Halle Berry
Acting

Halle Berry

August 14, 1966 (59 years old) Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also known as: Halle Maria Berry , Halle M. Berry

Biography

Halle Maria Berry (/ˈhæli/ HAL-ee; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, becoming Miss Ohio in 1986, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant of 1986, and placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998), as well as the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. For her performance as a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster’s Ball (2001), Berry became the only African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the first woman of colour. Berry took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four instalments of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), the henchwoman of a robber in the thriller Swordfish (2001), Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), a psychiatrist in Gothika (2003), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004).

A varying critical and commercial reception followed in subsequent years, with Perfect Stranger (2007), Cloud Atlas (2012) and The Call (2013) being among her notable film releases in that period. Berry launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of several projects in which she has performed, including the CBS science fiction series Extant (2014–2015). She appeared in the action films Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and made her directorial debut with the Netflix drama Bruised (2020).

Berry has been a Revlon spokesmodel since 1996. She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, and actor Olivier Martinez. Berry has two children. She shares her first child with her former partner, model Gabriel Aubry, and her second child with Martinez.

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Known For

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • TV

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • TV

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 • TV

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 • TV

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014 • Movie

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019 • Movie

Movie Credits (60)

Acting

2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Storm

2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

as Sofia

2005

Robots

as Cappy (voice)

2002

Die Another Day

as Jinx

2012

Cloud Atlas

as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym

2013

Movie 43

as Emily (segment "Truth or Dare")

2017

Kidnap

as Karla Dyson

1993

Father Hood

as Kathleen Mercer

2001

Monster's Ball

as Leticia Musgrove

1994

The Flintstones

as Sharon Stone

1991

Strictly Business

as Natalie

2001

Swordfish

as Ginger

1991

The Last Boy Scout

as Cory

2011

New Year's Eve

as Nurse Aimee

2024

Never Let Go

as Momma

1992

Boomerang

as Angela Lewis

1993

The Program

as Autumn Haley

2004

Catwoman

as Patience Phillips / Catwoman

1996

Executive Decision

as Jean

2013

The Call

as Jordan Turner

Crew

The Mothership

Executive Producer

2024

Never Let Go

Executive Producer

The Process

Producer

1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Executive Producer

2017

Kidnap

Producer

Maude v Maude

Producer

2010

Frankie & Alice

Producer

2021

Bruised

Director

2021

Bruised

Producer

2005

Lackawanna Blues

Executive Producer

TV Credits (53)

Acting

1989

The Simpsons

as Halle Berry (voice)

1 episodes

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

4 episodes

1996

The Daily Show

as Self

2 episodes

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

1 episodes

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2007

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2 episodes

1993

Frasier

as Betsy (voice)

1 episodes

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1 episodes

2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self

1 episodes

1997

The View

as Self

5 episodes

2015

Hot Ones

as Self

1 episodes

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

1 episodes

1948

Bambi

as Self

1 episodes

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

3 episodes

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

2 episodes

1992

Martin

as Halle Berry

1 episodes

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

4 episodes

1979

Knots Landing

as Debbie Porter

6 episodes

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

2 episodes

Crew

2014

Extant

Executive Producer

2019

Boomerang

Executive Producer

2025

Number One on the Call Sheet

Executive Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 14, 1966 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Popularity
7.5

Career Stats

60
Movies
53
TV Shows