Halle Berry's Full Biography

HALLE BERRY HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR HER SKILLS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MOVIE BUSINESS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. SHE HAS WON A LOT OF AWARDS, INCLUDING AN ACADEMY AWARD, AN EMMY AWARD, AND MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE. SHE HAS A LOT OF POWER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD BECAUSE SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN HOLLYWOOD. IN THE 2020S, HALLE BERRY IS STILL A WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, AND PRODUCER, AND HER LEGACY IN THE BUSINESS IS STILL STRONG.

HALLE BERRY'S EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

HALLE MARIA BERRY WAS BORN MARIA HALLE BERRY ON AUGUST 14, 1966, IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. SHE GREW UP IN OAKWOOD, OHIO, AND HAD A VERY ORDINARY CHILDHOOD. HER PARENTS ARE JUDITH ANN BERRY AND JEROME JESSE BERRY. THEY DIVORCED WHEN BERRY WAS YOUNG, AND SHE WAS PRIMARILY RAISED BY HER MOTHER.

HALLE BERRY'S CAREER

1980S

HALLE BERRY'S CAREER BEGAN IN THE LATE 1980S WITH MODELING AND BEAUTY PAGEANT COMPETITIONS. SHE WON THE TITLES OF MISS TEEN ALL AMERICAN IN 1985 AND MISS OHIO USA IN 1986.

1990S

HALLE BERRY'S BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN THE EARLY 1990S, WHEN SHE APPEARED IN THE TELEVISION SERIES KNOTS LANDING (1991) AND LIVING DOLLS (1991). HER FILM CAREER TOOK OFF WITH A ROLE IN SPIKE LEE'S JUNGLE FEVER (1991), WHERE SHE PORTRAYED A DRUG ADDICT.

IN 1992, SHE GAINED RECOGNITION FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN BOOMERANG ALONGSIDE EDDIE MURPHY.

BERRY'S ROLE IN QUEEN (1993), A MINISERIES, EARNED HER AN EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS. SHE CONTINUED TO MAKE A MARK WITH ROLES IN LOSING ISAIAH (1995) AND THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996).

2000S

HALLE BERRY'S CAREER-DEFINING MOMENT CAME IN 2001, WHEN SHE WON THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN MONSTER'S BALL. THIS MADE HER THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN OSCAR IN THIS CATEGORY.

SHE CONTINUED HER SUCCESS WITH ROLES IN FILMS LIKE DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002), WHERE SHE PLAYED A BOND GIRL, AND GOTHIKA (2003). HOWEVER, BERRY THEN STARRED IN CATWOMAN (2004), AND THOUGH THE FILM RECEIVED MEDIOCRE REVIEWS, HER PERFORMANCE IN PARTICULAR WAS RECOGNIZED WITH A RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS.

SHE BOUNCED RIGHT BACK IN 2007, WHEN SHE STARRED IN THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE AND RECEIVED GRAND RECOGNITION FOR HER PERFORMANCE.

2010S

BERRY WAS IN THE 2011 ROMANTIC COMEDY NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND IN THE 2012 THRILLER DARK TIDE, SHE PLAYED A DIVING INSTRUCTOR WHO IS ANNOYED BY SHARKS. SHE PLAYED A JOURNALIST FROM THE 1970S AND A MALE ASIAN DOCTOR FROM 2144 IN CLOUD ATLAS (2012), AN EPIC MOVIE WITH A COMPLICATED PLOT. BERRY WENT ON TO STAR IN THE THRILLERS THE CALL (2013) AND KIDNAP (2017), IN WHICH SHE PLAYED A CALL-CENTER WORKER TRYING TO STOP A SERIAL KILLER AND A MOTHER WHOSE SON IS TAKEN.

THEN, IN 2017, SHE PLAYED A FOSTER PARENT IN LOS ANGELES DURING THE 1992 RIOTS IN THE SPY MOVIE KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE AND PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN KINGS. LATER, SHE WAS CHOSEN TO BE IN THE 2019 ACTION MOVIE JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3—PARABELLUM.

2020S

BERRY'S FIRST MOVIE AS A DIRECTOR WAS BRUISED, WHICH CAME OUT IN 2020. IN IT, SHE PLAYED A WASHED-UP MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER WHO WANTS TO MAKE UP FOR HER MISTAKES IN THE RING AND AS A MOTHER. THEN, IN THE SCI-FI THRILLER MOONFALL, WHICH CAME OUT IN 2022, SHE PLAYED AN ASTRONAUT WHO HAD TO STOP THE MOON FROM CRASHING INTO EARTH.

HALLE BERRY'S BUSINESS VENTURES

REVLON (1996)

IN 1996, HALLE GOT HER FIRST ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH REVLON. IN 2004, SHE MADE A NEW DEAL. AFTER SHE WON AN OSCAR, SHE ASKED REVLON TO RAISE HER SALARY FROM $3 MILLION TO $5 MILLION A YEAR. TODAY, SHE PROBABLY MAKES MORE THAN $10 MILLION A YEAR JUST FROM REVLON.

SCANDALE PARIS LINGERIE BY HALLE BERRY (2014)

IN 2014, HALLE BERRY VENTURED INTO THE WORLD OF FASHION BY LAUNCHING HER LINGERIE LINE, SCANDALE PARIS. THE BRAND AIMED TO OFFER STYLISH AND COMFORTABLE LINGERIE FOR WOMEN OF ALL BODY TYPES. BERRY TOOK AN ACTIVE ROLE IN DESIGNING THE COLLECTION, WHICH INCLUDED BRAS, PANTIES, AND SHAPEWEAR.

RE-SPIN FITNESS BY HALLE BERRY (2020)

HALLE BERRY LAUNCHED A HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLATFORM CALLED RE-SPIN IN 2020. THE PLATFORM FOCUSES ON FITNESS, NUTRITION, AND MENTAL HEALTH, PROVIDING RESOURCES, TIPS, AND PRODUCTS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS LEAD HEALTHIER AND MORE BALANCED LIVES. BERRY'S DEDICATION TO FITNESS AND WELL-BEING PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS VENTURE.

HALLE BERRY'S NET WORTH

HALLE BERRY HAS AN AMAZING $90 MILLION IN NET WORTH. WHEN THE REBOOTED CATWOMAN CAME OUT IN 2004, HALLE WAS PAID $14 MILLION, WHICH IS THE SAME AS $19 MILLION IN TODAY'S MONEY, FOR A SINGLE ROLE. FROM THEN ON, HALLE HAS ALWAYS MADE BETWEEN $10 AND $12 MILLION PER MAJOR MOVIE ROLE. IN THE 2000S, SHE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST-PAID ACTRESSES IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY NET WORTH.

HALLE BERRY'S PERSONAL LIFE

FROM 1993 TO 1997, HALLE WAS MARRIED TO BASEBALL PLAYER DAVID JUSTICE. FROM 2001 TO 2005, SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE MUSICIAN ERIC BENÉT. GABRIEL AUBRY, A CANADIAN MODEL, WAS HER BOYFRIEND FROM 2005 TO 2010. TOGETHER, THEY HAD ONE CHILD. FROM 2013 TO 2016, SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE ACTOR OLIVIER MARTINEZ. TOGETHER, THEY HAVE ONE CHILD. IN 2020, BERRY STARTED DATING MUSICIAN VAN HUNT.

IN MARCH 2008, HALLE AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND GABRIEL AUBRY HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, A DAUGHTER NAMED NAHLA ARIELA AUBRY. FIVE YEARS LATER, SHE HAD A SON WITH HER EX-HUSBAND, OLIVIER MARTINEZ. HIS NAME IS MACEO-ROBERT MARTINEZ.

ACTIVISM

HALLE BERRY HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN CHARITABLE WORK. SHE HAS HELPED WITH THINGS LIKE PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MAKING SURE KIDS GET A GOOD EDUCATION. BERRY CARES A LOT ABOUT DIABETES RESEARCH, SINCE SHE HAS DIABETES AND HAS WORKED TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR DIABETES RESEARCH. BERRY HAS ALSO USED HER FAME TO BRING ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND HAS WORKED WITH GROUPS THAT HELP AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.