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Halle Berry
Berry at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Maria Halle Berry August 14, 1966 (age 56) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Cuyahoga Community College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	David Justice ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1997)​ Eric Benét ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2005)​ Olivier Martinez ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2016)​
Partner	Gabriel Aubry (2005–2010)
Children	2
Awards	Full list

Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the 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. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster’s Ball (2001), becoming both the only Black woman and the only woman of color to have won the award. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), the henchwoman of a robber in the thriller Swordfish (2001), Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004), the latter for which she received US$12.5 million.

A varying critical and commercial reception followed in subsequent years, with Perfect Stranger (2007), Cloud Atlas (2012) and The Call (2013) being among her notable film releases in that period. She launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of a number of projects in which she performed, such as the CBS science fiction series Extant (2014–2015). She appeared in the action films Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and made her directorial debut with the Netflix drama Bruised (2020).

Berry has been a Revlon spokesmodel since 1996. She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, and actor Olivier Martinez. She has two children, one with Martinez and another with model Gabriel Aubry.

Early life

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry in Cleveland, Ohio,^[1] on August 14, 1966,^[2] to Judith Ann (née Hawkins), an English immigrant from Liverpool,^[3] and Jerome Jesse Berry, an African-American man.^[1] Her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at the age of five.^[4] Her parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in Cleveland.^[1] Berry’s mother worked as a psychiatric nurse, and her father worked in the same hospital as an attendant in the psychiatric ward; he later became a bus driver.^[1] They divorced when Berry was four years old, and she and her older sister Heidi Berry-Henderson^[5] were raised exclusively by their mother.^[1] She has been estranged from her father since childhood,^[1][6] noting in 1992 that she did not even know if he was still alive.^[5] Her father was abusive to her mother, and Berry has recalled witnessing her mother being beaten daily, kicked down stairs, and hit in the head with a wine bottle.^[7]

Berry grew up in Oakwood, Ohio,^[8] and graduated from Bedford High School, where she was a cheerleader, honor student, editor of the school newspaper, and prom queen.^[9] She worked in the children’s department at Higbee’s Department store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.^[10] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas.^[10] In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.^[11] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.^[12]

Career

Early work and breakthrough (1989–1999)

In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to pursue her acting ambitions.^[13] During her early time there, she ran out of money and briefly lived in a homeless shelter and a YMCA.^[14][15][16] Her situation improved by the end of that year, and she was cast in the role of model Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls, which was shot in New York and was a spin-off of the hit series Who’s the Boss?.^[14] During the taping of Living Dolls, she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.^[17][18][19] After the cancellation of Living Dolls, she moved to Los Angeles.^[14]

Berry’s film debut was in a small role for Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), in which she played Vivian, a drug addict.^[1] That same year, Berry had her first co-starring role in Strictly Business. In 1992, Berry portrayed a career woman who falls for the lead character played by Eddie Murphy in the romantic comedy Boomerang. The following year, she caught the public’s attention as a headstrong biracial slave in the TV adaptation of Queen: The Story of an American Family, based on the book by Alex Haley. Berry was in the live-action Flintstones movie playing the part of «Sharon Stone,» a sultry secretary who attempts to seduce Fred Flintstone.^[20]

Berry tackled a more serious role, playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah (1995), starring opposite Jessica Lange. She portrayed Sandra Beecher in Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, shot in Australia, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in Executive Decision. Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.^[21][22]

She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S. In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (Warren Beatty) a new lease on life. The same year, she played the singer Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon, in the biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

In the 1999 HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,^[23] she portrayed the first African American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.^[1] Berry’s performance was recognized with several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.^[10][24]

Worldwide recognition (2000–2004)

Berry portrayed the mutant superhero Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series X-Men (2000) and its sequels, X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first topless scene.^[25] At first, she was opposed to a sunbathing scene in the film in which she would appear topless, but Berry eventually agreed. Some people attributed her change of heart to a substantial increase in the amount Warner Bros. offered her;^[26] she was reportedly paid an additional $500,000 for the short scene.^[27] Berry denied these stories, telling one interviewer that they amused her and «made for great publicity for the movie.»^[25][28] After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make Swordfish because her then-husband, Eric Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks.^[29]

Berry appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer (Sean Combs), in the 2001 feature film Monster’s Ball. Her performance was awarded the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress; in an interesting coincidence she became the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress^[30] (earlier in her career, she portrayed Dorothy Dandridge, the first African American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio).^[31] The NAACP issued the statement: «Congratulations to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington for giving us hope and making us proud. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color then it is a good thing.»^[32] This role generated controversy. Her graphic nude love scene with a racist character played by co-star Billy Bob Thornton was the subject of much media chatter and discussion among African Americans. Many in the African-American community were critical of Berry for taking the part.^[29] Berry responded: «I don’t really see a reason to ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would be a really special script that would require something like that again.»^[29]

Berry asked for a higher fee for Revlon advertisements after winning the Oscar. Ron Perelman, the cosmetics firm’s chief, congratulated her, saying how happy he was that she modeled for his company. She replied, «Of course, you’ll have to pay me more.» Perelman stalked off in a rage.^[33] In accepting her award, she gave an acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses who had never had the opportunity. She said, «This moment is so much bigger than me. This is for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened.»^[34]

As Bond girl Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from Dr. No, emerging from the surf to be greeted by James Bond as Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier.^[35] Lindy Hemming, costume designer on Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as a homage.^[36] Berry has said of the scene: «It’s splashy», «exciting», «sexy», «provocative» and «it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar.»^[29][37] According to an ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.^[38] Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye. It was removed in a 30-minute operation.^[39] After Berry won the Academy Award, rewrites were commissioned to give her more screentime for X2.^[40]

She starred in the psychological thriller Gothika opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard. Production was halted for eight weeks.^[41] It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.^[42] Berry appeared in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit’s music video for «Behind Blue Eyes» for the motion picture soundtrack for the film. The same year, she was named No. 1 in FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.^[43]

Berry starred as the title role in the film Catwoman,^[42] for which she received US$12.5 million.^[44] and is widely regarded by critics as one of the worst films ever made.^[45] She was awarded the Worst Actress Razzie Award for her performance; she appeared at the ceremony to accept the award in person (while holding her Oscar from Monster’s Ball)^[46] with a sense of humor, considering it an experience of the «rock bottom» in order to be «at the top.»^[47] Holding the Academy Award in one hand and the Razzie in the other she said, «I never in my life thought that I would be up here, winning a Razzie! It’s not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there’s no way you could be a good winner.»^[31]

Established actress (2005–2013)

Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role. Also in 2005, she served as an executive producer in Lackawanna Blues, and landed her voice for the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots.^[48]

In the thriller Perfect Stranger (2007), Berry starred with Bruce Willis, playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend. The film grossed a modest US$73 million worldwide, and received lukewarm reviews from critics, who felt that despite the presence of Berry and Willis, it is «too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that’s irritating and superfluous.»^[49] Her next 2007 film release was the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, co-starring Benicio del Toro, where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending the troubled friend of her late husband. The film was the first time in which she worked with a female director, Danish Susanne Bier, giving her a new feeling of «thinking the same way,» which she appreciated.^[50] While the film made US$8.6 million in its global theatrical run,^[51] it garnered positive reviews from writers; The Austin Chronicle found the film to be «an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility» and felt that «Berry is brilliant here, as good as she’s ever been.»^[52]

In April 2007, Berry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry,^[53] and by the end of the decade, she established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning an estimated $10 million per film.^[54]

In the independent drama Frankie and Alice (2010), Berry played the leading role of a young multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggling against her alter personality to retain her true self. The film received a limited theatrical release, to a mixed critical response. The Hollywood Reporter nevertheless described the film as «a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman’s psyche» and found Berry to be «spellbinding» in it.^[55] She earned the African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.^[56] She next made part of a large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy New Year’s Eve (2011), with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sofía Vergara, among many others. In the film, she took on the supporting role of a nurse befriending a man in the final stages (De Niro). While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide.^[57]

In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband Olivier Martinez in the little-seen thriller Dark Tide,^[58] and led an ensemble cast opposite Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in The Wachowskis’s epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.^[59] Budgeted at US$128.8 million, Cloud Atlas made US$130.4 million worldwide,^[60] and garnered polarized reactions from both critics and audiences.^[61]

Berry appeared in a segment of the independent anthology comedy Movie 43 (2013), which the Chicago Sun-Times called «the Citizen Kane of awful.»^[62][63] Berry found greater success with her next performance, as a 9-1-1 operator receiving a call from a girl kidnapped by a serial killer, in the crime thriller The Call (2013). Berry was drawn to «the idea of being a part of a movie that was so empowering for women. We don’t often get to play roles like this, where ordinary people become heroic and do something extraordinary.»^[64] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be «an effectively creepy thriller,»^[65] while reviewer Dwight Brown felt that «the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[…].»^[66] The Call was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe.^[67]

Continued film and television work (2014–present)

In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBS drama series Extant,^[68] where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space. The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics.^[69][70][71] USA Today remarked: «She [Halle Berry] brings a dignity and gravity to Molly, a projected intelligence that allows you to buy her as an astronaut and to see what has happened to her as frightening rather than ridiculous. Berry’s all in, and you float along.»^[72] Also in 2014, Berry launched a new production company, 606 Films, with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. It is named after the Anti-Paparazzi Bill, SB 606, that the actress pushed for and which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in the fall of 2013. The new company emerged as part of a deal for Berry to work in Extant.^[73]

In the stand-up comedy concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), Berry appeared as herself, opposite Kevin Hart, attending a poker game event that goes horribly wrong.^[74] She provided uncredited vocals to the song, «Calling All My Lovelies» by Bruno Mars from his third studio album, 24K Magic (2016).^[75] Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.^[76] In the film, she starred as a diner waitress tailing a vehicle when her son is kidnapped by its occupants. Kidnap grossed US$34 million and garnered mixed reviews from writers, who felt that it «strays into poorly scripted exploitation too often to take advantage of its pulpy premise — or the still-impressive talents of [Berry].»^[77] She next played an agent employed by a secret American spy organisation in the action comedy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), as part of an ensemble cast, consisting of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, and Elton John. While critical response towards the film was mixed, it made US$414 million worldwide.^[78]

Alongside Daniel Craig, Berry starred as a working-class mother during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s drama Kings (2017). The film found a limited theatrical release following its initial screening at the Toronto International Film Festival,^[79] and as part of an overall lukewarm reception,^[80] Variety noted: «It should be said that Berry has given some of the best and worst performances of the past quarter-century, but this is perhaps the only one that swings to both extremes in the same movie.»^[81] Berry competed against James Corden in the first rap battle on the first episode of TBS’s Drop the Mic, originally aired on October 24, 2017.^[82]

She played Sofia, an assassin, in the film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which was released on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate.^[83] She is, as of February 2019, executive producer of the BET television series Boomerang, based on the film in which she starred. The series premiered February 12, 2019.^[84]

Berry made her directorial debut with the feature Bruised in which she plays a disgraced MMA fighter named Jackie Justice, who reconnects with her estranged son. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020^[85] and was released on Netflix in November 2021.^[86] Berry received a positive review from Deadline for her performance.^[87]

Media image

Berry was ranked No. 1 on People‘s «50 Most Beautiful People in the World» list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appeared No. 1 on FHM‘s «100 Sexiest Women in the World» the same year.^[88][89] She was named Esquire magazine’s «Sexiest Woman Alive» in October 2008, about which she stated: «I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it.»^[90][91] Men’s Health ranked her at No. 35 on their «100 Hottest Women of All-Time» list.^[92] In 2009, she was voted #23 on Empire‘s 100 Sexiest Film Stars.^[93] The same year, rapper Hurricane Chris released a song titled «Halle Berry (She’s Fine)» extolling Berry’s beauty and sex appeal.^[94] At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the «Sexiest Black Woman» by Access Hollywood’s «TV One Access» survey.^{[95][96][97][98]} Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was «painful and confusing» when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived.^[13]

Personal life

Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.^[99] In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.^[100] Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.^[9]

According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose 80% of her hearing in her left ear.^[9] She has never named the abuser, but said that he was someone «well known in Hollywood». In 2004, her former boyfriend Christopher Williams accused Wesley Snipes of being responsible for the incident, saying, «I’m so tired of people thinking I’m the guy [who did it]. Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me.»^[101]

Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV playing in an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice’s hometown of Cincinnati told her that Justice was a fan, Berry gave her phone number to the reporter to give to Justice.^[9] Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.^[102] Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she considered taking her own life.^[103][104] Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 20, 1997.^[105]

In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to charges of leaving the scene of a car accident and was sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $13,500 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.^[106]

Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship.^[29][107] Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002,^[108] and by early October 2003 they had separated,^[107] with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005.^[109][110]

In November 2005, Berry began dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.^[111] Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008.^[112] On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their relationship had ended some months earlier.^[113] In January 2011, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle,^{[114][115][116]} centered primarily on Berry’s desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.^[117] Aubry objected to the move on the grounds that it would interfere with their joint custody arrangement.^[118] In November 2012, a judge denied Berry’s request to move the couple’s daughter to France in light of Aubry’s objections.^[119] Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry’s residence. Martinez performed a citizen’s arrest on Aubry, and because it was considered a domestic violence incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.^[120] In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight began when Martinez threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.^[121] Leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries to Aubry’s face, which were widely displayed in the media.^[122] On November 29, 2012, Berry’s lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.^[123] In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry’s attorney fees.^[124]

Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012,^[125][126] and married in France on July 13, 2013.^[127] In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.^[128] In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced they were divorcing.^[129] The divorce was reported to have been finalized in December 2016,^[130] however, as of November 2020, the case is ongoing.^[131]

Berry started dating Grammy winning American musician Van Hunt in 2020, which was revealed through her Instagram.^[132][133]

Activism

Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.^[134] Berry said, «I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean.»^[135] In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[136] Hasty Pudding Theatricals gave her its 2006 Woman of The Year award.^[137] Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cell-phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008.^[138] In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci’s «Chime for Change» campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women’s issues in terms of education, health, and justice.^[139] In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities’ children from harassment by photographers.^[140] The bill passed in September.^[141]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of African American firsts
• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

General bibliography

• Banting, Erinn. Halle Berry, Weigl Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-59036-333-7.
• Gogerly, Liz. Halle Berry, Raintree, 2005. ISBN 1-4109-1085-7.
• Naden, Corinne J. Halle Berry, Sagebrush Education Resources, 2001. ISBN 0-613-86157-4.
• O’Brien, Daniel. Halle Berry, Reynolds & Hearn, 2003. ISBN 1-903111-38-2.
• Sanello, Frank. Halle Berry: A Stormy Life, Virgin Books, 2003. ISBN 1-85227-092-6.
• Schuman, Michael A. Halle Berry: Beauty Is Not Just Physical, Enslow, 2006. ISBN 0-7660-2467-9.

External links

• Halle Berry on Facebook
• Halle Berry at IMDb
• Halle Berry at AllMovie
• Halle Berry at People.com
• Halle Berry at TV Guide
• Halle Berry at the TCM Movie Database
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Halle Berry
Berry at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Maria Halle Berry August 14, 1966 (age 56) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Cuyahoga Community College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	David Justice ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1997)​ Eric Benét ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2005)​ Olivier Martinez ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2016)​
Partner	Gabriel Aubry (2005–2010)
Children	2
Awards	Full list

Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the 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. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster’s Ball (2001), becoming both the only Black woman and the only woman of color to have won the award. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), the henchwoman of a robber in the thriller Swordfish (2001), Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004), the latter for which she received US$12.5 million.

A varying critical and commercial reception followed in subsequent years, with Perfect Stranger (2007), Cloud Atlas (2012) and The Call (2013) being among her notable film releases in that period. She launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of a number of projects in which she performed, such as the CBS science fiction series Extant (2014–2015). She appeared in the action films Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and made her directorial debut with the Netflix drama Bruised (2020).

Berry has been a Revlon spokesmodel since 1996. She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, and actor Olivier Martinez. She has two children, one with Martinez and another with model Gabriel Aubry.

Early life

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry in Cleveland, Ohio,^[1] on August 14, 1966,^[2] to Judith Ann (née Hawkins), an English immigrant from Liverpool,^[3] and Jerome Jesse Berry, an African-American man.^[1] Her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at the age of five.^[4] Her parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in Cleveland.^[1] Berry’s mother worked as a psychiatric nurse, and her father worked in the same hospital as an attendant in the psychiatric ward; he later became a bus driver.^[1] They divorced when Berry was four years old, and she and her older sister Heidi Berry-Henderson^[5] were raised exclusively by their mother.^[1] She has been estranged from her father since childhood,^[1][6] noting in 1992 that she did not even know if he was still alive.^[5] Her father was abusive to her mother, and Berry has recalled witnessing her mother being beaten daily, kicked down stairs, and hit in the head with a wine bottle.^[7]

Berry grew up in Oakwood, Ohio,^[8] and graduated from Bedford High School, where she was a cheerleader, honor student, editor of the school newspaper, and prom queen.^[9] She worked in the children’s department at Higbee’s Department store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.^[10] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas.^[10] In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.^[11] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.^[12]

Career

Early work and breakthrough (1989–1999)

In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to pursue her acting ambitions.^[13] During her early time there, she ran out of money and briefly lived in a homeless shelter and a YMCA.^[14][15][16] Her situation improved by the end of that year, and she was cast in the role of model Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls, which was shot in New York and was a spin-off of the hit series Who’s the Boss?.^[14] During the taping of Living Dolls, she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.^[17][18][19] After the cancellation of Living Dolls, she moved to Los Angeles.^[14]

Berry’s film debut was in a small role for Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), in which she played Vivian, a drug addict.^[1] That same year, Berry had her first co-starring role in Strictly Business. In 1992, Berry portrayed a career woman who falls for the lead character played by Eddie Murphy in the romantic comedy Boomerang. The following year, she caught the public’s attention as a headstrong biracial slave in the TV adaptation of Queen: The Story of an American Family, based on the book by Alex Haley. Berry was in the live-action Flintstones movie playing the part of «Sharon Stone,» a sultry secretary who attempts to seduce Fred Flintstone.^[20]

Berry tackled a more serious role, playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah (1995), starring opposite Jessica Lange. She portrayed Sandra Beecher in Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, shot in Australia, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in Executive Decision. Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.^[21][22]

She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S. In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (Warren Beatty) a new lease on life. The same year, she played the singer Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon, in the biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

In the 1999 HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,^[23] she portrayed the first African American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.^[1] Berry’s performance was recognized with several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.^[10][24]

Worldwide recognition (2000–2004)

Berry portrayed the mutant superhero Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series X-Men (2000) and its sequels, X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first topless scene.^[25] At first, she was opposed to a sunbathing scene in the film in which she would appear topless, but Berry eventually agreed. Some people attributed her change of heart to a substantial increase in the amount Warner Bros. offered her;^[26] she was reportedly paid an additional $500,000 for the short scene.^[27] Berry denied these stories, telling one interviewer that they amused her and «made for great publicity for the movie.»^[25][28] After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make Swordfish because her then-husband, Eric Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks.^[29]

Berry appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer (Sean Combs), in the 2001 feature film Monster’s Ball. Her performance was awarded the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress; in an interesting coincidence she became the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress^[30] (earlier in her career, she portrayed Dorothy Dandridge, the first African American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio).^[31] The NAACP issued the statement: «Congratulations to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington for giving us hope and making us proud. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color then it is a good thing.»^[32] This role generated controversy. Her graphic nude love scene with a racist character played by co-star Billy Bob Thornton was the subject of much media chatter and discussion among African Americans. Many in the African-American community were critical of Berry for taking the part.^[29] Berry responded: «I don’t really see a reason to ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would be a really special script that would require something like that again.»^[29]

Berry asked for a higher fee for Revlon advertisements after winning the Oscar. Ron Perelman, the cosmetics firm’s chief, congratulated her, saying how happy he was that she modeled for his company. She replied, «Of course, you’ll have to pay me more.» Perelman stalked off in a rage.^[33] In accepting her award, she gave an acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses who had never had the opportunity. She said, «This moment is so much bigger than me. This is for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened.»^[34]

As Bond girl Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from Dr. No, emerging from the surf to be greeted by James Bond as Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier.^[35] Lindy Hemming, costume designer on Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as a homage.^[36] Berry has said of the scene: «It’s splashy», «exciting», «sexy», «provocative» and «it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar.»^[29][37] According to an ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.^[38] Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye. It was removed in a 30-minute operation.^[39] After Berry won the Academy Award, rewrites were commissioned to give her more screentime for X2.^[40]

She starred in the psychological thriller Gothika opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard. Production was halted for eight weeks.^[41] It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.^[42] Berry appeared in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit’s music video for «Behind Blue Eyes» for the motion picture soundtrack for the film. The same year, she was named No. 1 in FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.^[43]

Berry starred as the title role in the film Catwoman,^[42] for which she received US$12.5 million.^[44] and is widely regarded by critics as one of the worst films ever made.^[45] She was awarded the Worst Actress Razzie Award for her performance; she appeared at the ceremony to accept the award in person (while holding her Oscar from Monster’s Ball)^[46] with a sense of humor, considering it an experience of the «rock bottom» in order to be «at the top.»^[47] Holding the Academy Award in one hand and the Razzie in the other she said, «I never in my life thought that I would be up here, winning a Razzie! It’s not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there’s no way you could be a good winner.»^[31]

Established actress (2005–2013)

Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role. Also in 2005, she served as an executive producer in Lackawanna Blues, and landed her voice for the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots.^[48]

In the thriller Perfect Stranger (2007), Berry starred with Bruce Willis, playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend. The film grossed a modest US$73 million worldwide, and received lukewarm reviews from critics, who felt that despite the presence of Berry and Willis, it is «too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that’s irritating and superfluous.»^[49] Her next 2007 film release was the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, co-starring Benicio del Toro, where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending the troubled friend of her late husband. The film was the first time in which she worked with a female director, Danish Susanne Bier, giving her a new feeling of «thinking the same way,» which she appreciated.^[50] While the film made US$8.6 million in its global theatrical run,^[51] it garnered positive reviews from writers; The Austin Chronicle found the film to be «an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility» and felt that «Berry is brilliant here, as good as she’s ever been.»^[52]

In April 2007, Berry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry,^[53] and by the end of the decade, she established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning an estimated $10 million per film.^[54]

In the independent drama Frankie and Alice (2010), Berry played the leading role of a young multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggling against her alter personality to retain her true self. The film received a limited theatrical release, to a mixed critical response. The Hollywood Reporter nevertheless described the film as «a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman’s psyche» and found Berry to be «spellbinding» in it.^[55] She earned the African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.^[56] She next made part of a large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy New Year’s Eve (2011), with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sofía Vergara, among many others. In the film, she took on the supporting role of a nurse befriending a man in the final stages (De Niro). While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide.^[57]

In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband Olivier Martinez in the little-seen thriller Dark Tide,^[58] and led an ensemble cast opposite Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in The Wachowskis’s epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.^[59] Budgeted at US$128.8 million, Cloud Atlas made US$130.4 million worldwide,^[60] and garnered polarized reactions from both critics and audiences.^[61]

Berry appeared in a segment of the independent anthology comedy Movie 43 (2013), which the Chicago Sun-Times called «the Citizen Kane of awful.»^[62][63] Berry found greater success with her next performance, as a 9-1-1 operator receiving a call from a girl kidnapped by a serial killer, in the crime thriller The Call (2013). Berry was drawn to «the idea of being a part of a movie that was so empowering for women. We don’t often get to play roles like this, where ordinary people become heroic and do something extraordinary.»^[64] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be «an effectively creepy thriller,»^[65] while reviewer Dwight Brown felt that «the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[…].»^[66] The Call was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe.^[67]

Continued film and television work (2014–present)

In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBS drama series Extant,^[68] where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space. The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics.^[69][70][71] USA Today remarked: «She [Halle Berry] brings a dignity and gravity to Molly, a projected intelligence that allows you to buy her as an astronaut and to see what has happened to her as frightening rather than ridiculous. Berry’s all in, and you float along.»^[72] Also in 2014, Berry launched a new production company, 606 Films, with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. It is named after the Anti-Paparazzi Bill, SB 606, that the actress pushed for and which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in the fall of 2013. The new company emerged as part of a deal for Berry to work in Extant.^[73]

In the stand-up comedy concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), Berry appeared as herself, opposite Kevin Hart, attending a poker game event that goes horribly wrong.^[74] She provided uncredited vocals to the song, «Calling All My Lovelies» by Bruno Mars from his third studio album, 24K Magic (2016).^[75] Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.^[76] In the film, she starred as a diner waitress tailing a vehicle when her son is kidnapped by its occupants. Kidnap grossed US$34 million and garnered mixed reviews from writers, who felt that it «strays into poorly scripted exploitation too often to take advantage of its pulpy premise — or the still-impressive talents of [Berry].»^[77] She next played an agent employed by a secret American spy organisation in the action comedy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), as part of an ensemble cast, consisting of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, and Elton John. While critical response towards the film was mixed, it made US$414 million worldwide.^[78]

Alongside Daniel Craig, Berry starred as a working-class mother during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s drama Kings (2017). The film found a limited theatrical release following its initial screening at the Toronto International Film Festival,^[79] and as part of an overall lukewarm reception,^[80] Variety noted: «It should be said that Berry has given some of the best and worst performances of the past quarter-century, but this is perhaps the only one that swings to both extremes in the same movie.»^[81] Berry competed against James Corden in the first rap battle on the first episode of TBS’s Drop the Mic, originally aired on October 24, 2017.^[82]

She played Sofia, an assassin, in the film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which was released on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate.^[83] She is, as of February 2019, executive producer of the BET television series Boomerang, based on the film in which she starred. The series premiered February 12, 2019.^[84]

Berry made her directorial debut with the feature Bruised in which she plays a disgraced MMA fighter named Jackie Justice, who reconnects with her estranged son. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020^[85] and was released on Netflix in November 2021.^[86] Berry received a positive review from Deadline for her performance.^[87]

Media image

Berry was ranked No. 1 on People‘s «50 Most Beautiful People in the World» list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appeared No. 1 on FHM‘s «100 Sexiest Women in the World» the same year.^[88][89] She was named Esquire magazine’s «Sexiest Woman Alive» in October 2008, about which she stated: «I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it.»^[90][91] Men’s Health ranked her at No. 35 on their «100 Hottest Women of All-Time» list.^[92] In 2009, she was voted #23 on Empire‘s 100 Sexiest Film Stars.^[93] The same year, rapper Hurricane Chris released a song titled «Halle Berry (She’s Fine)» extolling Berry’s beauty and sex appeal.^[94] At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the «Sexiest Black Woman» by Access Hollywood’s «TV One Access» survey.^{[95][96][97][98]} Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was «painful and confusing» when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived.^[13]

Personal life

Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.^[99] In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.^[100] Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.^[9]

According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose 80% of her hearing in her left ear.^[9] She has never named the abuser, but said that he was someone «well known in Hollywood». In 2004, her former boyfriend Christopher Williams accused Wesley Snipes of being responsible for the incident, saying, «I’m so tired of people thinking I’m the guy [who did it]. Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me.»^[101]

Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV playing in an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice’s hometown of Cincinnati told her that Justice was a fan, Berry gave her phone number to the reporter to give to Justice.^[9] Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.^[102] Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she considered taking her own life.^[103][104] Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 20, 1997.^[105]

In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to charges of leaving the scene of a car accident and was sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $13,500 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.^[106]

Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship.^[29][107] Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002,^[108] and by early October 2003 they had separated,^[107] with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005.^[109][110]

In November 2005, Berry began dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.^[111] Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008.^[112] On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their relationship had ended some months earlier.^[113] In January 2011, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle,^{[114][115][116]} centered primarily on Berry’s desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.^[117] Aubry objected to the move on the grounds that it would interfere with their joint custody arrangement.^[118] In November 2012, a judge denied Berry’s request to move the couple’s daughter to France in light of Aubry’s objections.^[119] Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry’s residence. Martinez performed a citizen’s arrest on Aubry, and because it was considered a domestic violence incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.^[120] In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight began when Martinez threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.^[121] Leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries to Aubry’s face, which were widely displayed in the media.^[122] On November 29, 2012, Berry’s lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.^[123] In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry’s attorney fees.^[124]

Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012,^[125][126] and married in France on July 13, 2013.^[127] In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.^[128] In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced they were divorcing.^[129] The divorce was reported to have been finalized in December 2016,^[130] however, as of November 2020, the case is ongoing.^[131]

Berry started dating Grammy winning American musician Van Hunt in 2020, which was revealed through her Instagram.^[132][133]

Activism

Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.^[134] Berry said, «I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean.»^[135] In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[136] Hasty Pudding Theatricals gave her its 2006 Woman of The Year award.^[137] Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cell-phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008.^[138] In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci’s «Chime for Change» campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women’s issues in terms of education, health, and justice.^[139] In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities’ children from harassment by photographers.^[140] The bill passed in September.^[141]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of African American firsts
• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

General bibliography

• Banting, Erinn. Halle Berry, Weigl Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-59036-333-7.
• Gogerly, Liz. Halle Berry, Raintree, 2005. ISBN 1-4109-1085-7.
• Naden, Corinne J. Halle Berry, Sagebrush Education Resources, 2001. ISBN 0-613-86157-4.
• O’Brien, Daniel. Halle Berry, Reynolds & Hearn, 2003. ISBN 1-903111-38-2.
• Sanello, Frank. Halle Berry: A Stormy Life, Virgin Books, 2003. ISBN 1-85227-092-6.
• Schuman, Michael A. Halle Berry: Beauty Is Not Just Physical, Enslow, 2006. ISBN 0-7660-2467-9.

External links

• Halle Berry on Facebook
• Halle Berry at IMDb
• Halle Berry at AllMovie
• Halle Berry at People.com
• Halle Berry at TV Guide
• Halle Berry at the TCM Movie Database
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Хэлли Берри

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Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966)^[1] is an American actress. Berry won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama Monster’s Ball (2001). As of 2018, she is the only black woman to have won the award.^[2][3]

Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel.^[4] Before becoming an actress, she started modeling^[5] and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss WorldPageant in 1986.^[6] Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in films such as the family comedy The Flintstones (1994), the political comedy-drama Bulworth (1998) and the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, among many other awards.

In addition to her Academy Award win, Berry garnered high-profile roles in the 2000s, such as Storm in X-Men (2000), the action crime thriller Swordfish (2001), and the spy film Die Another Day (2002), where she played Bond Girl Jinx. She then appeared in the X-Men sequels, X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In the 2010s, she appeared in movies such as the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime thriller The Call (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Berry was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, and singer-songwriter Eric Benét. She has two children: a daughter fathered by model Gabriel Aubry, and a son with actor Olivier Martinez.

Early life

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry; her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at age five.^[7] Her parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio.^[8] Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins),^[9] who is of English and German ancestry, was a psychiatric nurse.^[10] Her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African-American hospital attendant in the psychiatric ward where her mother worked; he later became a bus driver.^[2][8] Berry’s maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio.^[11] Berry’s parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her older sister, Heidi Berry-Henderson,^[12] were raised exclusively by their mother.^[8]

Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood,^[8][13] noting in 1992, «I haven’t heard from him since [he left]. Maybe he’s not alive.»^[12] Her father was very abusive to her mother. Berry has recalled witnessing her mother being beaten daily, kicked down stairs and hit in the head with a wine bottle.^[14]

Berry grew up in Oakwood, Ohio^[15] and graduated from Bedford High Schoolwhere she was a cheerleader, honor student, editor of the school newspaperand prom queen.^[16] She worked in the children’s department at Higbee’sDepartment store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.^[6] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas. In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.^[17] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.^[18] According to the Current Biography Yearbook, Berry «…pursued a modeling career in Chicago…. Berry’s first weeks in New York were less than auspicious: She slept in a homeless shelter and then in a YMCA».^[19]

Career

Early career

In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to pursue her acting ambitions. During her early time there, she ran out of money and had to live briefly in a homeless shelter.^[19][20][21] Her situation improved by the end of that year, and she was cast in the role of model Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls, which was shot in New York and was a spin-off of the hit series Who’s the Boss?.^[19] During the taping of Living Dolls, she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.^[22][23][24] After the cancellation of Living Dolls, she moved to Los Angeles.^[19] She went on to have a recurring role on the long-running primetime serial Knots Landing.

1990s

Berry’s film debut was in a small role for Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), in which she played Vivian, a drug addict. ^[8] That same year, Berry had her first co-starring role in Strictly Business. In 1992, Berry portrayed a career woman who falls for the lead character played by Eddie Murphy in the romantic comedy Boomerang. The following year, she caught the public’s attention as a headstrong biracial slave in the TV adaptation of Queen: The Story of an American Family, based on the book by Alex Haley. Berry was in the live-action Flintstones movie playing the part of «Sharon Stone», a sultry secretary who seduced Fred Flintstone.^[25]

Berry tackled a more serious role, playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah (1995), starring opposite Jessica Lange. She portrayed Sandra Beecher in Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, shot in Australia, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in Executive Decision. Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.^[4][26]

She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S. In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (Warren Beatty) a new lease on life. The same year, she played the singer Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon, in the biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love. In the 1999 HBObiopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,^[27] she portrayed the first black woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.^[8] Berry’s performance was recognized with several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.^[6][28]

2000s

Berry portrayed the mutant superhero Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series X-Men (2000) and its sequels, X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand(2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first topless scene.^[29] At first, she refused to be filmed topless in a sunbathing scene, but she changed her mind when Warner Brothers raised her fee substantially.^[30] The brief flash of her breasts added $500,000 to her fee.^[31] Berry considered these stories to be rumors and was quick to deny them.^[29][32] After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make Swordfish because her then-husband, Eric Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks.^[33]

Berry appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer (Sean Combs), in the 2001 feature film Monster’s Ball. Her performance was awarded the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress; in an interesting coincidence she became the first woman of colorto win the Academy Award for Best Actress (earlier in her career, she portrayed Dorothy Dandridge, the first African American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio).^[34] The NAACP issued the statement: «Congratulations to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington for giving us hope and making us proud. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color then it is a good thing.»^[35] This role generated controversy. Her graphic nude love scene with a racist character played by co-star Billy Bob Thornton was the subject of much media chatter and discussion among African Americans. Many in the African-American community were critical of Berry for taking the part.^[33] Berry responded: «I don’t really see a reason to ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would be a really special script that would require something like that again.»^[33]

Berry asked for a higher fee for Revlon advertisements after winning the Academy Award. Ron Perelman, the cosmetics firm’s chief, congratulated her, saying how happy he was that she modeled for his company. She replied, «Of course, you’ll have to pay me more.» Perelman stalked off in a rage.^[36] In accepting her award, she gave an acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses who had never had the opportunity. She said, «This moment is so much bigger than me. This is for every nameless, faceless woman of colour who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened.»^[37]

As Bond girl Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from Dr. No, emerging from the surf to be greeted by James Bond as Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier.^[38] Lindy Hemming, costume designer on Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as a homage.^[39] Berry has said of the scene: «It’s splashy», «exciting», «sexy», «provocative» and «it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar».^[33] The bikini scene was shot in Cadiz; the location was reportedly cold and windy, and footage has been released of Berry wrapped in thick towels in between takes to try to stay warm.^[40] According to an ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.^[41] Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye. It was removed in a 30-minute operation.^[42] After Berry won the Academy Award, rewrites were commissioned to give her more screentime for X2.^[43]

She starred in the psychological thriller Gothika opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard. Production was halted for eight weeks.^[44] It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.^[45] Berry appeared in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit’s music video for «Behind Blue Eyes» for the motion picture soundtrack for the film. The same year, she was named #1 in FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.^[46]

Berry starred as the title role in the film Catwoman,^[45] for which she received US$12.5 million. An over-US$100 million movie; it grossed only US$17 million on its first weekend,^[47] and is widely regarded as one of the worst films ever madeby critics.^[48] She was awarded the Worst Actress Razzie Award for her performance; she appeared at the ceremony to accept the award in person (making her the third person, and second actor, ever to do so)^[49] with a sense of humor, considering it an experience of the «rock bottom» in order to be «at the top».^[50] Holding the Academy Award in one hand and the Razzie in the other she said, «I never in my life thought that I would be here, winning a Razzie. It’s not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there’s no way you could be a good winner.»^[34]

Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award for her role. Also in 2005, she served as a executive producer in Lackawanna Blues, and landed her voice for the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots.^[51]

In the thriller Perfect Stranger (2007), Berry starred with Bruce Willis, playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend. The film grossed a modest US$73 million worldwide, and received lukewarm reviews from critics, who felt that despite the presence of Berry and Willis, it is «too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that’s irritating and superfluous».^[52] Her next 2007 film release was the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, co-starring Benicio del Toro, where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending with the troubled friend of her late husband. The film was the first time in which she worked with a female director, Danish Susanne Bier, giving her a new feeling of «thinking the same way», which she appreciated.^[53] While the film made US$8.6 million in its global theatrical run,^[54] it garnered positive reviews from writers; The Austin Chronicle found the film to be «an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility» and felt that «Berry is brilliant here, as good as she’s ever been».^[55]

In April 2007, Berry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry,^[56] and by the end of the decade, she established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning an estimated $10 million per film.^[57]

2010s

In the independent drama Frankie and Alice (2010), Berry played the leading role of a young multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggling against her alter personality to retain her true self. The film received a limited theatrical release, to a mixed critical response. The Hollywood Reporternevertheless described the film as «a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman’s psyche» and found Berry to be «spellbinding» in it.^[58] She earned the African-American Film Critics AssociationAward for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.^[59] She next made part of a large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy New Year’s Eve (2011), with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sofía Vergara, among many others. In the film, she took on the supporting role of a nurse befriending a man in the final stages (De Niro). While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide.^[60]

In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband Oliver Martinez in the little-seen thriller Dark Tide,^[61] and led an ensemble cast opposite Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in The Wachowskis’s epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.^[62] Budgeted at US$128.8 million, Cloud Atlas made US$130.4 million worldwide,^[63] and garnered polarized reactions from both critics and audiences.^[64]

Berry appeared in a segment of the independent anthology comedy Movie 43(2013), which the Chicago Sun-Times called «the Citizen Kane of awful».^[65][66]Berry found greater success with her next performance, as a 9-1-1 operator receiving a call from a girl kidnapped by a serial killer, in the crime thriller The Call (2013). Berry was drawn to «the idea of being a part of a movie that was so empowering for women. We don’t often get to play roles like this, where ordinary people become heroic and do something extraordinary.»^[67] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be «an effectively creepy thriller»,^[68] while reviewer Dwight Brown felt that «the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[…]».^[69] The Call was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe.^[70]

In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBSdrama series Extant,^[71] where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space. The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics.^[72][73][74] USA Today remarked: «She [Halle Berry] brings a dignity and gravity to Molly, a projected intelligence that allows you to buy her as an astronaut and to see what has happened to her as frightening rather than ridiculous. Berry’s all in, and you float along».^[75] Also in 2014, Berry launched a new production company, 606 Films, with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. It is named after the Anti-Paparazzi Bill, SB 606, that the actress pushed for and which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in the fall of 2013. The new company emerged as part of a deal for Berry to work in Extant.^[76]

In the stand-up comedy concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), Berry appeared as herself, opposide Kevin Hart, attending a poker game event that goes horribly wrong.^[77] Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.^[78] In the film, she starred as a dinner waitress tailing a vehicle when her son is kidnapped by its occupants. Kidnap grossed US$34 million and garnered mixed reviews from writers, who felt that it «strays into poorly scripted exploitation too often to take advantage of its pulpy premise — or the still-impressive talents of [Berry].»^[79] She next played an agent employed by a secret American spy organisation in the action comedy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), as part of an ensemble cast, consisting of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, and Elton John. While critical response towards the film was mixed, it made US$414 million worldwide.^[80]

Alongside Daniel Craig, Berry starred as a working-class mother during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s drama Kings (2017). The film found a limited theatrical release following its initial screening at the Toronto International Film Festival,^[81] and as part of an overall lukewarm reception,^[82]Variety noted: «It should be said that Berry has given some of the best and worst performances of the past quarter-century, but this is perhaps the only one that swings to both extremes in the same movie».^[83] She has taken on the role of an assassin in the film John Wick 3: Parabellum, which is scheduled to be released on May 17, 2019 by Lionsgate.^[84]

Personal life

Relationships and marriages

Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.^[85]In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.^[86] Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.^[87] According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose eighty percent of her hearing in her left ear.^[16] Berry has never named the abuser but has said that he is someone well known in Hollywood.^[16]

Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV playing in an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice’s hometown of Cincinnati told her that Justice was a fan, Berry gave her phone number to the reporter to give to Justice.^[16] Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.^[88] Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she considered taking her own life.^[89][90] Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 24, 1997.^[91]

Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship,^[33][92] but by early October 2003 they had separated,^[92] with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005.^[93][94] Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002.^[95] In November 2005, Berry began dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.^[96] Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008. On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their separation.^[97]

After their 2010 separation, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle,^{[98][99][100]} centered primarily on Berry’s desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.^[101] Aubry objected to the move on the grounds that it would interfere with their joint custody arrangement.^[102] In November 2012, a judge denied Berry’s request to move the couple’s daughter to France in light of Aubry’s objections.^[103] Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry’s residence. Martinez performed a citizen’s arrest on Aubry, and because it was considered a domestic violence incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.^[104] In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight began when Martinez threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.^[105] Leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries to Aubry’s face, which were widely displayed in the media.^[106]

On November 29, 2012, Berry’s lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.^[107] In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry’s attorney fees.^[108] Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012,^[109][110] and married in France on July 13, 2013.^[111]In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.^[112] After two years of marriage, in 2015 the couple announced they were divorcing.^[113] The divorce became final in December 2016.^[114]

Legal issues

In February 2000, Berry was involved in a traffic collision and left the scene. She pleaded no contest to misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident.^[115][116]

Activism

Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.^[117] Berry said, «I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean.»^[118] In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[119] Hasty Pudding Theatricals gave her its 2006 Woman of The Year award.^[120] Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cell-phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008.^[121] In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci’s «Chime for Change» campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women’s issues in terms of education, health, and justice.^[122] In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities’ children from harassment by photographers.^[123] The bill passed in September.^[124]

Public image

Berry was ranked No. 1 on People‘s «50 Most Beautiful People in the World» list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appeared No. 1 on FHM‘s «100 Sexiest Women in the World» the same year.^[125][126] She was named Esquiremagazine’s «Sexiest Woman Alive» in October 2008, about which she stated: «I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it.»^[127][128] Men’s Health ranked her at No. 35 on their «100 Hottest Women of All-Time» list.^[129] In 2009, she was voted #23 on Empire‘s 100 Sexiest Film Stars.^[130] The same year, rapper Hurricane Chris released a song entitled «Halle Berry (She’s Fine)», extolling Berry’s beauty and sex appeal.^[131] At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the «Sexiest Black Woman» by Access Hollywood’s TV One Access survey.^{[132][133][134][135]} Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was «painful and confusing» when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966)^[1] is an American actress. Berry won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama Monster’s Ball (2001). As of 2018, she is the only black woman to have won the award.^[2][3]

Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel.^[4] Before becoming an actress, she started modeling^[5] and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss WorldPageant in 1986.^[6] Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in films such as the family comedy The Flintstones (1994), the political comedy-drama Bulworth (1998) and the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, among many other awards.

In addition to her Academy Award win, Berry garnered high-profile roles in the 2000s, such as Storm in X-Men (2000), the action crime thriller Swordfish (2001), and the spy film Die Another Day (2002), where she played Bond Girl Jinx. She then appeared in the X-Men sequels, X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In the 2010s, she appeared in movies such as the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime thriller The Call (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Berry was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, and singer-songwriter Eric Benét. She has two children: a daughter fathered by model Gabriel Aubry, and a son with actor Olivier Martinez.

Early life

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry; her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry at age five.^[7] Her parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio.^[8] Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins),^[9] who is of English and German ancestry, was a psychiatric nurse.^[10] Her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African-American hospital attendant in the psychiatric ward where her mother worked; he later became a bus driver.^[2][8] Berry’s maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio.^[11] Berry’s parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her older sister, Heidi Berry-Henderson,^[12] were raised exclusively by their mother.^[8]

Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood,^[8][13] noting in 1992, «I haven’t heard from him since [he left]. Maybe he’s not alive.»^[12] Her father was very abusive to her mother. Berry has recalled witnessing her mother being beaten daily, kicked down stairs and hit in the head with a wine bottle.^[14]

Berry grew up in Oakwood, Ohio^[15] and graduated from Bedford High Schoolwhere she was a cheerleader, honor student, editor of the school newspaperand prom queen.^[16] She worked in the children’s department at Higbee’sDepartment store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.^[6] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas. In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.^[17] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.^[18] According to the Current Biography Yearbook, Berry «…pursued a modeling career in Chicago…. Berry’s first weeks in New York were less than auspicious: She slept in a homeless shelter and then in a YMCA».^[19]

Career

Early career

In 1989, Berry moved to New York City to pursue her acting ambitions. During her early time there, she ran out of money and had to live briefly in a homeless shelter.^[19][20][21] Her situation improved by the end of that year, and she was cast in the role of model Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls, which was shot in New York and was a spin-off of the hit series Who’s the Boss?.^[19] During the taping of Living Dolls, she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.^[22][23][24] After the cancellation of Living Dolls, she moved to Los Angeles.^[19] She went on to have a recurring role on the long-running primetime serial Knots Landing.

1990s

Berry’s film debut was in a small role for Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), in which she played Vivian, a drug addict. ^[8] That same year, Berry had her first co-starring role in Strictly Business. In 1992, Berry portrayed a career woman who falls for the lead character played by Eddie Murphy in the romantic comedy Boomerang. The following year, she caught the public’s attention as a headstrong biracial slave in the TV adaptation of Queen: The Story of an American Family, based on the book by Alex Haley. Berry was in the live-action Flintstones movie playing the part of «Sharon Stone», a sultry secretary who seduced Fred Flintstone.^[25]

Berry tackled a more serious role, playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah (1995), starring opposite Jessica Lange. She portrayed Sandra Beecher in Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, shot in Australia, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in Executive Decision. Beginning in 1996, she was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.^[4][26]

She starred alongside Natalie Deselle Reid in the 1997 comedy film B*A*P*S. In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth as an intelligent woman raised by activists who gives a politician (Warren Beatty) a new lease on life. The same year, she played the singer Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon, in the biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love. In the 1999 HBObiopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,^[27] she portrayed the first black woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and it was to Berry a heart-felt project that she introduced, co-produced and fought intensely for it to come through.^[8] Berry’s performance was recognized with several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.^[6][28]

2000s

Berry portrayed the mutant superhero Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series X-Men (2000) and its sequels, X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand(2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first topless scene.^[29] At first, she refused to be filmed topless in a sunbathing scene, but she changed her mind when Warner Brothers raised her fee substantially.^[30] The brief flash of her breasts added $500,000 to her fee.^[31] Berry considered these stories to be rumors and was quick to deny them.^[29][32] After turning down numerous roles that required nudity, she said she decided to make Swordfish because her then-husband, Eric Benét, supported her and encouraged her to take risks.^[33]

Berry appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer (Sean Combs), in the 2001 feature film Monster’s Ball. Her performance was awarded the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress; in an interesting coincidence she became the first woman of colorto win the Academy Award for Best Actress (earlier in her career, she portrayed Dorothy Dandridge, the first African American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio).^[34] The NAACP issued the statement: «Congratulations to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington for giving us hope and making us proud. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color then it is a good thing.»^[35] This role generated controversy. Her graphic nude love scene with a racist character played by co-star Billy Bob Thornton was the subject of much media chatter and discussion among African Americans. Many in the African-American community were critical of Berry for taking the part.^[33] Berry responded: «I don’t really see a reason to ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would be a really special script that would require something like that again.»^[33]

Berry asked for a higher fee for Revlon advertisements after winning the Academy Award. Ron Perelman, the cosmetics firm’s chief, congratulated her, saying how happy he was that she modeled for his company. She replied, «Of course, you’ll have to pay me more.» Perelman stalked off in a rage.^[36] In accepting her award, she gave an acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses who had never had the opportunity. She said, «This moment is so much bigger than me. This is for every nameless, faceless woman of colour who now has a chance tonight because this door has been opened.»^[37]

As Bond girl Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry recreated a scene from Dr. No, emerging from the surf to be greeted by James Bond as Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier.^[38] Lindy Hemming, costume designer on Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as a homage.^[39] Berry has said of the scene: «It’s splashy», «exciting», «sexy», «provocative» and «it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar».^[33] The bikini scene was shot in Cadiz; the location was reportedly cold and windy, and footage has been released of Berry wrapped in thick towels in between takes to try to stay warm.^[40] According to an ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.^[41] Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye. It was removed in a 30-minute operation.^[42] After Berry won the Academy Award, rewrites were commissioned to give her more screentime for X2.^[43]

She starred in the psychological thriller Gothika opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in November 2003, during which she broke her arm in a scene with Downey, who twisted her arm too hard. Production was halted for eight weeks.^[44] It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.^[45] Berry appeared in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit’s music video for «Behind Blue Eyes» for the motion picture soundtrack for the film. The same year, she was named #1 in FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.^[46]

Berry starred as the title role in the film Catwoman,^[45] for which she received US$12.5 million. An over-US$100 million movie; it grossed only US$17 million on its first weekend,^[47] and is widely regarded as one of the worst films ever madeby critics.^[48] She was awarded the Worst Actress Razzie Award for her performance; she appeared at the ceremony to accept the award in person (making her the third person, and second actor, ever to do so)^[49] with a sense of humor, considering it an experience of the «rock bottom» in order to be «at the top».^[50] Holding the Academy Award in one hand and the Razzie in the other she said, «I never in my life thought that I would be here, winning a Razzie. It’s not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there’s no way you could be a good winner.»^[34]

Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award for her role. Also in 2005, she served as a executive producer in Lackawanna Blues, and landed her voice for the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots.^[51]

In the thriller Perfect Stranger (2007), Berry starred with Bruce Willis, playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend. The film grossed a modest US$73 million worldwide, and received lukewarm reviews from critics, who felt that despite the presence of Berry and Willis, it is «too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that’s irritating and superfluous».^[52] Her next 2007 film release was the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, co-starring Benicio del Toro, where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending with the troubled friend of her late husband. The film was the first time in which she worked with a female director, Danish Susanne Bier, giving her a new feeling of «thinking the same way», which she appreciated.^[53] While the film made US$8.6 million in its global theatrical run,^[54] it garnered positive reviews from writers; The Austin Chronicle found the film to be «an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility» and felt that «Berry is brilliant here, as good as she’s ever been».^[55]

In April 2007, Berry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry,^[56] and by the end of the decade, she established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning an estimated $10 million per film.^[57]

2010s

In the independent drama Frankie and Alice (2010), Berry played the leading role of a young multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggling against her alter personality to retain her true self. The film received a limited theatrical release, to a mixed critical response. The Hollywood Reporternevertheless described the film as «a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman’s psyche» and found Berry to be «spellbinding» in it.^[58] She earned the African-American Film Critics AssociationAward for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.^[59] She next made part of a large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy New Year’s Eve (2011), with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sofía Vergara, among many others. In the film, she took on the supporting role of a nurse befriending a man in the final stages (De Niro). While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide.^[60]

In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband Oliver Martinez in the little-seen thriller Dark Tide,^[61] and led an ensemble cast opposite Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in The Wachowskis’s epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.^[62] Budgeted at US$128.8 million, Cloud Atlas made US$130.4 million worldwide,^[63] and garnered polarized reactions from both critics and audiences.^[64]

Berry appeared in a segment of the independent anthology comedy Movie 43(2013), which the Chicago Sun-Times called «the Citizen Kane of awful».^[65][66]Berry found greater success with her next performance, as a 9-1-1 operator receiving a call from a girl kidnapped by a serial killer, in the crime thriller The Call (2013). Berry was drawn to «the idea of being a part of a movie that was so empowering for women. We don’t often get to play roles like this, where ordinary people become heroic and do something extraordinary.»^[67] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be «an effectively creepy thriller»,^[68] while reviewer Dwight Brown felt that «the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[…]».^[69] The Call was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe.^[70]

In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBSdrama series Extant,^[71] where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space. The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics.^[72][73][74] USA Today remarked: «She [Halle Berry] brings a dignity and gravity to Molly, a projected intelligence that allows you to buy her as an astronaut and to see what has happened to her as frightening rather than ridiculous. Berry’s all in, and you float along».^[75] Also in 2014, Berry launched a new production company, 606 Films, with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. It is named after the Anti-Paparazzi Bill, SB 606, that the actress pushed for and which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in the fall of 2013. The new company emerged as part of a deal for Berry to work in Extant.^[76]

In the stand-up comedy concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), Berry appeared as herself, opposide Kevin Hart, attending a poker game event that goes horribly wrong.^[77] Kidnap, an abduction thriller Berry filmed in 2014, was released in 2017.^[78] In the film, she starred as a dinner waitress tailing a vehicle when her son is kidnapped by its occupants. Kidnap grossed US$34 million and garnered mixed reviews from writers, who felt that it «strays into poorly scripted exploitation too often to take advantage of its pulpy premise — or the still-impressive talents of [Berry].»^[79] She next played an agent employed by a secret American spy organisation in the action comedy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), as part of an ensemble cast, consisting of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, and Elton John. While critical response towards the film was mixed, it made US$414 million worldwide.^[80]

Alongside Daniel Craig, Berry starred as a working-class mother during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s drama Kings (2017). The film found a limited theatrical release following its initial screening at the Toronto International Film Festival,^[81] and as part of an overall lukewarm reception,^[82]Variety noted: «It should be said that Berry has given some of the best and worst performances of the past quarter-century, but this is perhaps the only one that swings to both extremes in the same movie».^[83] She has taken on the role of an assassin in the film John Wick 3: Parabellum, which is scheduled to be released on May 17, 2019 by Lionsgate.^[84]

Personal life

Relationships and marriages

Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.^[85]In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.^[86] Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for bankruptcy in 1992.^[87] According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of The Last Boy Scout in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose eighty percent of her hearing in her left ear.^[16] Berry has never named the abuser but has said that he is someone well known in Hollywood.^[16]

Berry first saw baseball player David Justice on TV playing in an MTV celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice’s hometown of Cincinnati told her that Justice was a fan, Berry gave her phone number to the reporter to give to Justice.^[16] Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.^[88] Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she considered taking her own life.^[89][90] Berry and Justice were officially divorced on June 24, 1997.^[91]

Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship,^[33][92] but by early October 2003 they had separated,^[92] with the divorce finalized on January 3, 2005.^[93][94] Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002.^[95] In November 2005, Berry began dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot.^[96] Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008. On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their separation.^[97]

After their 2010 separation, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle,^{[98][99][100]} centered primarily on Berry’s desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor Olivier Martinez, whom Berry had started dating in 2010 after they met while filming Dark Tide in South Africa.^[101] Aubry objected to the move on the grounds that it would interfere with their joint custody arrangement.^[102] In November 2012, a judge denied Berry’s request to move the couple’s daughter to France in light of Aubry’s objections.^[103] Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry’s residence. Martinez performed a citizen’s arrest on Aubry, and because it was considered a domestic violence incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.^[104] In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight began when Martinez threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.^[105] Leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries to Aubry’s face, which were widely displayed in the media.^[106]

On November 29, 2012, Berry’s lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.^[107] In June 2014, a Superior Court ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support (around 200k/year) as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and a sum of $300,000 for Aubry’s attorney fees.^[108] Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012,^[109][110] and married in France on July 13, 2013.^[111]In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.^[112] After two years of marriage, in 2015 the couple announced they were divorcing.^[113] The divorce became final in December 2016.^[114]

Legal issues

In February 2000, Berry was involved in a traffic collision and left the scene. She pleaded no contest to misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident.^[115][116]

Activism

Along with Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Téa Leoni, and Daryl Hannah, Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.^[117] Berry said, «I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean.»^[118] In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[119] Hasty Pudding Theatricals gave her its 2006 Woman of The Year award.^[120] Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cell-phone bank campaign for Barack Obama in February 2008.^[121] In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for Gucci’s «Chime for Change» campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women’s issues in terms of education, health, and justice.^[122] In August 2013, Berry testified alongside Jennifer Garner before the California State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities’ children from harassment by photographers.^[123] The bill passed in September.^[124]

Public image

Berry was ranked No. 1 on People‘s «50 Most Beautiful People in the World» list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appeared No. 1 on FHM‘s «100 Sexiest Women in the World» the same year.^[125][126] She was named Esquiremagazine’s «Sexiest Woman Alive» in October 2008, about which she stated: «I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it.»^[127][128] Men’s Health ranked her at No. 35 on their «100 Hottest Women of All-Time» list.^[129] In 2009, she was voted #23 on Empire‘s 100 Sexiest Film Stars.^[130] The same year, rapper Hurricane Chris released a song entitled «Halle Berry (She’s Fine)», extolling Berry’s beauty and sex appeal.^[131] At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the «Sexiest Black Woman» by Access Hollywood’s TV One Access survey.^{[132][133][134][135]} Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Berry has stated that her biracial background was «painful and confusing» when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Halle Berry

В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с фамилией Берри.

Хэлли Мари́я Бе́рри (англ. Halle Maria Berry), урождённая Мари́я Хэлли Бе́рри (произносится как /ˈhæli ˈbɛri/; род. 14 августа 1966^[1], Кливленд, Огайо, США) — американская актриса, режиссёр^[2]. Лауреат премий «Оскар»^[3][4] (2002 — первая темнокожая актриса в истории кинематографа, получившая её за исполнение главной роли), «Золотой глобус» (2000) и «Эмми» (2000).

Ранние годы

Родилась 14 августа 1966 года в Кливленде, штат Огайо. В 1971 году сменила имя на Хэлли Мария Берри^[5]. Своё среднее имя она получила в честь супермаркета «Halle’s Department Store» (англ.), который был в то время местной достопримечательностью у неё на родине в Кливленде^[6]. Её мать, Джудит Энн (урожд. Хоукинс)^[7][8], белая, работала медсестрой в психиатрической клинике, отец, Джером Джесси Берри, афроамериканец, был работником в той же клинике, что и мать, позже стал водителем автобуса^[6][9]. Её бабушка по материнской линии, Нелли Дикен, была родом из Дербишира, Англия, в то время, как дедушка по материнской линии, Эрл Эллсворт Хоукинс, родился в Огайо^[10]. Родители Хэлли развелись, когда ей было 4 года, и она со своей старшей сестрой Хейди (род. 1964)^[11] воспитывалась исключительно матерью^[6].

Берри окончила Bedford High School, после чего работала в детском отделе супермаркета «Higbee’s Department Store». Затем она училась в Cuyahoga Community College. В школе была редактором школьной газеты, стала президентом класса и капитаном группы поддержки местной школьной команды. В 80-х годах участвовала в нескольких конкурсах красоты, выиграв «Miss Teen All-American» в 1985 году и «Мисс Огайо США» в 1986 году^[12]. Она заняла титул «Первой вице-мисс США 1986» после «Мисс США 1986» Кристи Фихтнер из Техаса. Стала первой афроамериканской представительницей США на «Мисс мира» в 1986 году, финишировав на 6-м месте.

В 1989 году во время записи мини-сериала «Живые куклы» Берри впала в кому, и ей был поставлен диагноз — Сахарный диабет 1-го типа^[6][13].

Карьера

В конце 1980-х годов Берри отправилась в Иллинойс, чтобы продолжить модельную карьеру, а также заняться актёрской. Одной из её первых ролей была в телесериале местного кабельного телеканала под названием «Chicago Force». В 1989 году получила роль Эмили Франклин в мини-сериале «Живые куклы» (продолжении другого сериала «Кто здесь босс?»). А также у неё была периодическая роль в мыльной опере «Тихая пристань».

Её прорыв состоялся в фильме Спайка Ли «Тропическая лихорадка», в котором она сыграла наркоманку Вивиан^[6]. Впервые Берри исполнила роль второго плана в 1991 году в фильме «Только бизнес». В том же году в фильме «Последний бойскаут» она сыграла с Брюсом Уиллисом и Дэймоном Уэйансом. В 1992 году Берри исполнила роль подруги и воспитательницы, влюблённой в героя Эдди Мерфи, в романтической комедии «Бумеранг».

Играя бывшую наркоманку, пытающуюся вернуть опеку над сыном, в фильме «Дело Исайи» (1995), Берри изобразила более серьёзную роль, чем её коллега по фильму Джессика Лэнг. Сыграла Сандру Бичер в фильме «В погоне за солнцем» (1996), снятом по реальной истории, и бок о бок с Куртом Расселом в «Приказано уничтожить». С 1996 года стала представительницей компании Revlon в течение 7 лет и продлила контракт в 2004 году^[14].

В 1998 году Берри получила похвалу за свою роль в «Булворд» интеллигентной женщины, ставшей активисткой, которая помогла политику (Уоррену Битти) начать новую жизнь. В том же году сыграла певицу Золу Тэйлор (англ.), одну из трёх жён поп-певца Фрэнки Лаймона в биографическом фильме «Почему дураки влюбляются». В 1999 году в ещё одном биографическом фильме «Познакомьтесь с Дороти Дендридж» она изобразила первую чернокожую женщину, номинированную как «Лучшая актриса» на кинопремии «Оскар»^[6]. Это было отмечено несколькими наградами, в числе которых «Эмми» и «Золотой глобус»^[12][15].

В 2002 году Берри сыграла Летицию Масгроув, жену казнённого убийцы, в фильме «Бал монстров». Её исполнение было награждено Национальным советом кинокритиков США и Гильдией киноактёров США, что интересно, она стала первой афроамериканкой, получившей «Оскар» за «Лучшую женскую роль», как и её героиня Дороти Дендридж была первой номинированной на это звание^[16].

Берри сыграла мутанта-супергероя Шторм в фильме-адаптации известных комиксов «Люди Икс» (2000), а также в сиквелах «Люди Икс 2» (2003), «Люди Икс: Последняя битва» (2006) и «Люди Икс: Дни минувшего будущего» (2014). В 2001 году появилась в фильме «Пароль „Рыба-меч“», где была снята её первая обнажённая сцена^[17].

В ноябре 2003 года она играла главную роль в психологическом триллере «Готика» вместе с Робертом Дауни-младшим, когда и сломала руку во время сцены с Дауни. Съёмки фильма были отложены на 8 недель^[18]. А также появилась в клипе Limp Bizkit на песню «Behind Blue Eyes», саундтреке к фильму. В том же году она была названа журналом «FHM» как № 1 в списке «100 самых сексуальных женщин мира»^[19]. В 2004 году заняла 4-е место в списке «100 самых сексуальных актрис всех времён» по версии журнала «Empire magazine»^[20]. 6 июля 2008 года возглавила список самых сексуальных темнокожих женщин мира, составленный телепрограммой «TV One Access» на канале NBC^[21][22].

Берри получила 12,5 миллионов долларов^[23] за главную роль в фильме «Женщина-кошка» с бюджетом 100 миллионов долларов, собравшем в первый уик-энд 17 миллионов долларов^[24]. За что была награждена «Золотой малиной» как «Худшая актриса» в 2005 году. На этой церемонии она появилась лично, став третьей персоной и вторым актёром, кто это сделал^[25]. Позже она появилась в спродюсированном Опрой Уинфри телефильме «Их глаза видели Бога» (2005), экранизации новеллы Зоры Ниэл Хёрстон, где Берри сыграла Джени Кроуфорд, свободную духом женщину, чьи нетрадиционные сексуальные нравы потрясли её современников 1920-х годов в небольшой общине. За эту роль она была номинирована на «Эмми». И в том же году озвучила робота Каппи в мультфильме «Роботы»^[26].

Хэлли Берри является одной из самых высокооплачиваемых актрис в Голливуде, получая по 10 миллионов долларов за фильм. В июле 2007 года она возглавляла список «40-летних красавиц» журнала «In Touch». А 3 апреля 2007 года Берри была удостоена собственной звезды на Голливудской Аллее славы напротив Театра Кодак за свой вклад в киноиндустрию^[27][28].

Берри много лет является рекламным лицом компаний Revlon и Versace. В марте 2008 года совместно с компанией Coty выпустила свой дебютный аромат духов Halle by Halle Berry^[29]. В июне 2010 года состоялась церемония «FiFi Awards» за звание «Лучший парфюм», где в номинации участвовал и аромат Берри^[30]. Также в том году выпустила второй аромат Pure Orchid^[31].

В 2010 году в 14-й раз попала в список журнала «People» «Самые красивые знаменитости-2010»^[32].

В 2020 году дебютировала в качестве режиссёра со спортивной драмой «Удары», в которой сыграла главную роль^[2].

Личная жизнь

В 1993^[33]—1997 годы^[34] Хэлли была замужем за бейсболистом Дэвидом Джастисом  (англ.) (рус..

В 2001^[35]—2005 годы^[36] Хэлли была замужем за музыкантом Эриком Бене  (англ.) (рус..

В 2005^[37]—2010 годы^[38][39][40] Хэлли состояла в фактическом браке с фотомоделью Гэбриелом Обри  (англ.) (рус.. У бывшей пары есть дочь — Нала Ариэла Обри (род.16.03.2008)^[41][42][43]. 30 декабря 2010 года Обри обратился в суд с просьбой о признании его отцом Налы, а также о получении физической и юридической опеки^[44][45].

В 2013—2016 годы Хэлли была замужем за актёром Оливье Мартинесом^[46][47]. 5 октября 2013 года у супругов родился сын Масео Роберт Мартинес^[48].

В сентябре 2000 года Берри попала на страницы американских таблоидов, проехав перекрёсток на красный свет, столкнувшись с другим автомобилем и скрывшись с места происшествия.

Хэлли Берри дальняя родственница Марка Уолберга и Эллен Дедженерес^[49][50], у неё 6 пальцев (2 мизинца) на правой ноге^[51].

Фильмография

Год		Русское название	Оригинальное название	Роль
1989	с	Живые куклы (англ.)	Living Dolls	Эмили Фрэнклин
1991	с	Аминь (англ.)	Amen	Клэр
1991	с	Другой мир	A Different World	Джэклин
1991	с	Они пришли из далёкого космоса (англ.)	They Came from Outer Space	Рене
1991	ф	Тропическая лихорадка	Jungle Fever	Вивиен
1991	ф	Только бизнес (англ.)	Strictly Business	Натали
1991	ф	Последний бойскаут	The Last Boy Scout	Кори
1991—1992	с	Тихая пристань	Knots Landing	Дебби Портер
1992	ф	Бумеранг	Boomerang	Анджела Льюис
1993	с	Куин (англ.)	Alex Haley’s Queen	Куин
1993	ф	Отчаянный папа	Father Hood	Кетлин Мерсер
1993	ф	Программа (англ.)	The Program	Отэм Хэйли
1994	ф	Флинтстоуны	The Flintstones	Шэрон Стоун
1995	тф	Соломон и царица Савская (англ.)	Solomon & Sheba	Нихала / царица Савская
1995	ф	Дело Исайи (англ.)	Losing Isaiah	Хейла Ричардс
1996	ф	Приказано уничтожить	Executive Decision	стюардесса Джин
1996	ф	В погоне за солнцем	Race the Sun	мисс Сандра Бичер
1996	ф	Жена богача (англ.)	The Rich Man’s Wife	Джози Потенца
1997	ф	Темнокожие американские принцессы (англ.)	B*A*P*S	Ниси
1998	тф	Свадьба (англ.)	The Wedding	Шелби Коулз
1998	с	Фрейзер	Frasier	Бетси
1998	ф	Булворт	Bulworth	Нина
1998	ф	Почему дураки влюбляются (англ.)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Зола Тейлор (англ.)
1999	тф	Познакомьтесь с Дороти Дэндридж (англ.)	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Дороти Дэндридж
2000	ф	Люди Икс	X-Men	Ороро Монро / Шторм
2001	ф	Пароль «Рыба-меч»	Swordfish	Джинджер Ноулс
2001	ф	Бал монстров	Monster’s Ball	Летиция Масгроув
2002	ф	Умри, но не сейчас	Die Another Day	Джисинта «Джинкс» Джонсон
2003	ф	Люди Икс 2	X2: X-Men United	Ороро Монро / Шторм
2003	ф	Готика	Gothika	Миранда Грей
2004	ф	Женщина-кошка	Catwoman	Пейшенс Филлипс / Женщина-кошка
2004	ки	Catwoman (англ.)	Catwoman: The Game	Пейшенс Филлипс / Женщина-кошка
2005	тф	Их глаза видели Бога (англ.)	Their Eyes Were Watching God	Джэки Старкс
2005	мф	Роботы	Robots	Каппи
2006	ф	Люди Икс: Последняя битва	X-Men: The Last Stand	Ороро Монро / Шторм
2007	ф	Идеальный незнакомец	Perfect Stranger	Ровена Прайс
2007	ф	То, что мы потеряли	Things We Lost in the Fire	Одри Бёрк
2010	ф	Фрэнки и Элис (англ.)	Frankie and Alice	Фрэнки Мардок
2011	ф	Старый Новый год	New Year’s Eve	Эйми
2012	ф	Заклинательница акул	Dark Tide	Кейт Мэтисон
2012	ф	Облачный атлас	Cloud Atlas	Иокаста Кроммелинк / Луиза Рей / Мероним
2013	ф	Movie 43	Movie 43	Эмили
2013	ф	Тревожный вызов	The Call	Джордан Тёрнер
2014	ф	Люди Икс: Дни минувшего будущего	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Ороро Монро / Шторм
2014	с	За пределами	Extant	астронавт Молли Вудс
2017	ф	Похищение	Kidnap	Карла Дайсон
2017	ф	Kingsman: Золотое кольцо	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	агент «Statesman» Джинджер/Кола
2017	ф	Лос-Анджелес в огне (англ.)	Kings	Милли
2019	ф	Джон Уик 3	John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum	София
2020	ф	Удары	Bruised	Джеки Джастис
2022	ф	Падение Луны	Moonfall	Джо Фаулер
	ф	Наш человек из Джерси	Our Man from Jersey	Роксанна
	ф	Земля матери	Mother Land

Премии и награды

Год	Премия	Категория	Фильм	Результат
1995	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Куин	Победа
2000	Основная (вечерняя) премия «Эмми»	Лучшая актриса в мини-сериале или кинофильме	Познакомьтесь с Дороти Дэндридж	Победа
Золотой глобус	Лучшая актриса мини-сериала или фильма для TV	Победа
Премия Гильдии киноактёров США	Лучшая женская роль в телефильме или мини-сериале	Победа
Black Reel Awards	Best Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series	Победа
NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Победа
2001	Оскар	Лучшая женская роль	Бал монстров	Победа
Премия Гильдии киноактёров США	Лучшая женская роль	Победа
Золотой глобус	Лучшая женская роль — драма	Номинация
NBR	Лучшая актриса	Победа
2002	BAFTA	Лучшая женская роль	Номинация
Black Reel Awards	Best Actress	Победа
NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress	Пароль «Рыба-меч»	Победа
BET Awards	Best Actress		Победа
2003	BET Awards	Best Actress		Номинация
NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress	Умри, но не сейчас	Победа
2004	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress	Готика	Номинация
BET Awards	Best Actress		Победа
2005	BET Awards	Best Actress		Номинация
Золотая малина	Худшая женская роль	Женщина-кошка	Победа
Основная (вечерняя) премия «Эмми»	Лучшая актриса в мини-сериале или кинофильме	Их глаза видели Бога	Номинация
2006	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress — TV series	Номинация
2007	Выбор народа	Favorite Female Action Hero	Люди Икс: Последняя битва	Победа
2008	BET Awards	Best Actress		Победа
2009	Spike Guys’ Choice Awards	Decade of Hotness Award		Победа
2011	Золотой глобус	за лучшую женскую роль — драма	Фрэнки и Элис	Номинация
BET Awards	Лучшая актриса	Номинация
NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Победа
Prism Awards	Performance in a Feature Film	Победа
2012	Black Reel Awards	Лучшая актриса	Облачный атлас	Номинация
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Драматическая актриса	Тревожный вызов	Номинация
Сатурн	Лучшая актриса	Номинация
BET Awards	Лучшая актриса	Номинация
Black Reel Awards	Лучшая актриса	Номинация
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Актриса научно-фантастического фильма	Люди Икс: Дни минувшего будущего	Номинация
2015	Kids’ Choice Awards	Любимая актриса жанра экшн	Номинация

Примечания

Ссылки

• Хэлли Берри — русскоязычный сайт
• Жизнь и творчество Хэлли Берри
• Halle Berry Fragances

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Холли Берри
Берри на Comic-Con 2017 в Сан-Диего
Родился	Мария Холли Берри 14 августа 1966 г. (55 лет) Кливленд, Огайо , США
Род занятий	Актриса
Активные годы	1989 – настоящее время
Супруг(а)	Дэвид Джастис ​ ​ ( м.  1993; дивизия  1997 ) Эрик Бенет ​ ​ ( м.  2001; дивизия  2005 ) Оливье Мартинес ​ ​ ( м.  2013; сен.  2016 )
Партнер(ы)	Габриэль Обри (2005–2010) Ван Хант (2020 – настоящее время)
Дети	2

Холли Мария Берри ( ; урожденная Мария Холли Берри ; 14 августа 1966 г.) — американская актриса. Она начала свою карьеру в качестве модели и участвовала в нескольких конкурсах красоты, заняв первое место на конкурсе « Мисс США » и заняв шестое место на конкурсе « Мисс Мира 1986 » . Ее прорывная роль в кино была в романтической комедии « Бумеранг » (1992) вместе с Эдди Мерфи , которая привела к ролям в фильмах «Флинтстоуны » (1994) и «Булворт» (1998), а также в телефильме « Представляем Дороти Дендридж » (1999), за который она получила премию . аПремия «Эмми» и « Золотой глобус» .

Берри зарекомендовала себя как одна из самых высокооплачиваемых актрис Голливуда 2000-х годов. Она получила премию Американской киноакадемии за лучшую женскую роль за роль борющейся вдовы в романтической драме «Бал монстров» (2001), став первой и на сегодняшний день единственной афроамериканкой, получившей эту награду. такие роли, как Шторм в четырех частях серии фильмов « Люди Икс » (2000–2014), приспешница грабителя в триллере « Рыба- меч » (2001), девушка Бонда Джинкс в «Умри , но не сейчас» (2002) и главная роль в высмеиваемая Женщина- кошка (2004), за которую она получила 12,5 миллионов долларов США.

В последующие годы последовал различный критический и коммерческий прием: «Идеальный незнакомец» (2007 г.), « Облачный атлас » (2012 г.) и «Зов » (2013 г.) были среди ее заметных фильмов того периода. Она основала продюсерскую компанию 606 Films в 2014 году и участвовала в производстве ряда проектов, в которых она участвовала, таких как научно-фантастический сериал CBS Extant (2014–2015). Она появилась в боевиках « Кингсман: Золотое кольцо» (2017) и « Джон Уик: Глава 3 — Парабеллум » (2019), а ее режиссерский дебют состоялся в драме Netflix « Ушибленные » (2020).

Берри является представителем Revlon с 1996 года. Ранее она была замужем за бейсболистом Дэвидом Джастисом , певцом и автором песен Эриком Бенетом и актером Оливье Мартинесом . У нее двое детей, один от Мартинеса, а другой от модели Габриэля Обри .

Ранний период жизни

Берри родилась Мария Холли Берри в Кливленде, штат Огайо , 14 августа 1966 года, дочь Джудит Энн (урожденная Хокинс), белой английской иммигрантки из Ливерпуля , и Джерома Джесси Берри, афроамериканца. Ее имя было официально изменено на Холли Мария Берри в возрасте пяти лет. Ее родители выбрали ее второе имя от универмага Halle , который был тогда местной достопримечательностью в Кливленде. Мать Берри работала психиатрической медсестрой, а отец работал в той же больнице санитаром в психиатрическом отделении; позже он стал водителем автобуса. Они развелись, когда Берри было четыре года, и ее и ее старшую сестру Хайди Берри-Хендерсон воспитывала исключительно мать. Она отдалилась от отца с детства, отметив в 1992 году, что даже не знала, жив ли он еще. Ее отец оскорблял ее мать, и Берри вспоминала, как ежедневно избивала ее мать, сбрасывала ее с лестницы и била по голове бутылкой вина.

Берри выросла в Оквуде, штат Огайо , и окончила Бедфордскую среднюю школу , где была чирлидером, отличницей, редактором школьной газеты и королевой выпускного бала. Она работала в детском отделе универмага Higbee’s . Затем она училась в Cuyahoga Community College . В 1980-х годах она участвовала в нескольких конкурсах красоты, выиграв «Мисс Подросток Всеамериканский» в 1985 году и «Мисс Огайо США » в 1986 году. В 1986 году она заняла второе место на « Мисс США » после Кристи Фихтнер из Техаса. На конкурсе интервью Мисс США 1986 года она сказала, что надеется стать артисткой или иметь какое-то отношение к средствам массовой информации. Ее интервью было удостоено высшей оценки судей. Она была первой афроамериканкой, участницей Мисс Мира в 1986 году, где она заняла шестое место , а Жизель Ларонд из Тринидада и Тобаго была коронована как Мисс Мира.

Карьера

Ранние работы и прорыв (1989–1999)

В 1989 году Берри переехала в Нью-Йорк, чтобы реализовать свои актерские амбиции. В первое время у нее закончились деньги, и она некоторое время жила в приюте для бездомных и YMCA . К концу того же года ее ситуация улучшилась, и она получила роль модели Эмили Франклин в недолговечном телесериале ABC « Живые куклы », который снимался в Нью-Йорке и был побочным продуктом популярного сериала « Кто такой?» Босс? . Во время записи « Живых кукол » она впала в кому, и ей поставили диагноз « диабет 1 типа» . После отмены Living Dolls она переехала в Лос-Анджелес.

Дебют Берри в кино состоялся в небольшой роли в фильме Спайка Ли « Лихорадка джунглей» (1991), в котором она сыграла Вивиан, наркоманку. В том же году Берри сыграла свою первую главную роль в фильме «Строго по делу » . В 1992 году Берри сыграла карьеру женщину, которая влюбляется в главного героя, которого играет Эдди Мерфи , в романтической комедии « Бумеранг » . В следующем году она привлекла внимание публики как упрямая двухрасовая рабыня в телеадаптации фильма « Королева: история американской семьи» , снятого по книге Алекса Хейли . Берри снялась в живом боевике « Флинтстоуны », сыграв роль «Шэрон Стоун», знойной секретарши, которая пытается соблазнить Фреда Флинтстоуна.

Берри взялась за более серьезную роль, сыграв бывшую наркоманку, пытающуюся восстановить опеку над своим сыном в фильме « Потеря Исайи » (1995) с Джессикой Лэнг в главной роли . Она сыграла Сандру Бичер в фильме «Гонка за солнцем » (1996), основанном на реальной истории, снятой в Австралии , и снялась вместе с Куртом Расселом в фильме «Приказное решение » . Начиная с 1996 года она была представителем Revlon в течение семи лет и продлила контракт в 2004 году.

Она снялась вместе с Натали Десель Рид в комедийном фильме 1997 года B*A*P*S . В 1998 году Берри получила похвалу за роль в «Булворте» умной женщины, воспитанной активистами, которая дает политику ( Уоррен Битти ) новую жизнь. В том же году она сыграла певицу Золу Тейлор , одну из трёх жен поп-певца Фрэнки Лаймона , в биографическом фильме « Почему дураки влюбляются» .

В биографическом фильме HBO 1999 года « Знакомство с Дороти Дэндридж » она сыграла первую афроамериканку, номинированную на премию « Оскар» за лучшую женскую роль , и именно Берри представила сердечный проект, который она представила, выступила сопродюсером и активно боролась за его реализацию. пройти. Выступление Берри было отмечено несколькими наградами, в том числе премией Primetime Emmy Award и Golden Globe Award .

Всемирное признание (2000–2004 гг.)

Берри сыграл супергероя-мутанта Шторма в экранизации серии комиксов « Люди Икс» (2000 г.) и ее сиквелов, «Люди Икс: Последняя битва» (2006 г.) и « Люди Икс: Дни минувшего будущего» ( 2003 г.) . 2014). В 2001 году Берри снялась в фильме « Рыба- меч », где впервые снялась топлесс . Сначала она была против сцены загорания в фильме, в которой она предстала бы топлесс, но в конце концов Берри согласилась. Некоторые люди объясняли изменение ее взглядов значительным увеличением суммы, которую ей предлагала Warner Bros.; Сообщается, что за короткую сцену ей заплатили дополнительно 500 000 долларов. Берри опровергла эти истории, сказав одному из интервьюеров, что они ее позабавили и «сделали фильму большую рекламу». Отказавшись от многочисленных ролей, требующих наготы, она сказала, что решила снять «Рыбу- меч », потому что ее тогдашний муж Эрик Бенет поддерживал ее и поощрял рисковать.

Берри появилась в роли Летисии Масгроув, беспокойной жены казненного убийцы ( Шон Комбс ), в художественном фильме 2001 года «Бал монстров» . Ее игра была отмечена Национальным советом по обзору и премией Гильдии киноактеров за лучшую женскую роль; по интересному совпадению она стала первой афроамериканкой, получившей премию Оскар за лучшую женскую роль (ранее в своей карьере она сыграла Дороти Дендридж , первую афроамериканку, номинированную на лучшую женскую роль, и которая родилась в той же больнице, что и Берри в Кливленде, штат Огайо). NAACP опубликовала заявление: « Поздравляем Холли Берри и Дензела Вашингтона с тем, что они дали нам надежду и заставили нас гордиться. Если это знак того, что Голливуд, наконец, готов предоставить возможность и судить о производительности, основываясь на навыках, а не на цвете кожи, тогда это хорошая вещь.» Эта роль вызвала споры. Ее графическая обнаженная любовная сцена с расистским персонажем, которого играет коллега по фильму Билли Боб Торнтон , была предметом многочисленных разговоров в СМИ и дискуссий среди афроамериканцев. Многие в афроамериканском сообществе критиковали Берри за участие. Берри ответил: «Я действительно не вижу причин заходить так далеко снова. Это был уникальный фильм. Это снова.»

Берри попросил более высокую плату за рекламу Revlon после получения Оскара. Рон Перельман , глава косметической фирмы, поздравил ее, сказав, как он счастлив, что она работала моделью для его компании. Она ответила: «Конечно, вам придется платить мне больше». Перельман в ярости удалился. Принимая свою награду, она произнесла благодарственную речь в честь предыдущих чернокожих актрис, у которых никогда не было такой возможности. Она сказала: «Этот момент намного важнее меня. Это для каждой безымянной, безликой цветной женщины, у которой сегодня есть шанс, потому что эта дверь открыта».

В роли девушки Бонда Джасинты «Джинкс» Джонсон в блокбастере 2002 года « Умри , но не сейчас» Берри воссоздала сцену из «Доктора Ноу », вынырнув из прибоя, чтобы ее приветствовал Джеймс Бонд , как Урсула Андресс 40 лет назад. Линди Хемминг, дизайнер костюмов «Умри , но не сейчас», настояла, чтобы Берри надела бикини и нож в знак уважения. Берри сказал об этой сцене: «Это эффектно», «возбуждающе», «сексуально», «провокационно» и «это будет удерживать меня на месте после получения Оскара». Согласно опросу новостей ITV, Джинкс была признана четвертой самой крутой девушкой на экране всех времен. Берри пострадала во время съемок, когда осколки дымовой шашки попали ей в глаз. Его удалили за 30 минут. После того, как Берри получила премию Оскар, были заказаны переписывания, чтобы дать ей больше экранного времени для X2 .

В ноябре 2003 года она снялась в психологическом триллере « Готика » вместе с Робертом Дауни-младшим , во время которого сломала руку в сцене с Дауни, который слишком сильно скрутил ей руку. Производство было остановлено на восемь недель. Это был умеренный успех в прокате США, собрав 60 миллионов долларов; еще 80 миллионов долларов он заработал за границей. Берри появилась в клипе ню-метал группы Limp Bizkit на песню « Behind Blue Eyes » для саундтрека к фильму. В том же году она заняла первое место в рейтинге « 100 самых сексуальных женщин мира » журнала FHM .

Берри снялась в главной роли в фильме « Женщина- кошка », за которую получила 12,5 миллионов долларов США. и широко рассматривается критиками как один из худших фильмов, когда-либо созданных . За свою игру она была удостоена награды Раззи за худшую женскую роль ; она появилась на церемонии, чтобы принять награду лично (держа в руках свой Оскар из «Бала монстров» ) с чувством юмора, считая это опытом «самого дна», чтобы быть «на вершине». Держа премию «Оскар» в одной руке и «Раззи» в другой, она сказала: «Я никогда в жизни не думала, что окажусь здесь и выиграю «Раззи»! Не то чтобы я когда-либо стремилась быть здесь, но спасибо. Когда я Когда я был ребенком, моя мать говорила мне, что если ты не можешь быть хорошим проигравшим, то ты никак не сможешь стать хорошим победителем».

Признанная актриса (2005–2013).

Ее следующее появление в кино было в спродюсированном Опрой Уинфри телефильме ABC « Их глаза смотрели на Бога» (2005), экранизации романа Зоры Нил Херстон , где Берри изображала свободолюбивую женщину, чьи нетрадиционные сексуальные нравы расстраивали ее современников 1920-х годов. маленькое сообщество. За свою роль она получила вторую номинацию на премию «Эмми» . Также в 2005 году она работала исполнительным продюсером в Lackawanna Blues и получила свой голос для персонажа Кэппи , одного из многих механических существ в анимационном фильме « Роботы » .

В триллере « Идеальный незнакомец» (2007) Берри снялась вместе с Брюсом Уиллисом , сыграв репортёра, работающего под прикрытием, чтобы раскрыть убийцу её друга детства. Фильм собрал скромные 73 миллиона долларов США по всему миру и получил прохладные отзывы критиков, которые посчитали, что, несмотря на присутствие Берри и Уиллиса, он «слишком запутан, чтобы работать, и имеет неожиданный финал, который раздражает и излишен». Следующим ее фильмом 2007 года стала драма « Вещи, которые мы потеряли в огне » с Бенисио дель Торо в главной роли , где она взяла на себя роль недавней вдовы, подружившейся с проблемным другом ее покойного мужа. В этом фильме она впервые работала с женщиной-режиссером, датчанкой Сюзанной Бир , что дало ей новое ощущение «думать одинаково», что она оценила. Хотя мировой прокат фильма составил 8,6 миллиона долларов США, он получил положительные отзывы сценаристов; Austin Chronicle сочла фильм «безупречно построенной драмой о домашних и внутренних изменах с идеальным темпом» и посчитала, что «Берри здесь великолепна, как никогда хороша».

В апреле 2007 года Берри была награждена звездой на Аллее славы в Голливуде перед театром Кодак на Голливудском бульваре, 6801 за вклад в киноиндустрию, а к концу десятилетия она зарекомендовала себя как одна из самых платные актрисы в Голливуде, зарабатывающие около 10 миллионов долларов за фильм.

В независимой драме « Фрэнки и Элис » (2010) Берри сыграла главную роль молодой многорасовой американки с диссоциативным расстройством личности, которая борется со своим альтер-личностью, чтобы сохранить свое истинное «я». Фильм получил ограниченный прокат в кинотеатрах, что вызвало неоднозначную реакцию критиков. Тем не менее The Hollywood Reporter охарактеризовал фильм как «хорошо поставленную психологическую драму, в которой раскрываются темные стороны психики одной женщины» и нашел в нем Берри «завораживающей». Она получила премию Афро-американской ассоциации кинокритиков за лучшую женскую роль и номинацию на премию «Золотой глобус» за лучшую женскую роль в драматическом кино . Затем она сыграла в большом актерском ансамбле в романтической комедии Гарри Маршалла « Новый год» (2011) с Мишель Пфайффер , Джессикой Бил , Робертом Де Ниро , Джошем Дюамелем , Заком Эфроном , Сарой Джессикой Паркер и Софией Вергарой . другие. В фильме она взяла на себя второстепенную роль медсестры, подружившейся с мужчиной на последних этапах (Де Ниро). Несмотря на то, что фильм был раскритикован критиками, он собрал во всем мире 142 миллиона долларов США.

В 2012 году Берри вместе с тогдашним мужем Оливье Мартинесом сыграла роль опытного наставника дайверов в малоизвестном триллере « Темный прилив » и возглавила актерский ансамбль вместе с Томом Хэнксом и Джимом Бродбентом в эпическом научно-фантастическом фильме Вачовски « Облачный атлас » (2012) . , где каждый из актеров играет шесть разных персонажей на протяжении пяти столетий. Cloud Atlas с бюджетом в 128,8 миллиона долларов США заработал 130,4 миллиона долларов США по всему миру и вызвал неоднозначную реакцию как критиков, так и публики.

Берри появился в сегменте независимой комедии-антологии Movie 43 (2013), которую Chicago Sun-Times назвала « Ужасным гражданином Кейном ». Берри добилась большего успеха в своем следующем выступлении в роли оператора 9-1-1 , которому звонит девушка, похищенная серийным убийцей, в криминальном триллере «Вызов » (2013). Берри привлекала «идея стать частью фильма, который так воодушевлял женщин. Нам нечасто удается играть такие роли, когда обычные люди становятся героическими и делают что-то экстраординарное». Манохла Даргис из The New York Times сочла фильм «фактически жутким триллером», в то время как рецензент Дуайт Браун посчитал, что «сценарий дает Берри рабочего персонажа, которого она может сделать доступным, уязвимым и смелым […]». The Call стал хитом , собрав 68,6 миллиона долларов США по всему миру.

Продолжение работы в кино и на телевидении (2014 – настоящее время).

В 2014 году Берри подписалась на роль со-исполнительного продюсера в драматическом сериале CBS Extant , где она взяла на себя роль Молли Вудс , астронавта, которая изо всех сил пытается воссоединиться со своим мужем и сыном-андроидом, проведя 13 месяцев в космосе. . Шоу длилось два сезона до 2015 года и получило в основном положительные отзывы критиков. USA Today отметила: «Она [Холли Берри] придает Молли достоинство и серьезность, спроецированный интеллект, который позволяет вам купить ее как астронавта и увидеть, что с ней произошло, как пугающее, а не смешное. Берри ва-банк, а вы плыви дальше». Также в 2014 году Берри запустила новую продюсерскую компанию 606 Films с партнером-продюсером Элейн Голдсмит-Томас. Он назван в честь законопроекта о борьбе с папарацци, SB 606, который настаивала актриса и который был подписан губернатором Калифорнии Джерри Брауном осенью 2013 года. Новая компания возникла в рамках сделки Берри по работе в Extant. .

В фильме- концерте стендап-комедии Кевин Харт: Что теперь? (2016) Берри появилась в роли самой себя вместе с Кевином Хартом на мероприятии по игре в покер, которое пошло не так. Она исполнила незарегистрированный вокал в песне «Calling All My Lovelies» Бруно Марса из его третьего студийного альбома 24K Magic (2016). Похищение , триллер о похищении, снятый Берри в 2014 году, был выпущен в 2017 году. В фильме она сыграла официантку в закусочной, следящую за автомобилем, когда ее сына похищают его пассажиры. Похищение собрало 34 миллиона долларов США и получило смешанные отзывы от писателей, которые считали, что оно «слишком часто сбивается на использование плохо написанного сценария, чтобы воспользоваться своей мясистой предпосылкой — или все еще впечатляющими талантами [Берри]». Затем она сыграла агента, нанятого секретной американской шпионской организацией, в сиквеле комедии « Кингсман: Золотое кольцо» (2017) в составе актерского ансамбля, состоящего из Колина Ферта , Тэрона Эгертона , Марка Стронга , Джулианны Мур и Элтона Джона . . Хотя критическая реакция на фильм была неоднозначной, во всем мире он собрал 414 миллионов долларов США.

Вместе с Дэниелом Крейгом Берри сыграла мать из рабочего класса во время беспорядков в Лос-Анджелесе в 1992 году в драме Дениза Гамзе Эргювена « Короли» (2017). Фильм был выпущен ограниченным тиражом после первого показа на Международном кинофестивале в Торонто , и как часть общего теплого приема, Variety отметила: «Следует сказать, что Берри показала одни из лучших и худших выступлений за последний квартал. века, но это, пожалуй, единственный случай, когда в одном и том же фильме бросаются в обе крайности». Берри соревновался с Джеймсом Корденом в первом рэп-баттле в первом эпизоде ​​передачи  Drop the Mic на канале TBS , первоначально вышедшей в эфир 24 октября 2017 года.

Она сыграла Софию, убийцу, в фильме « Джон Уик: Глава 3 — Парабеллум », который был выпущен 17 мая 2019 года компанией Lionsgate . По состоянию на февраль 2019 года она является исполнительным продюсером телесериала BET « Бумеранг » , основанного на фильме, в котором она снялась. Премьера сериала состоялась 12 февраля 2019 года.

Берри дебютировала в качестве режиссера в фильме « Ушибленные » , в котором она играет опального бойца ММА по имени Джеки Джастис, который воссоединяется со своим отчужденным сыном. Премьера фильма состоялась на Международном кинофестивале в Торонто в сентябре 2020 года, а его премьера на Netflix состоится в ноябре 2021 года. Берри получила положительный отзыв от Deadline за свою игру.

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Берри заняла первое место в списке « 50 самых красивых людей мира» журнала People в 2003 году после того, как семь раз попала в первую десятку, и в том же году заняла первое место в рейтинге « 100 самых сексуальных женщин мира» по версии FHM . В октябре 2008 года она была названа журналом Esquire «Самой сексуальной женщиной из ныне живущих», о чем она заявила: «Я точно не знаю, что это значит, но мне 42 года и я только что родила ребенка, я думаю, что соглашусь». Men’s Health поставил ее на 35-е место в своем списке «100 самых горячих женщин всех времен». В 2009 году она заняла 23 -е место в списке 100 самых сексуальных кинозвезд Empire . В том же году рэпер Ураган Крис выпустил песню под названием « Halle Berry (She’s Fine) », восхваляющую красоту и сексуальную привлекательность Берри. В возрасте 42 лет (в 2008 году) она была названа «Самой сексуальной чернокожей женщиной» по результатам опроса Access Hollywood «TV One Access». Рожденная от отца-афроамериканца и белой матери, Берри заявила, что ее двухрасовое происхождение было «болезненным и сбивающим с толку», когда она была молодой женщиной, и она рано приняла решение идентифицировать себя как чернокожую женщину, потому что знала, что это было как ее воспримут.

Личная жизнь

Берри встречалась с чикагским дантистом Джоном Ронаном с марта 1989 года по октябрь 1991 года. В ноябре 1993 года Ронан подал в суд на Берри на 80 000 долларов, которые, как он утверждал, были невыплаченными кредитами, чтобы помочь начать ее карьеру. Берри утверждал, что деньги были подарком, и судья закрыл дело, потому что Ронан не указал Берри в качестве должника, когда он подал заявление о банкротстве в 1992 году.

По словам Берри, избиение бывшего оскорбительного бойфренда во время съемок фильма «Последний бойскаут» в 1991 году проткнуло ее барабанную перепонку, из-за чего она потеряла 80% слуха на левое ухо. Она так и не назвала имя обидчика, но сказала, что он был «хорошо известен в Голливуде». В 2004 году ее бывший парень Кристофер Уильямс обвинил Уэсли Снайпса в том, что он несет ответственность за инцидент, сказав: «Я так устал от людей, которые думают, что я тот парень, [который сделал это]. Уэсли Снайпс сломал ей барабанную перепонку, а не я».

Берри впервые увидела бейсболиста Дэвида Джастиса по телевизору, играющего в бейсбольном матче знаменитостей MTV , в феврале 1992 года. Когда репортер из Цинциннати , родного города Джастиса, сказал ей, что Джастис был фанатом, Берри дала репортеру свой номер телефона, чтобы он передал Джастису. Берри вышла замуж за Джастиса вскоре после полуночи 1 января 1993 года. После их разлуки в феврале 1996 года Берри публично заявила, что она была настолько подавлена, что подумывала покончить с собой. Берри и Джастис официально развелись 24 июня 1997 года.

В мае 2000 года Берри отказался оспаривать обвинения в том, что он оставил место автомобильной аварии, и был приговорен к трем годам условно, штрафу в размере 13 500 долларов и приговорен к 200 часам общественных работ.

Берри вышла замуж за своего второго мужа, певца и автора песен Эрика Бенета , 24 января 2001 года после двухлетнего ухаживания. Бенет прошел курс лечения от сексуальной зависимости в 2002 году, и к началу октября 2003 года они расстались, и развод завершился 3 января 2005 года.

В ноябре 2005 года Берри начала встречаться с франко-канадским манекенщиком Габриэлем Обри , с которым познакомилась на фотосессии Versace . Берри родила дочь в марте 2008 года. 30 апреля 2010 года Берри и Обри объявили, что их отношения закончились несколькими месяцами ранее. В январе 2011 года Берри и Обри оказались вовлечены в получившую широкую огласку битву за опеку, главным образом из-за желания Берри переехать со своей дочерью из Лос-Анджелеса, где проживали Берри и Обри, во Францию, в дом французского актера Оливье Мартинеса , которого Берри родила . начали встречаться в 2010 году после того, как познакомились во время съемок фильма «Темный прилив» в Южной Африке. Обри возражал против переезда на том основании, что это помешает их совместной опеке. В ноябре 2012 года судья отклонил просьбу Берри о переезде дочери пары во Францию ​​​​в свете возражений Обри. Менее чем через две недели, 22 ноября 2012 года, Обри и Мартинес лечились в больнице от травм после ссоры в доме Берри. Мартинес произвел гражданский арест Обри, и, поскольку это было сочтено инцидентом с домашним насилием , ему был выдан временный чрезвычайный охранный ордер, запрещающий Обри приближаться к Берри, Мартинесу и ребенку, с которым он делит опеку с Берри, до ноября. 29 ноября 2012 г. В свою очередь, Обри получил временный запретительный судебный приказ против Мартинеса 26 ноября 2012 г., утверждая, что драка началась, когда Мартинес пригрозил убить Обри, если он не позволит паре переехать во Францию. Просочившиеся судебные документы включали фотографии со значительными травмами лица Обри, которые широко освещались в СМИ. 29 ноября 2012 года адвокат Берри объявил, что Берри и Обри достигли в суде мирового соглашения об опеке. В июне 2014 года Верховный суд постановил, что Берри должен выплачивать Обри 16 000 долларов в месяц в качестве алиментов (около 200 тысяч в год), а также ретроактивную выплату в размере 115 000 долларов и сумму в размере 300 000 долларов на оплату услуг адвоката Обри.

Берри и Мартинес подтвердили свою помолвку в марте 2012 года и поженились во Франции 13 июля 2013 года. В октябре 2013 года Берри родила сына. В 2015 году, после двух лет брака, пара объявила о разводе. Сообщается, что развод был завершен в декабре 2016 года, однако по состоянию на ноябрь 2020 года дело продолжается.

Берри начала встречаться с американским музыкантом , обладателем Грэмми , Ван Хантом в 2020 году, о чем стало известно из ее Instagram.

Активизм

Вместе с Пирсом Броснаном , Синди Кроуфорд , Джейн Сеймур , Диком Ван Дайком , Теей Леони и Дэрил Ханной Берри в 2006 году успешно боролась против завода по производству сжиженного природного газа в порту Кабрильо, который был предложен у побережья Малибу. Берри сказал: «Я забочусь о воздухе, которым мы дышим, я забочусь о морской жизни и экосистеме океана». В мае 2007 года губернатор Арнольд Шварценеггер наложил вето на объект. Компания Hasty Pudding Theatricals вручила ей награду «Женщина года 2006 ». В феврале 2008 года Берри приняла участие в рекламной кампании Барака Обамы , охватившей около 2000 домов . вопросы образования, здравоохранения и правосудия. В августе 2013 года Берри вместе с Дженнифер Гарнер свидетельствовала перед Судебным комитетом Ассамблеи штата Калифорния в поддержку законопроекта, который защитит детей знаменитостей от преследований со стороны фотографов. Законопроект был принят в сентябре.

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Телевидение

Награды и номинации

Смотрите также

• Список первых афроамериканцев
• Список женщин-режиссеров кино и телевидения
• Список фильмов о ЛГБТ, снятых женщинами

использованная литература

Общая библиография

• Бантинг, Эринн. Холли Берри , Weigl Publishers, 2005. ISBN  1-59036-333-7 .
• Гогерли, Лиз. Холли Берри , Рейнтри, 2005. ISBN  1-4109-1085-7 .
• Наден, Коринн Дж. Холли Берри , Образовательные ресурсы Sagebrush, 2001. ISBN  0-613-86157-4 .
• О’Брайен, Дэниел. Холли Берри , Reynolds & Hearn, 2003. ISBN  1-903111-38-2 .
• Санелло, Фрэнк. Холли Берри: бурная жизнь , Virgin Books, 2003. ISBN  1-85227-092-6 .
• Шуман, Майкл А. Холли Берри: красота не только физическая , Enslow, 2006. ISBN  0-7660-2467-9 .

внешние ссылки

• Холли Берри на Facebook
• Холли Берри на IMDb
• Холли Берри в AllMovie
• Холли Берри на People.com
• Холли Берри в TV Guide
• Холли Берри в базе данных фильмов TCM