Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. 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. 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. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), becoming the first woman of color and, as of 2023, the only Black woman to have won the award. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments 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), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004), the latter for which she received US$12.5 million. 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. She launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of a number of projects in which she performed, such as 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. She has two children, one with Martinez and another with model Gabriel Aubry.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Never Let Go as
- 2024 · The Union as Roxanne
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2021 · Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale as Self
- 2020 · Bruised as Jackie Justice
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self / Storm (archive footage)
- 2017 · Kings as Millie Dunbar
- 2016 · Kevin Hart: What Now? as Money Berry
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Dark Tide as Kate Mathieson
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Frankie
- 2007 · Things We Lost in the Fire as Audrey Burke
- 2005 · Their Eyes Were Watching God as Janie Starks
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson, 'Die Another Day' (archive footage)
- 2001 · Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Storm (archive footage)
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Dorothy Dandridge
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Halle Berry
- 1998 · Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Zola Taylor
- 1998 · Bulworth as Nina
- 1997 · B.A.P.S as Nisi
- 1996 · The Rich Man's Wife as Josie Potenza
- 1996 · Race the Sun as Miss Sandra Beecher
- 1996 · Girl 6 as Herself
- 1995 · Losing Isaiah as Khaila Richards
- 1995 · Solomon & Sheba as Nikhaule / Queen Sheba
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · The Program as Autumn Haley
- 1993 · Father Hood as Kathleen Mercer
- 1993 · World Music Awards as Self - Hostess
- 1993 · CB4 as Self
- 1991 · Strictly Business as Natalie
- 1989 · Living Dolls as Emily Franklin
- Future · 2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars as Self
- 2023 · Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action as Self
- 2022 · Thug Rose: Mixed Martial Artist as Self
- 2022 · Power of Women: The Changemakers as Self
- 2022 · Moonfall as Jocinda Fowler
- 2022 · Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2020 · Celebrity IOU as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Sofia
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self
- 2017 · Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Ginger
- 2017 · Kidnap as Karla McCoy
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Extant as Molly Woods
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Call as Jordan Turner
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Emily (segment "Truth or Dare")
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym
- 2012 · Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You as Self
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Nurse Aimee
- 2010 · For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Host
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2007 · Perfect Stranger as Rowena Price
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- 2005 · Robots as Cappy (voice)
- 2005 · The Many Faces of Catwoman as Self
- 2004 · Catwoman as Patience Phillips / Catwoman
- 2004 · John Travolta: The Inside Story as Self
- 2003 · Gothika as Miranda Grey
- 2003 · Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
- 2003 · X2 as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · Die Another Day: From Script to Screen as Self
- 2002 · Die Another Day as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson
- 2002 · Sucré salé as Self
- 2002 · Shaken and Stirred on Ice as Self
- 2001 · The Bernie Mac Show as Halle Berry (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Concert for New York City as Self
- 2001 · America: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Swordfish as Ginger Knowles
- 2001 · Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove
- 2000 · X-Men as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- 2000 · X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Storm'
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1998 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self
- 1998 · Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self
- 1998 · The Wedding as Shelby Coles
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Executive Decision as Jean
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1994 · The Flintstones as Sharron Stone
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as Betsy (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Alex Haley's Queen as Queen
- 1992 · Martin as
- 1992 · Boomerang as Angela Lewis
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · The Last Boy Scout as Cory
- 1991 · Jungle Fever as Vivian
- 1989 · The Simpsons as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · A Different World as Jaclyn
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · Knots Landing as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1963 · Miss USA as Miss Ohio USA 1986
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · High and Low as
- Future · The Mothership as Sara Morse
- Future · Jagged Edge as
- Future · Maude v Maude as
- Future · The Process as Kirsa