Halle Berry American Actress Born 1966 in Cleveland

Halle Berry (14 August 1966, Cleveland) is an American actress. She is recognised for appearances in X-Men (2000) and Die Another Day (2002).

Early life

Her education includes Cuyahoga Community College and Bedford High School.

Career

Her screen career on record begins in 1989 with Living Dolls. The 1990s brought The Last Boy Scout (1991) and The Flintstones (1994, as Sharon Stone). Her 2000s credits include X2 (2003, as Ororo Munroe) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, as Ororo Munroe). During the 2010s, she worked on Cloud Atlas (2012) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, as Ororo Munroe). Work from the 2020s includes Moonfall (2022) and Crime 101 (2026).

Halle Berry’s credits add up to 49 films and 3 TV series from 1989 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (11), followed by drama (7) and fantasy (6). Of her nine titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) has the highest, at $746 million. Behind the camera, she is listed as director on Bruised.

Hugh Jackman appears in six of her listed titles, including Swordfish (2001) and Movie 43 (2013). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Anna Paquin (four titles) and Ian McKellen (four titles). Bryan Singer directed three of her titles on record. Brett Ratner is credited as director on two of them. Among her other notable work are John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Monster's Ball.

Recognition

Halle Berry’s wins include the Academy Award for Best Actress, awarded in 2002 for Monster's Ball. The list of wins also includes an Emmy Award (2000) and the Golden Globes (2000). A nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie in 2000 for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is also listed. In total, she has won 22 awards and earned 56 nominations.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to David Justice (1993 to 1997, divorced), Eric Benét (2001 to 2005, divorced) and Olivier Martinez (2013 to 2016, divorced). She is the mother of Maceo Martinez, and has 2 children in total.