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Biography
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to
African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant,
and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse.
Halle also has an older sister named Heidi. Halle first came into
the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen
All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and a
year later in 1986 when she was the first runner-up in the Miss USA
Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a model.
It would eventually lead to her first weekly TV series, 1989's
_"Living Dolls" (1989)_ (qv), where she soon gained a reputation
for her onset tenacity, preferring to "live" her roles and
remaining in character even when the cameras stopped rolling. It
paid off though when she reportedly refused to bathe for several
days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in 'Spike
Lee' (qv)'s _Jungle Fever (1991)_ (qv) because the role provided
her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as
'Eddie Murphy' (qv)'s love interest in _Boomerang (1992)_ (qv), one
of the few times that Murphy was evenly matched on screen. In 1994,
Berry gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy
secretary Sharon Stone in _Flintstones, The (1994)_ (qv). She next
had a highly publicized costarring role with 'Jessica Lange' (qv)
in the adoption drama _Losing Isaiah (1995)_ (qv). Though the movie
received mixed reviews, Berry didn't let that slow her down, and
continued down her path to superstardom. In 1998, she received
critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who
takes up with a struggling politician in 'Warren Beatty' (qv)'s
_Bulworth (1998)_ (qv). The following year she won even greater
acclaim for her role as actress 'Dorothy Dandridge' (qv) in
made-for-cable's _Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)_ (qv),
for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV
Movie/Mini-Series. In 2000, she received box office success in
_X-Men (2000)_ (qv) in which she played Storm, a mutant who has the
ability to control the weather.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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