Halle Berry

About

Halle Maria Berry (/ˈhæli/ HAL-ee; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, becoming Miss Ohio in 1986, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant of 1986, and placing sixth in 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. For her performance as a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), Berry became the only African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the first woman of colour....

Known for

The SimpsonsSeries • 1989FrasierSeries • 1993Knots LandingSeries • 1979The Bernie Mac ShowSeries • 2001A Different WorldSeries • 1987MartinSeries • 1992Crime 101Movie • 2026X-Men: Days of Future PastMovie • 2014John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumMovie • 2019Number One on the Call SheetSeries • 2025ExtantSeries • 2014RobotsMovie • 2005Kingsman: The Golden CircleMovie • 2017Die Another DayMovie • 2002New Year's EveMovie • 2011Cloud AtlasMovie • 2012MoonfallMovie • 2022The UnionMovie • 2024The Last Boy ScoutMovie • 1991Never Let GoMovie • 2024Monster's BallMovie • 2001SwordfishMovie • 2001CatwomanMovie • 2004GothikaMovie • 2003