For her role in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Halle won a SAG Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy. (edit) In May 2008, Halle wore a diamond ring on her engagement finger at the Revlon Walk/Run for Women event, sparking rumors partner Gabriel Aubry had proposed. (edit) Halle was named 'Miss Teen All American' in 1985, and Miss Ohio USA in 1986. She was also the first runner up in the 2004 Miss USA pageant. (edit) Halle owns two Maltese dogs named Polly and Willy. (edit) In October 2007 it was revealed that Halle had received racist death threats to her unborn baby. Halle hired security guards after she received several anonymous threatening letters. One note warned she and her child would be "cut into hundreds of pieces". (edit) In April 2007, it was revealed that Halle would shave her head for the romantic-comedy, Nappily Ever After. The movie is scheduled for release in 2008. (edit) On April 4th, 2007, Halle was immortalised on Hollywood's ‘Walk of Fame‘. Her star is the 2333rd to be laid on the ‘Walk of Fame’. She was initially due to receive her star in 2003 but conflicting schedules prevented her from receiving it until 2007. (edit) In March 2007, Halle was dating Gabriel Aubry, a model, after meeting him in November 2005 at a Versace shoot. (edit) In March 2007, Halle admitted she had attempted suicide after the end of her relationship with David Justice, a baseball player with the Atlanta Braves. (edit) Halle won a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and an Academy Award (Best Actress) for her role in Monster's Ball. (edit) Halle was named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical's "2006 Woman of the Year". (edit) Halle's favourite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg. (edit) Halle adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman) named Playto, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Playto was too serious a name for her. (edit) In 2004, Halle smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman but wasn't seriously injured. (edit) Halle was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in People Magazine in 2004. 2004 was the eighth time Halle had appeared on the list, tying with Julia Roberts for the most appearances. (edit) Halle was listed as a potential nominee on the 2004 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Gothika. She failed to receive a nomination however. The very next year though (2004), she got a nomination for Worst Actress in the film Catwoman. (edit) Halle's first $1 million salary for a film was for Executive Decision in 1996. She originally refused the part .... until she was offered $1 million. (edit) Halle's injuries
- Halle lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 1990s.
- On April 10, 2002, Halle received an injury on the set of Die Another Day, while on location in Cadiz, Spain. She was shooting an action sequence at the time, which involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune.
- In May 2003, her broke her arm while filming Gothika.
- In 2004, Halle smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman but wasn't seriously injured. (edit) Halle’s dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular outfit from the first 75 years. (edit) Halle was 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. (edit) In 1994, Halle turned down the role of Annie in Speed. In 2003 she turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli. (edit) Halle portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge in 1999. 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. (edit) Halle was placed on three year's 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. (edit) Halle suffers from a recurring nightmare where her teeth fall out. She says they fly out of her mouth and are left chattering in front of her. (edit) Halle purchased her 4,500 sq. ft. Hollywood home from Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz. It has four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, and a guest house. (edit) Halle is Mulatto. Her father is African American and her mother is Caucasian. She is estranged from her sister Heidi. (edit) As of December 2006, Halle is the highest paid African American actress in Hollywood. (edit) Halle's appearances on various lists include::
2002
- Listed in the #10 position in Australian Empire Magazine's 'Sexiest Female Movie Star'

2003
- Listed in the #96 position in Premiere's annual 'Power 100'

2004
- Listed in the #7 position in FHM's 'Top 100 Sexiest Women'

2005
- Listed in the #41 position in Maxim Magazine 'Hot 100 of 2005'
- Listed in the #5 position in FHM's '100 Sexiest Women in the World'
- Listed in the #1 position in BET's 'All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years'

2006
- Listed in the #7 position in VH1's '100 Hottest Hotties'

2007
- Listed in the #55 position in Maxim Magazine 'Hot 100 of 2007' (edit) Halle was the second "Bond Girl" to win an Oscar. (edit) Halle's schooling
- Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford, Ohio.
- Graduated from Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio where she was an honor society member, cheer leader, editor of the school paper, class president, and prom queen.
- Attended Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. (edit) Halle's firsts
- The first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
- The first African American in the Miss World Competition.
- The first actress to portray two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies. (edit) Halle is 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 metres) tall. Her measurements are 36C-22-37 and her nickname is Hannah Little. (edit) Halle was married to David Justice from December 31, 1992 to June 24, 1997. She was then married to Eric Benet from January 24, 2001 to January 3, 2005. Halle adopted her step-daughter, India, after her marriage to Eric and is now her legal mother. (edit) In 1989, Halle was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. (edit)

Halle: We are really going to need a president who has the ability to think big, and Barack Obama is that president. (edit) Halle: (on doing nude scenes) I did one and I'd do more, if it was instrumental in bringing the character to life. I'm really comfortable with my body. (edit) Halle: (revealing she finds it "liberating" not having to worry about her figure while pregnant) It is true that I am three times the girl I usually am. I have to say there are some really wonderful things that come along with that. This is the first red carpet that I've really walked down where I didn't have to think about holding in my stomach - because I can't. It's the first time I've been to an awards show where they served a meal and I actually ate it - the whole thing. I was eating off everybody else's plate and that felt very liberating and good. (edit) Halle: I apparently have a pooch in my belly! Every time I have a burger someone says I'm pregnant. (edit) Halle: Don't kiss me on the first date. I hate that. You don't want to blow your wad on the first shot, right? (edit) Halle: (on being immortalised on Hollywood's ‘Walk of Fame‘) I want to officially state that I am an emotional retard. I am so emotional ... as soon as I saw the crowds of people and friends here, I started to cry. (edit) Halle: I'll adopt, I'll get artificially inseminated. I'll do whatever I will have to do. I really don't want to miss motherhood in my life, and I know I love children. (edit) Halle: (on Catwoman) I can't tell you how many times my pants split wide open...I was having lots of Janet Jackson moments...I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin. (edit) Halle: (during filming of "Batman") They started to call me `Gaswoman' instead of Catwoman. When you take in so much protein and not enough carbs. That's what's gonna happen. (edit) Halle: The truest cliche about Hollywood is that women have boobs and that everybody wants to see them. (edit) Halle: I don't know where they (tabloids) come up with these things. One week, they have me going out with him, and the next week, they have me going out with someone else. Some times I think to myself, 'People must think that I am the biggest whore in town'. But you have to laugh at it otherwise it would tear you down. (edit) Halle: When I was cheerleader, I forgot to wear the little panties that matched my outfit and I had my regular underwear on instead. No one told me, and they let me do carwheels and stuff! That was pretty embarrassing. (edit) Halle: I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting. (edit) Halle: I want to be the next Spike Lee. I want to help other black folks to get into Hollywood and be successful in Hollywood. (edit) Halle: I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again. (edit) Halle: (during her Oscar acceptance speech) 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. (edit) Halle: There's art and there's commerce. You have to find a way to mesh the two. It's important to do the little movies just for the love of the art. But it's those big movies that take you around the world and make you globally famous. (edit) Halle: I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. (edit) Halle: I really hated my nose. They (school children) used to call me pug nose, or buttons. Buttons was an early nickname and I hated it. (edit) Halle: I'm done with men, ... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage. (edit) Halle: When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner. (edit) Halle: I just feel really honored that they would choose me to give the beautiful pudding pot to. One of the things I love most is laughing at myself and laughing at this crazy industry that I've been so blessed to be a part of. Any time you laugh at yourself, I think that's a memorable moment, and I did that. I take this Hasty Pudding Pot very seriously and I'm going to put it right next to my Oscar. (edit) Halle: I don't know if I would be in another X-Men. It's certainly a character that I helped to create, and it's a franchise that I've been part of now for three movies. If they do a fourth, I don't know if I would be part of it. That would depend. (edit) Halle: I'm a really good gymnast. I can do splits and back handsprings. I'm always asked to do it on a talk show. And every time I go they say will you do it. I say yeah, but I'm always wearing high heels or a short dress. And I keep saying one time I'm going to go on and wear jeans and sneakers so I can do back flips. (edit) Halle: The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry. (edit) Halle: I will never say never, but at this time in my life NUDITY IS OUT. (edit) Halle: I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles. (edit) Halle: Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community. (edit) Halle: I meditate and pray all the time. The faith and respect that I have in the power of God in my life is what I've used to keep myself grounded,, and it has allowed me to move away from the storms that were in my life. I'm still a work in progress, but I know that as long as I stay close to God I'll be all right. (edit) Halle: While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress. (edit) Halle: Secretly part of me has always wanted to try cocaine, but I just couldn't imagine sniffing anything up my nose. It seems like that would hurt. (edit)