Halle Berry ( /ˈhæli ˈbɛri/; born August 14,
1966) is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received
an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing
Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was
nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's
Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2012, only woman of African American
descent to have won the award for Best Actress. She is one of the most
highly paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She
has been involved in the production side of several of the films in
which she performed.
Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests,
finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant (1986), and
coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986. She made her film
debut with a small role in 1991's Jungle Fever. This led to starring
roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998.), X-Men (2000) and its
sequels, and as Bond Girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002). She also won
the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in 2005 for Catwoman and
accepted the award in person—one of the few performers to do so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Berry
