Halle Berry--One Of The World's Most Beautiful Women

                                                                                         

.Half African-American, half Caucasian, Halle stands at 5'
7" inches tall and has the measurements 36C-22-37. She been
named as one of People Magazine's 50
Most Beautiful People
eight times (matched by Julia Roberts) and became one of
Playboy's 100 Sexiest Women of the Century (1998). Her
popular face has been seen as a spokes model for Revlon
cosmetics.

.Born August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, Halle Berry is
the youngest daughter born to Jerome and Judith Berry, an
interracial couple. Halle Berry, and her older sister Heidi,
spent the first few years of their childhood living in an
inner-city neighborhood. Her abusive father, Jerome Berry,
abandoned his wife and children, and left the family when
Halle was four years old. Halle was raised almost totally by
her mother, Judith, a psychiatric nurse.

.Judith then moved her family to the predominantly white
Cleveland suburb of Bedford. This rough start to her life
did not deter her from excelling in whatever she did. Halle
attended a nearly all-white public school, and as a result,
she was subjected to discrimination at an early age.
Throughout high school, Halle participated in a variety of
extracurricular activities, holding positions of newspaper
editor, class president, member of the honor society,
varsity cheerleader, and prom queen.

.Halle Berry won Miss Ohio, Miss Teen All-American, and in
1986, was first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant. She was
the first African American to represent the U.S. in the Miss
World competition in London. Halle Berry attended
Cleveland's Cuyahoga Community College, where she studied
broadcast journalism. Halle abandoned her idea of a career
in news reporting however, choosing wholeheartedly devote
her time to a career in entertainment.

.She first moved to Chicago, then New York City, where Halle
Berry found work as a catalog model. Halle's acting career
began in television with a role on the short-lived sitcom
"Living Dolls". This was followed by a year-long run on
the CBS prime time drama "Knot?s Landing". Halle's first
big screen break came later that year when she was cast as
Samuel L. Jackson?s drug addicted girlfriend in Spike Lee?s
"Jungle Fever". More substantial supporting roles
followed, including that of a stripper in the
action-thriller "The Last Boy Scout", starring Bruce
Willis. This success lead to Halle as the woman who finally
wins Eddie Murphy?s heart in the romantic comedy
"Boomerang".


.Halle Berry, now with a few films under her belt, accepted
more offbeat roles, making cameos in the documentary "CB4"
which traced the rise and fall of the titled rap group.
Halle Berry then starred in the live action version of "The
Flintstones", featuring Halle as a Stone Age seductress, a
very sexy and successful performance. Halle's next role was
a no-holds-barred performance as a rehabilitated crack
addict seeking to regain custody of her son in "Losing
Isaiah". The story was set in the midst of a bitter custody
battle with adoptive parents, played by Jessica Lange and
David Strathairn. Later that year, Halle overcame
Hollywood's racial barriers when she was cast as the first
African American to play the Queen of Sheeba in Showtime?s
movie "Solomon & Sheeba". Halle has been introduced as the
new Bond Girl.

.Halle's private life has made headlines several times. She
raised public attention while revealing Wesley Snipes
(Jungle Fever costar) was a violent boyfriend and
responsible for her partial deafness. Her marriage to singer
Eric Benet ended in divorce with former hubby asking her to
foot all divorce bills and support him through spousal
support. Berry has also been linked to names such as Shemar
Moore and Matt Damon.

.On New Year's Day in 1993, Halle tied the knot with
Atlanta Braves' outfielder David Justice, but they later
divorced him 1997. Halle became engaged to soul singer Eric
Benet on August 14, 1999 and married him on January 24,2001.
However, the couple separated on October 1, 2003 and filed
for divorce on April 26, 2004. Halle has a stepdaughter
named India (born in 1991) from Eric Benet's previous
partner.

.Her breakout role arrived in 1999. She was cast for the
title role in Martha Coolidge's adaptation of Earl Mills'
biographical book, the musical drama Introducing Dorothy
Dandridge (1999), which handed her both a Golden Globe Award
and an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie.

.With her work as an actress being noticed, Halle was
offered parts in a string of films, including Bryan
Singer's adaptation of the Marvel's hit comic, the
blockbuster X-Men (2000, with mutant friends Anna Paquin,
Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Famke Janssen)
and teamed with John Travolta in Swordfish (2001).

Halle was launched toward super stardom when Marc Forster
cast her as Leticia Musgrove in his romance-drama Monster's
Ball Her outstanding acting netted her an Academy Award for
Best Actress and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for
Best Actress in a Drama. She followed it up with the role of
a James Bond's girl in Die Another Day (2002), repriced the
role of Storm in the X-Men sequel, X2 (2003), and starred as
psychiatrist-turned-patient Miranda Grey in Mathieu
Kassovitz's mystery Gothika (2003).[one of my favorites]

.Her staring in Cat-women was an unfortunate mistake. She
may have looked great, but she got nominated for a worst
actress award.

.She recently starred in Darnell Martin's adaptation of
Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel, Their Eyes Were
Watching God (2005, TV) and provided her voice for Cappy in
CGI animated sci-fi movie, Robots. She will also be seen in
the forthcoming films Nappily Ever After, Foxy Brown, and
The Guide.

.At the time of this article. Halle Berry was four months
pregnant and I wish her all the best in the world, because I
truly believe her to be a beautiful person on top of being
an outstanding actress.

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