Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to her parents divorce, Berry was mainly raised by her mother and was estranged from her father from a young age. She entered many beauty contests in the 1980’s and eventually won the Miss Teen All-American and Miss Ohio USA.
In the late 1980’s,

Berry went to Chicago to pursue a modeling and acting career. Her role in 2001’s film Monster’s Ball awarded her the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild prizes.

Berry also made history by becoming the first African-American woman to receive a Best Actress Academy Award. On April 3, 2007, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She briefly dated French-Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubry and in March 16, 2008 tgave birth to a baby girl, Nahla Ariela Aubry.