In my opinion, Halle needs to be in more movies. She's famous for being 'Storm' and 'Jinx' but what else? and that quick scene in "Swordfish" doesn't count. She is one of those people that can play a strong woman that can take the lead and also a woman that gets all the stares, men and women alike, as she enters a room. She has everything in one package, again, don't judge a book by it's cover. I hope that she isn't in so many movies because she turns them down.
Factoids
- Was born in Cleveland but grew up in Oakwood Village, Ohio.
- Is type 1 diabetic.
- Mother is from Liverpool, England.
- Her maternal grandmother was English. Also has other English (distantly related to the Baronets Beresford, Viscounts of Tyrone, Earls of Tyrone and Marquesses of Waterford, to Barons Decies and to Baron Beresford, and to the Marquess of Campo-Maior Count of Trancoso in Portugal), Irish, German and remote Dutch ancestry.
- Has a half-sister, Renee Berry (b. 1959).
- Her parents, Judith Ann Hawkins & Jerome Jesse Berry, divorced when she was 4 years old. She was then raised by her mom.
- Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford Heights
- Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School in Ohio and also was an honor society member, editor of the school paper, class president and crowned prom queen.
- Attended Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Miss Teen All American. [1985]
- Miss Ohio USA. [1986]
- Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first season of "Who Wants to Marry My Dad?" (2003).
- Early in her career she auditioned for the role of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), but lost out to Angela Bassett who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance.
- Turned down the role of Annie in Speed (1994/I).
- Her favorite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the made for television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV). Dorothy Dandridge was the first African- American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and coincidentally Halle Berry is the first to have won in that category.
- When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge, she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland, Ohio hospital.
- Was given her Oscar-winning role of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001) after both Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams turned the role down.
- Her first $1 million salary for a film was for Executive Decision (1996) - a part which she earlier refused.... until she was offered $1 million.
- On April 10, 2002, she received an injury on the set of Die Another Day (2002). Halle was injured on location in Cadiz, Spain while shooting an action sequence that involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune.
- The age difference between herself and Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day (2002) - 12 years and 5 months - is the greatest age difference between two Bond girls in one film since Alison Doody and Grace Jones - a difference of 18 years - in A View to a Kill (1985).
- First actress to star in a "Bond-film" following an Oscar win
- She and Kim Basinger are the only "Bond girls" to win Oscars.
- Saved from choking on a fig by Pierce Brosnan during shooting of the love scene on Cuba for Die Another Day (2002).
- Lived in Cape Town, South Africa while filming Dark Tide (2011) (July-September 2010).
- May 2003 - Broke her arm on the set of Gothika (2003), filming in Montreal.
- Wisely turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli (2003), which birthed the relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
- Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman (2004). She wasn't seriously injured.
- Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman (2004)) named Playto, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Playto was too serious a name for her.
- Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is now an office building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder department store on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995).
- First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
- First black American in the Miss World Competition. She didn't win a prize but her dress did.
- The first actress to star and portray two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies: "Storm" for Marvel's X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003), and "Catwoman" for D.C Comics's Catwoman (2004).
- Played a character called "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones (1994). Ten years later she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman (2004).
- Received the 2,333rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 3, 2007.
- Is one of five African-American actresses to win an Oscar in a competitive category. In chronological order the others are: Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost (1990), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006) and Mo'Nique for Precious (2009).
- Is one of eight African-American actresses to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett and Gabourey Sidibe.
- Starred in four movies with Hugh Jackman: X-Men (2000), Swordfish (2001) and X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
- Frequently hailed as one of Hollywood's best dressed stars.
- Well known for "living" her roles, she refused to bathe for two weeks in preparation for a role as a crack addict in Jungle Fever (1991).
- Is an active participant with the Jenesee Center (for abused women and children) in Los Angeles.
- Studies acting under Ivana Chubbuck.
- Favorite and least favorite words as respectively revealed to host James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio: Halle Berry (#13.14)" (2007) are: Chutzpah and [the "N" word. ed].
- One of only four actresses, along with Faye Dunaway, Sandra Bullock and Liza Minnelli, to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek).
- When she "won" the Razzie® Award as Worst Actress of 2004 for Catwoman, Berry became the first Oscar winner ever to attend and accept her Razzie Award in person. A video of Berry's hilarious 8-minute is linked below. [I hate Flash, but gotta have it to see it. ed.]
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