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Halle Berry, Award Winner – MovieActors.com
Berry in Catwoman.
Halle Berry: Best Actress 2001: MovieActors.com
MONSTER'S BALL (Drama – R)
Halle Berry won her Best Actress Oscar for her stunning portrayal of Leticia Musgrove, who after her husband is executed on death row, suffers yet another personal tragedy, and finds comfort and love in the arms of a white prison guard, Hank Grotowski.
About Halle Berry (1966 – )
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, the younger daughter of Jerome and Judith Berry, who divorced when Halle was four. Her mother, a psychiatric nurse, raised her, and her sister. Halle and her sister have had no contact with their father since he left. This abandonment left a whole in her heart; always wondering what ever became of him.
Halle's beauty was her first gift that got recognition. Halle won the 1985 Miss Teen USA at 17, representing the state of Ohio. The following year, she was the first runner up in the 1986 Miss USA Pageant.
Halle moved on to become a model, until 1989 when she landed a part on the short-lived TV series, Living Dolls. This show was a spinn-off of the popular TV series, WHO'S THE BOSS? It was during filming of this show that Halle collapsed on the set and later was diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes.
Her first regular role in a TV series happened in 1991, when she was cast as Debbie Porter, in the soap opera serial, KNOTS LANDING.
Berry's first breakthrough film role was her portrayal of a drug addict in Spike Lee's film, Jungle Fever. Throughout the nineties, Halle portrayed a variety of characters. Halle likes to live her roles and stays in character during the duration of the filming, on and off the set.
Halle Berry won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, for her portrayal of the title role in the made for cable 1999 movie, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge; a mini-series about the first Afro-American to be nominated for an Academy award. For this same performance, she won a Primetime Emmy as well in 2000.
Halle Berry also was nominated for Golden Globes for her performances in the following movies: FRANKIE & ALICE;(2010), THE EYES WERE WATCHING GOD;(2005), and MONSTER'S BALL;(1999).
Besides being a diabetic, Halle also suffered a partial hearing loss in one ear after an altercation with a boyfriend, in the early nineties.
Halle Berry's notable movie credits include...
Strictly Business (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Boomerang (1992)
Father Hood (1993)
The Program (1993)
The Flintstones (1994)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Executive Decision (1996)
Race The Sun (1996)
The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
Bulworth (1998)
Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (1998)
X-Men (2000)
Swordfish (2001)
Die Another Day (2002)
X Men 2 (2003)
Gothika (2003)
Catwoman (2004)
Robots (2005)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Perfect Stranger (2007)
Things We Lost In The Fire (2007)
FRANKIE AND ALICE (2010)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)Í
The Call (2013)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2 014)
KIDNAP (2015)
Halle Berry's television credits include...
Living Dolls (TV Series 1989)
Knots Landing (TV Series 1991-'92 )
Queen (TV Mini-Series 1993)
Solomon & Sheba (1995)
The Wedding (TV Mini Series 1998)
INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIGE (TV MOVIE) (1999)
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD (TV MOVIE)(2005)
LACKAWANNA BLUES (TV MOVIE)(2005)
EXTANT (TV SERIES 2014-2015)
Halle Berry in Catwoman (2004).
Halle Berry in X2.
Halle Berry in X-Men.
Halle Berry in Swordfish.
Berry in The Flintstones (1994).
Halle Berry in Monster's Ball.
Berry in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Halle Berry in Gothika (2003).
Halle Berry in Perfect Stranger (2007).
Halle Berry won her Best Actress Oscar for her stunning portrayal of Leticia Musgrove, who after her husband is executed on death row, suffers yet another personal tragedy, and finds comfort and love in the arms of a white prison guard, Hank Grotowski.
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, the younger daughter of Jerome and Judith Berry, who divorced when Halle was four. Her mother, a psychiatric nurse, raised her, and her sister. Halle and her sister have had no contact with their father since he left. This abandonment left a whole in her heart; always wondering what ever became of him.
Halle's beauty was her first gift that got recognition. Halle won the 1985 Miss Teen USA at 17, representing the state of Ohio. The following year, she was the first runner up in the 1986 Miss USA Pageant.
Halle moved on to become a model, until 1989 when she landed a part on the short-lived TV series, Living Dolls. This show was a spinn-off of the popular TV series, WHO'S THE BOSS? It was during filming of this show that Halle collapsed on the set and later was diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes.
Her first regular role in a TV series happened in 1991, when she was cast as Debbie Porter, in the soap opera serial, KNOTS LANDING.
Berry's first breakthrough film role was her portrayal of a drug addict in Spike Lee's film, Jungle Fever. Throughout the nineties, Halle portrayed a variety of characters. Halle likes to live her roles and stays in character during the duration of the filming, on and off the set.
Halle Berry won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, for her portrayal of the title role in the made for cable 1999 movie, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge; a mini-series about the first Afro-American to be nominated for an Academy award. For this same performance, she won a Primetime Emmy as well in 2000.
Halle Berry also was nominated for Golden Globes for her performances in the following movies: FRANKIE & ALICE;(2010), THE EYES WERE WATCHING GOD;(2005), and MONSTER'S BALL;(1999).
Besides being a diabetic, Halle also suffered a partial hearing loss in one ear after an altercation with a boyfriend, in the early nineties.
Halle Berry's notable movie credits include...
Strictly Business (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Boomerang (1992)
Father Hood (1993)
The Program (1993)
The Flintstones (1994)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Executive Decision (1996)
Race The Sun (1996)
The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
Bulworth (1998)
Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (1998)
X-Men (2000)
Swordfish (2001)
Die Another Day (2002)
X Men 2 (2003)
Gothika (2003)
Catwoman (2004)
Robots (2005)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Perfect Stranger (2007)
Things We Lost In The Fire (2007)
FRANKIE AND ALICE (2010)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)Í
The Call (2013)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2 014)
KIDNAP (2015)
Halle Berry's television credits include...
Living Dolls (TV Series 1989)
Knots Landing (TV Series 1991-'92 )
Queen (TV Mini-Series 1993)
Solomon & Sheba (1995)
The Wedding (TV Mini Series 1998)
INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIGE (TV MOVIE) (1999)
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD (TV MOVIE)(2005)
LACKAWANNA BLUES (TV MOVIE)(2005)
EXTANT (TV SERIES 2014-2015)
Halle Berry in Catwoman (2004).
Halle Berry in X2.
Halle Berry in X-Men.
Halle Berry in Swordfish.
Berry in The Flintstones (1994).
Halle Berry in Monster's Ball.
Berry in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Halle Berry in Gothika (2003).
Halle Berry in Perfect Stranger (2007).