Halle Berry

She was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties after pleading no contest on May 10, 2000 to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident. The judge also ordered the actress to perform 200 hours of community service and to make restitution as determined by the outcome of civil litigation arising from the February accident when she was driving a rented Chevrolet Blazer and ran a red light and crashed into another car on Sunset Boulevard. She left the scene of the accident before authorities arrived, suffered a gash to her head that required 20 stitches to close, and the woman (Hetal Raythatha) driving the other vehicle broke her wrist. Halle reported the accident to a police officer at the hospital where she sought treatment.

Is type 1 diabetic.

Her parents, Judith Ann Hawkins and Jerome Jesse Berry, divorced when she was 4 years old. She was then raised by her mother. When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge , she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same Cleveland, Ohio hospital.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the first season of "Who Wants to Marry My Dad?" .

Miss Teen All American and Miss Ohio USA.

Attended Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.

Turned down the role of Annie Porter in Speed , which went to Sandra Bullock.

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" .

In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper, and class president. Was also crowned prom queen.

Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 1990s.

Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford Heights, Ohio.

Is the first African-American actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Older sister Heidi Berry is estranged from Halle.

(April 10, 2002) She received an injury on the set of Die Another Day . 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.

Has portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge . 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.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

Attended and graduated from Bedford High School in Bedford, Ohio.

Is the first black American in the Miss World Competition. She did not win a prize but her dress did.

Is the second "Bond girl" to win an Academy Award. The first was Kim Basinger.

Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular from the first 75 years.

Ranked #96 in Premiere magazines 2003 annual Power 100 List.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

(September 2002) Voted the 10th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine.

Has starred in six movies with Hugh Jackman : X-Men , Swordfish X2 , X-Men: The Last Stand , Movie 43 and X-Men: Days of Future Past .

(May 2003) During filming of Gothika in Montreal, Robert Downey Jr. was supposed to grab her arm and twist but he twisted too hard and broke her arm. Production was halted for eight weeks.

Was a Bearcats cheerleader at Bedford High School.

Became engaged to singer Eric Bent on August 14, 1999. Benet has a daughter, India Benet (born in 1991).

Halles father was African-American. Halles mother, who is white, has English, German, some Irish, and distant Dutch, ancestry. Halles maternal grandfather was American-born, and Halles maternal grandmother was English, born in Sawley, Derbyshire.

Is the first actress to star as and portray two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies: Storm in Marvels X-Men films, and Catwoman in DC Comics Catwoman .

Is currently the highest paid black actress in Hollywood.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World . She has now appeared on this list eight times, tying with Julia Roberts for the most appearances.

Ranked #7 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" supplement.

Has played a character called Sharon Stone in The Flintstones . Ten years later, she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman .

Wisely turned down the female lead in box office disaster Gigli , which birthed the relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

Smashed her head into set lights on the set of Catwoman . She was not seriously injured.

Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman ) named Playto, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Playto was too serious a name for her.

Her first $1 million salary for a film was for Executive Decision - a role which she earlier refused until she was offered $1 million.

Voted #7 on VH1s "100 Hottest Hotties".

Ranked #15 in Stuff magazines "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2004 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggessted in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Gothika , she failed to receive a nomination however. The very next year though, she got a nomination for Worst Actress in the film Catwoman .

On Febuary 26, 2005, she showed up in person to accept the Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her role as Catwoman and became the first actress to do so. Accepting the award, Berry smiled and said "Thank you and I hope to God I never see you guys again.".

Is 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 ).

Frequently hailed as one of Hollywoods best dressed stars.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

Voted #1 on BETs "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years"

Her favorite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge , Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg.

Ranked #41 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.

Harvard Universitys Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2006 Woman of the Year

Was born in Cleveland but grew up in Oakwood Village, Ohio. She still has family there.

Ranked #5 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" supplement.

Ranked #7 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2002 list.

Is the first actress to star in a "Bond-film" following an Academy Award win.

Ranked #6 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

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 .

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 3, 2007.

Is one of 7 African-American actresses to win an Oscar in a competitive category. In chronological order, the others are: Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind , Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost , Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls , MoNique for Precious (2009/II) , Octavia Spencer for The Help and Viola Davis for Fences .

Is an active participant with the Jenesee Center (for abused women and children) in Los Angeles.

Ranked #55 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.

Saved from choking on a fig by Pierce Brosnan during shooting of the love scene on Cuba for Die Another Day .

Is one of 10 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 , Gabourey Sidibe , Viola Davis and Quvenzhan Wallis.

Studies acting under Ivana Chubbuck.

Lives in Los Angeles and Malibu, California.

Early in her career, she auditioned for the role of Tina Turner in Whats Love Got to Do with It , but lost out to Angela Bassett who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance.

Was given her Oscar-winning role of Leticia Musgrove in Monsters Ball after both Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams turned the role down.

Was named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in 2008.

Has a half-sister, Renee Berry (born 1959), from her father Jerome Berrys marriage to Edwina Taylor.

Favorite and least favorite words as respectively revealed to host James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" {Halle Berry (#13.14)} are "Chutzpah" and "Nigger".

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.

Was in a relationship with Michael Ealy (July 2004-October 2005).

Stated that it was her role as a mother in Things We Lost in the Fire that led her to make the decision to become a mother herself.

Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her daughter Nahla in order to begin filming Frankie & Alice .

(September 21, 2011) Broke her foot after tripping over a rock whilst chasing her daughter Nahla on a day off from filming Cloud Atlas in Majorca, Spain.

Canceled her appearance on the Oscars on February 26, 2012, due to her broken foot.

Lived in Saint-Hypolite (north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada) from October 2008 until April 2010.

Lived in Cape Town, South Africa with her daughter Nahla and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry whilst filming Dark Tide (July-September 2010).

Was in a relationship with Gabriel Aubry from 2005 to 2010. They have a daughter together.

Has 2 children - a daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry (born on March 16, 2008) with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and a son Maceo Robert Martinez (born on October 5, 2013) with her ex-husband Olivier Martinez.

(July 13, 2013) Married for the 3rd time her boyfriend of 2 years Olivier Martinez following a 17-month-long engagement.

Was 4 months pregnant with her son Maceo when she completed filming X-Men: Days of Future Past .

Met French husband-to-be Olivier Martinez on the set of Dark Tide .

Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Maceo to begin filming "Extant" .

Was the 121st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Monsters Ball at The 74th Annual Academy Awards on March 24, 2002.

Can play the flute.

Re-launched her lingerie line Scandale [November 2016].

Spokeswoman for Revlon beauty products.

Friends with Nancy ODell , Warren Beatty , Nicole Kidman , Whitney Houston , and Robert Downey Jr..

Met Alex da Kid through friends in the Entertainment Industry [Sept 2017].

Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.

Humor is always part of the best hours in life.

[on having short hair] I think I am at my best when my hair is short.

[on winning her own Oscar in 2002 and the lack of diversity at 2015,Academy Awards]It was one of my lowest professional moments. I sat,there and I thought, wow, that moment really meant nothing. It meant,nothing. I thought it meant something but now I think it meant nothing.

[on the lack of diversity at 2015 Academy Awards]I profoundly hurt by,that and saddened by that, and it inspired me to try to get involved in,other ways. Which is why I want to start directing. I want to start,producing more, I want to start being a part of making more,opportunities for people of color.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

Beauty is not just physical.

I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him. .