Born August 14, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio, Halle is a stunning model, a celebrity entertainer and
a star actress. Halle is the youngest daughter born to Jerome and Judith Berry, an interracial
couple. Halle, and her older sister Heidi, spent the first few years of their childhood living
in an inner-city neighborhood. Her abusive father, Jerome Berry, abandoned his wife and children,
and left the family when Halle was four years old. Halle was raised almost totally by her mother,
Judith, a psychiatric nurse. Judith then moved her family to the predominantly white Cleveland
suburb of Bedford.
This rough start to her life did not deter her from excelling in whatever she did. Halle attended
a nearly all-white public school, and as a result, she was subjected to discrimination at an early
age. Throughout high school, Halle participated in a variety of extracurricular activities,
holding positions of newspaper editor, class president, member of the honor society, varsity
cheerleader, and prom queen.
Halle easily won Miss Ohio, Miss Teen All-American, and in 1986, was first runner-up in the
Miss USA pageant. She was the first African American to represent the U.S. in the Miss World
competition in London. Halle attended Cleveland's Cuyahoga Community College, where she studied
broadcast journalism. Halle abandoned her idea of a career in news reporting however, choosing
to wholeheartedly devote her time to a career in entertainment. She first moved to Chicago, then
New York City, where she found work as a catalog model.
Halle's acting career began in television with a role on the short-lived sitcom "Living Dolls".
This was followed by a year-long run on the CBS prime time drama "Knot’s Landing". Halle's first
big screen break came later that year when she was cast as Samuel L. Jackson’s drug addicted
girlfriend in Spike Lee’s "Jungle Fever". More substantial supporting roles followed, including
that of a stripper in the action-thriller "The Last Boy Scout", starring Bruce Willis. This
success lead to Halle as the woman who finally wins Eddie Murphy’s heart in the romantic comedy
"Boomerang".
Halle, now with a few films under her belt, accepted more offbeat roles, making cameos in the
rockumentary "CB4" which traced the rise and fall of the titled rap group. She then starred in
the live action version of "The Flintstones", featuring Halle as a Stone Age seductress, a very
sexy and successful performance. Halle's next role was a no-holds-barred performance as a
rehabilitated crack addict seeking to regain custody of her son in "Losing Isaiah". The story
was set in the midst of a bitter custody battle with adoptive parents, played by Jessica Lange
and David Strathairn. Later that year, Halle overcame Hollywood's racial barriers when she was
cast as the first African American to play the Queen of Sheeba in Showtime’s movie "Solomon & Sheeba".
In a short romance, Halle was involved in a stormy relationship with "Jungle Fever" costar Wesley
Snipes. In 1993, she married Atlanta Braves outfielder David Justice, and three years later, Berry
filed for a divorce, which was finalized in 1997. After a nasty divorce from Justice, Halle became
secretly engaged to Eric Benét, a jazz musician, in August of 1999. The engagement was announced
in December of that year. Halle introduced Benét as her "husband" at the public unveiling of her
official Web site, Hallewood, in February 2001, while the couple actually wed two weeks before
at an undisclosed tropical location. Recently, Halle has been introduced as the new Bond Girl,
and we are sure to see her in a very sexy role in the near future.
(2005) Robots
Coming 3/11
(2004) Catwoman
Characters played: Catwoman; AKA Patience Price, Catwoman AKA Patience Price, Catwoman/Patience Price, Catwoman/Patience Phillips
Coming 7/23
(2004) Nappily Ever After
Character played: Venus Johnston
Credits: Producer
(2004) Jinx
Character played: Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson
(2003) Gothika
Characters played: Dr. Miranda Grey, Miranda Grey
(2003) X2: X-Men United
Character played: Storm
(2003) Saturday Night Live: Halle Berry
Character played: Host
(2002) Die Another Day
Character played: Jinx
(2002) Monster's Ball
Character played: Letitia Musgrove
(2002) Bond Girls Are Forever
(2001) Swordfish
Character played: Ginger
(2001) Great Streets: The Champs Elysees with Halle Berry
Character played: Host
(2001) The Concert For New York City
(2000) X-Men
Character played: Storm
(1999) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Character played: Dorothy Dandridge
Credits: Executive Producer
(1998) Bulworth
Character played: Nina
(1998) Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding
(1998) Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Character played: Zola Taylor
(1997) B.A.P.S.
Character played: Nisi
(1996) Girl 6
Character played: Herself
(1996) Executive Decision
Character played: Jean
(1996) Race the Sun
Character played: Sandra Beecher
(1996) The Rich Man's Wife
Character played: Jose Potenza
(1996) Images & Realities: African American Women
Character played: Host
(1995) Losing Isaiah
Character played: Khaila Richards
(1994) The Flintstones
Character played: Miss Stone
(1993) CB4: The Movie
Character played: Herself
(1993) The Program
Character played: Autumn
(1993) Father Hood
Character played: Kathleen Mercer
(1992) Boomerang
Character played: Angela
(1992) Queen
Character played: Queen
(1991) Strictly Business
Character played: Natalie
(1991) The Last Boy Scout
Character played: Cory
(1991) Jungle Fever
Character played: Vivian
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Alyssa Milano
