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Biography:
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 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 c ...(read more)
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 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 eventually led
to her first weekly TV series, 1989's "Living Dolls" (1989) , where she soon gained a
reputation for her on set 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's Jungle Fever (1991)
because the role provided her big screen breakthrough. The following
year, she was cast as 'Eddie Murphy (I)'s love interest in Boomerang (1992) , 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) . She next had a highly publicized costarring
role with 'Jessica Lange' in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1995) . 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's Bulworth (1998) . The following year
she won even greater acclaim for her role as actress 'Dorothy Dandridge' in
made-for-cable's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) , 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) in which she played Storm, a mutant who has the
ability to control the weather.
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Quotes:
* On 'Dorothy Dandridge' : "...You have to find a way to be sad on every day, in every
scene, in every moment. And always try to hide the sadness. And (then)
you'll get the essence of who she was."
* "This moment is so much bigger than me, This moment ...(read more)
* On 'Dorothy Dandridge' : "...You have to find a way to be sad on every day, in every
scene, in every moment. And always try to hide the sadness. And (then)
you'll get the essence of who she was."
* "This moment is so much bigger than me, This moment is for 'Dorothy Dandridge' ,
'Lena Horne' , 'Diahann Carroll' ... It's for the women that stand beside me, 'Jada Pinkett Smith' ,
'Angela Bassett' , 'Vivica A. Fox' ... and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of
color that now has a chance, because the door tonight has been opened."
- During her Oscar acceptance speech.
* On choosing both serious and popcorn-movie roles: "There's art and
there's commerce. You have to find a way to mesh the two. It's
important to do the little movies just for the love of the art. But
it's those big movies that take you around the world and make you
globally famous."
* "I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to
anything, but I will never marry again."
* "I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I
just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as
smart, or whatever."
* "Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community.
Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people
see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason
alone, I identify more 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."
* "I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother
is white [her father Jerome is black]. Knowing that has made my life
easier, I think."
* I want to be the next Spike Lee. I want to help other black folks to
get into Hollywood and be successful in Hollywood.
* "What is my real purpose here? I've looked at what I do. I make believe
and make movies. I entertain people and get paid for it. Sometimes it
seems like such a shallow existence. How insignificant in the scheme of
life."
* "When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good
loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner. And I hope to
God I never see these people again." - on accepting her Razzie Award
for Worst Actress
* "I never wanted to be a model. My modeling career was nothing but a
stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A
pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get
to the meaningful oasis of acting."
* "I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel
the need to be someone's wife."
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Posted on 02/22/08 09:22 PM.
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