Halle Berry: Summary

Recent Role:: Guest on The Jay Leno Show

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 8-14-1966

Birthplace:: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Birth Name:: Halle Maria Berry

Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse. Halle also has an older sister named Heidi. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and a year later in 1986 when she was the first runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a model. It eventually led to her first weekly TV series, 1989's Living Dolls (1989), where she soon gained a reputation for her on set tenacity, preferring to "live" her roles and remaining in character even when the cameras stopped rolling. It paid off though when she reportedly refused to bathe for several days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991) because the role provided her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as Eddie Murphy's love interest in Boomerang (1992), one of the few times that Murphy was evenly matched on screen. In 1994, Halle gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy secretary Sharon Stone in The Flintstones (1994). She next had a highly publicized co-starring role with Jessica Lange in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1995). Though the movie received mixed reviews, Halle didn't let that slow her down, and continued down her path to superstardom. In 1998, she received critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who takes up with a struggling politician in Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998). The following year she won even greater acclaim for her role as actress Dorothy Dandridge in made-for-cable's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series. In 2000, she received box office success in X-Men (2000) in which she played Storm, a mutant who has the ability to control the weather. Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse. Halle also has an older sister named Heidi. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and a...

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- 01/06/10 7:10 AM
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- 12/13/05 1:06 PM
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kit220
member since: Aug 19, 2005
Not all she's said to be. ...Continue »
Don't get me wrong, I like Halle Berry, I think she is both beautiful and talented, however I believe people tend to over exaggerate her looks and her acting ability. I think there are other actresses out there that are more beautiful than she is and those whose acting abilities that surpass hers. I don't dislike her, I love almost all of her movies and I think she's a great role model to all women, but I still think she is highly overated.
04/25/07 08:37am | report abuse
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GeorgeJobson
member since: Oct 3, 2006
I love Halle! ...Continue »
I'm proud to say that I'm beeen following Halle Barry's career since 1991. she is one of the most talented and the sexiest woman I ever saw. I even wrote her a few letters of support. She even won an Academy Award for "Monster's Ball" in 2002 and I've been following her ever since. So she was in a few bad movies, so what she is a survivor. she sruvive one crisis after another. One bad marriage after another, and she survive. that's why I love her very much. Not only she establish herself on the big screen, but in my heart as well.
04/05/07 10:18am | report abuse
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alexlips
member since: Aug 17, 2005
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The thing about Halle Berry is that some of the movies she is in are really good, like the X-men series but others, like Catwomen were massive failures. This is why I have her 5/10. Generally I don't like her acting but it may just be her struggling to play the character which she is suppose to.
02/17/07 03:25pm | report abuse
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NoOneIsAlone
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I don't think I can say very much, she is not the most talented person ever, I just think that she is kind of... well, I don't, like if she tries really hard to have the fame she wants too. With all the X-Men thing, she wants to do another one of the X-Men, which I don't think will be very good. I still think that she has appear, somehow, in some good movies.
02/17/07 08:03am | report abuse
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littlebabie2
member since: Apr 16, 2006
Halle Berry is kind of decent, but she is.... ...Continue »
I personally have nothing against Halle Berry. She is just not my favorite actress, that's all. I love her now that she has long hair again. I think she does have long hair again anyway. She was nominated for an Emmy. I think. Tonight are the Emmys I think and I wonder is Halle Berry going to win the Emmy? I wonder. Before my time she was VERY overrated. But now she is VERY underrated. She is not my favorite actress, but not much of me sees her as bad. She is just not my favorite actress of all time, that's all.
08/27/06 08:59am | report abuse