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Trivia
Birth name: Halle Maria Berry
Date of birth: 14 August 1966
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Nickname: Hannah Little
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Spouse: Eric Benét (24 January 2001 - 3 January 2005) (divorced),
Justice David (31 December 1992 - 24 June 1997) (divorced).
Is a spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.
In 2003, Berry was named No. 1 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
In 2005, She was No.1 on VH1's top 50 Sexiest Bodies countdown.
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.
Is diabetic
Her parents, Judith & Jerome 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.
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." [1998]
Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first
season of "Who Wants to Marry My Dad?" (2004). [1986]
Miss Ohio USA. [1986]
Miss Teen All American. [1985]
Attended Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
Turned down the role of Annie in Speed (1994).
Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which
originally housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is
now an office building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder
department store on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995).
In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper,
and class president. Was also crowned prom queen.
Born at 9:03 p.m EST
Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a
boyfriend in the early 90s.
Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford, Ohio.
First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
Has a step-daughter named India.
Sister Heidi b. 1964; is estranged from Halle.
April 10, 2002 - She received an injury on the set of Die Another Day
(2002) . Halle was injured on location in Cadiz, Spain while shooting an
action sequence that involved Pierce
Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune.
Portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the made for television film Introducing
Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV). Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-
American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and
coincidentally Halle Berry is the first to have won in that category.
Was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People
Magazine in 2002.
Graduate of Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
She has diabetes and acquired unilateral hearing loss (80% hearing loss in one ear) after being severely beaten by a former boyfriend. Accounts differ as to whether the abusive boyfriend was Wesley Snipes or Christopher Williams.
First black American in the Miss World Competition. She didn't win a
prize but her dress did.
She is the only official "Bond Girl" to win an Academy Award.
Although Kim Basinger (Best Supporting Actress, L.A. Confidential
(1997)) was a "Bond Girl", Never Say Never Again (1983) is not
included in the list of 20 official James Bond films.
Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular from
the first 75 years.
In 2003, Berry was on Punk'd, MTV's celebrity prank show.
Ranked #96 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
Named one of the 50 most beautiful people in People Magazine in 2003.
She has now appeared on this list seven times.
Voted the 10th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire
Magazine September 2002.
Starred in three movies with Hugh
Jackman: X-Men (2000), Swordfish (2001) and X2 (2003).
May 2003 - Broke her arm on the set of Gothika (2003), filming in
Montreal.
Measurements: 36C-22-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School.
Became engaged to singer 'Eric Benet' on 14 August 1999. Benet has a
daughter, India (b. 1991).
Half British on her mother's side.
The first actress to star and portray two different comic book
characters for two different comic book companies: "Storm" for
Marvel's X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003), and "Catwoman" for D.C
Comics's Catwoman (2004).
She is currently the highest paid black actress in Hollywood. [2004]
Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in People Magazine
in 2004. She has now appeared on this list eight times, tying with Julia
Roberts for the most appearances.
Voted as #7 on the "Top 100 Sexiest Women 2004" in FHM [DK].
Named one of the Top 10 authentic beauties in 2004. She was in the
seventh rank in that list.
Played a character called "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones
(1994). Ten years later she appeared with the real Sharon
Stone in Catwoman (2004).
Wisely turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli (2003),
which birthed the relationship of Ben
Affleck and Jennifer
Lopez.
Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman (2004). She
wasn't seriously injured.
Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman (2004)) named
Playto, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat
Playdough, because Playto was too serious a name for her.
Her first $1 million salary for a film was for Executive Decision (1996)
- a part which she earlier refused.... until she was offered $1 million.
Voted #7 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties."
Ranked #15 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
The age difference between herself and Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day
(2002) - 12 years and 5 months - is the greatest age difference between
two Bond girls in one film since Alison Doody and Grace Jones - a
difference of 18 years - in A View to a Kill (1985).
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2004 Razzie Award nominating
ballot. She was suggessted in the Worst Actress category for her
performance in the film Gothika (2003), she failed to receive a
nomination however. The very next year though, she got a nomination for
Worst Actress in the film Catwoman (2004).
On Febuary 26, 2005, she showed up in person to accept the Razzie award
for Worst Actress for her role as Catwoman (2004) and became the first
actress to do so. Accepting the award, Berry smiled and said "Thank
you and I hope to God I never see you guys again."
One of only three actresses, along with Faye Dunaway and Liza Minnelli,
to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for
Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek).
Frequently hailed as one of Hollywood's best dressed stars.
Was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People
Magazine in 2005
Voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the
Past 25 Years" (2005)
Her favorite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and Whoopi
Goldberg.
Named #41 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 2006 Woman of the Year.
Channel 4 reported in 2006 that Berry has 6 toes on her left foot.
Was born in Cleveland but grew up in Elyria, Ohio. She still has family
there.
In a rare move, Berry accepted her Razzie for Catwoman in person, and in her acceptance speech she said, "First of all, I want to thank Warner Brothers. Thank you for putting me in this piece of 'shit', God-awful movie..." Her statement was received with great applause and laughter.
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