A year later, she worked under the direction of Mathieu Kassovitz to do the main role on the supernatural thriller Gothika; and in 2004, she decided to wear a costume in Catwoman. A film adaption of D.C Comic character directed by Pitof. This filmography has made her to have an estimated net worth of $70 million a year.
Personal life.
She married the baseball player David Justice in 1995. However, this union only lasted 2 years. They got divorced in 1997. Halle Berry married again with the musician Eric Benet. The marriage broke up in 2003. She later joined the Canadian model Gabriel Aubry who she had a daughter in March, 2008. The name of the girl is Nahla Ariela.
Berry and Gabriel separated in 2010. She then started a relationship with the actor Oliver Martinez, who was her partner on the film Lethal Tide (2013). They had a son that year. It was the first one for Martinez and the second for Berry. They separated in 2015.
