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." Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community.
Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress.
In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.
In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.
She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986.
In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.
She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas.
In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media.
She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago's Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.
Berry's first weeks in New York were less than auspicious: She slept in a homeless shelter and then in a YMCA". ==Career== ===Early career=== In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to pursue her acting ambitions.
Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was "painful and confusing" when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived. ==Personal life== Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.
Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was "painful and confusing" when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived. ==Personal life== Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.
According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose eighty percent of her hearing in her left ear.
Berry's parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her older sister, Heidi Berry-Henderson, were raised exclusively by their mother. Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood, noting in 1992, "I haven't heard from him since left.
In 1992, Berry portrayed a career woman who falls for the lead character played by Eddie Murphy in the romantic comedy Boomerang.
While critical response towards the film was mixed, it made US$414 million worldwide. Alongside Daniel Craig, Berry starred as a working-class mother during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's drama Kings (2017).
Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.
Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me." Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV playing in an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992.
In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.
Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.
Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004. She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S.
Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she considered taking her own life.
Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004. She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S.
Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 24, 1997. In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to charges of leaving the scene of a car accident and was sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $13,500 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.
In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (Warren Beatty) a new lease on life.
In the 1999 HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, she portrayed the first African American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.
She took on high-profile roles for much of the 2000s, such as Storm in X-Men (2000) and its sequels X2 (2003) and The Last Stand (2006); Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002); and in the thriller Gothika (2003).
In the 2010s, she featured in the science-fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime thriller The Call (2013) and the action films Days of Future Past (2014), The Golden Circle (2017) and Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s, and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed.
Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 24, 1997. In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to charges of leaving the scene of a car accident and was sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $13,500 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.
In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first topless scene.
After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make Swordfish because her then-husband, Eric Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks. Berry appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer (Sean Combs), in the 2001 feature film Monster's Ball.
Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship.
Halle Berry, Sagebrush Education Resources, 2001 – O'Brien, Daniel.
This is for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened." As Bond girl Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from Dr.
Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002, and by early October 2003 they had separated, with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005. In November 2005, Berry began dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.
in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard.
1 on People "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appeared No.
Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002, and by early October 2003 they had separated, with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005. In November 2005, Berry began dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.
Halle Berry, Reynolds & Hearn, 2003 – Sanello, Frank.
Halle Berry: A Stormy Life, Virgin Books, 2003; Schuman, Michael A.
Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004. She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S.
In 2004, former boyfriend Christopher Williams accused Wesley Snipes of being responsible for the incident, saying "I'm so tired of people thinking I'm the guy [who did it].
Also in 2005, she served as an executive producer in Lackawanna Blues, and landed her voice for the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots. In the thriller Perfect Stranger (2007), Berry starred with Bruce Willis, playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend.
Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002, and by early October 2003 they had separated, with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005. In November 2005, Berry began dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.
Halle Berry, Weigl Publishers, 2005 – Gogerly, Liz.
Halle Berry, Raintree, 2005 – Naden, Corinne J.
Even Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film. ==In the media== ===Activism=== Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals gave her its 2006 Woman of The Year award.
Her next 2007 film release was the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, co-starring Benicio del Toro, where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending the troubled friend of her late husband.
Berry said, "I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean." In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.
Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cell-phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008.
She was named Esquire magazine's "Sexiest Woman Alive" in October 2008, about which she stated: "I don't know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it." Men's Health ranked her at No.
At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the "Sexiest Black Woman" by Access Hollywood's "TV One Access" survey.
Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008.
In 2009, she was voted #23 on Empire's 100 Sexiest Film Stars.
In the 2010s, she featured in the science-fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime thriller The Call (2013) and the action films Days of Future Past (2014), The Golden Circle (2017) and Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s, and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed.
On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their relationship had ended some months earlier.
In January 2011, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle, centered primarily on Berry's desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.
In January 2011, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle, centered primarily on Berry's desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.
While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide. In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband Olivier Martinez in the little-seen thriller Dark Tide, and led an ensemble cast opposite Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in The Wachowskis's epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.
In November 2012, a judge denied Berry's request to move the couple's daughter to France in light of Aubry's objections.
Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry's residence.
Martinez performed a citizen's arrest on Aubry, and because it was considered a domestic violence incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.
In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight began when Martinez threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.
On November 29, 2012, Berry's lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.
In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry's attorney fees. Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012, and married in France on July 13, 2013.
It is named after the Anti-Paparazzi Bill, SB 606, that the actress pushed for and which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in the fall of 2013.
In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci's "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women's issues in terms of education, health, and justice.
In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly's Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities' children from harassment by photographers.
In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry's attorney fees. Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012, and married in France on July 13, 2013.
In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.
The Call was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe. In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBS drama series Extant, where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space.
Also in 2014, Berry launched a new production company, 606 Films, with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas.
Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.
In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry's attorney fees. Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012, and married in France on July 13, 2013.
The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics.
In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced they were divorcing.
The divorce was reported to have been finalized in December 2016, however, as of November 2020, the case is ongoing. ==Filmography== ===Film=== ===Television=== ==Awards and nominations== ==See also== List of African American firsts ==References== ==Bibliography== Banting, Erinn.
Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.
The series premiered February 12, 2019. Berry made her directorial debut with the feature Bruised in which she plays a disgraced MMA fighter named Jackie Justice, who reconnects with her estranged son.
Filming began in 2019 with shooting in Atlantic City and Newark.
The film's world premiere was held at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2020.
The divorce was reported to have been finalized in December 2016, however, as of November 2020, the case is ongoing. ==Filmography== ===Film=== ===Television=== ==Awards and nominations== ==See also== List of African American firsts ==References== ==Bibliography== Banting, Erinn.
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