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Biography 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 Berry. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant...
| Talent Agent: |
International Creative Management (ICM) - Toni Howard
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| Profession: |
Actress / Producer / Thanks |
| Born: |
14 August 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (age 43) |
| Birth Name: |
Halle Maria Berry |
| Height: |
5' 6" (1.68 m) |
| Spouse: |
Eric Benét (24 January 2001 - 3 January 2005) (divorced)
David Justice (31 December 1992 - 24 June 1997) (divorced)
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| Awards: |
Won Oscar. Another 31 wins & 47 nominations |
| Credited Years: |
1989 - 2011 |
Salary
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Perfect Stranger (2007): $10,000,000 |
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Catwoman (2004): $14,000,000 |
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Gothika (2003): $6,000,000 |
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Die Another Day (2002): $4,000,000 |
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Monster's Ball (2001): $600,000 |
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Swordfish (2001): $2,500,000 |
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Executive Decision (1996): $1,000,000 |
Real Life Quotes
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On Dorothy Dandridge: "...You have to find a way to be sad on every day, in every scene, in every moment. And always try to hide the sadness. And (then) you'll get the essence of who she was." |
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"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." - During her Oscar acceptance speech. |
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On choosing both serious and popcorn-movie roles: "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." |
Trivia
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She was placed on three years 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 and to make restitution as determined by the outcome of civil litigation arising from the February accident when she was driving a rented Chevrolet Blazer and ran a red light and crashed into another car on Sunset Boulevard. She left the scene of the accident before authorities arrived, suffered a gash to her head that required 20 stitches to close, and the woman (Hetal Raythatha) driving the other vehicle broke her wrist. Halle reported the accident to a police officer at the hospital where she sought treatment. |
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Is type 1 diabetic. |
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Her parents, Judith Ann Hawkins & Jerome Jesse Berry, divorced when she was 4 years old. She was then raised by her mom. When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge, she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland, Ohio hospital. |
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One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." [1998] |
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Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first season of Who Wants to Marry My Dad?. [1986] |
Other Works
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TV commercial: M&Ms candy (1999) |
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TV commercial: Revlon (2001) |
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TV commercial: Pepsi-Cola Twist (2001-02). |
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TV commercial: TNN's "James Bond for the 21st Century" (with Pierce Brosnan), 2002 |
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Print ads: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick (2000) |
Where Are They Now?
| 2009 |
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Appeared in a PSA for the "Children's Diabetes Foundation". |
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