Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry was born on 14th of August 1968 at 1:00 pm in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to the couple of African American father 'Jerome Berry' (former hospital attendant) and Judith Berry (retired psychiatric nurse). Halle also has a two years older sister named Heidi. As far her education life goes she was into Bedford High School, Cleveland until 1984 and then got into Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and graduated in the year 1986.

Halle first came into the limelight when she went on to win the 'Miss Teen All-American Pageant' at the age of 17 years, by representing the state of Ohio in 1985.

The following year in 1986 she became the first runner-up in the 'Miss USA Pageant'. Halle decided to become a model after finishing the competition.

In the year 1989 this participation made her appear in the TV series 'Living Dolls'. Her performance was appreciated because she made the roles look lively and real.

She became so much devoted to her roles that she did not used to bathe for several days. This followed when she appeared in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever' in the year 1991.

In 1992, she made her appearance as Eddie Murphy's love interest in 'Boomerang'. Murphy was evenly matched by her on screen.

In the year of 1994, Berry was the name very much familiar with the youths for her performance as sexy secretary 'Sharon Stone' in 'Flintstones'. The following year she costarred with Jessica Lange in the drama 'Losing Isaiah' which was highly publicized. The movie did not receive the response that was expected.

She received great success starring in Warren Beatty's 'Bulworth' in 1998 when she played the role of a street smart young woman.

The year 1999 saw her win more hearts for her role as actress 'Dorothy Dandridge' in 'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge' (TV), for which she went on to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie/ Mini-Series. Her performance in 2000's 'X-Men' received huge response and became a box office success.

As far we know about her personal life she was believed to have relations with actor Wesley Snipes and Shemar Moore. She married David Justice (Atlanta Braves right fielder) on New Year's Day 1993 and later divorced in 1996. She was then engaged with Eric Benet on August 14, 1999 (a jazz musician by profession) and married on 24, January 2001.