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Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years 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 U.S.A. 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'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 The Flintstones (1994). She next had a highly publicized starring 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 super-stardom.

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), 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. In 2001, she starred in the thriller Swordfish (2001), and became the first African-American to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards, for her role as a grieving mother in the drama Monster's Ball (2001).

(1999) TV commercial: M&amp;M&#39;s candy.

(2001-02) TV commercial: Pepsi-Cola Twist.

(2002) TV commercial (w/<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000112/?ref_=nmwrk">Pierce Brosnan</a>): TNN&#39;s &quot;James Bond for the 21st Century&quot;.

(2000) Print ads: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick.

(2003) TV commercial: Revlon Overtime Lip Color.

(2003) TV commercial (PSA): Martin Luther King Memorial Project.

(1998) Music video: Appeared in the <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0695247/?ref_=nmwrk">Pras Michel</a> video &quot;Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)&quot;.

(2003) Print ads: Revlon LipGlide Color Gloss Lipstick.

(2003) Music video: Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1552980/?ref_=nmwrk">Limp Bizkit</a>&#39;s &quot;Behind Blue Eyes&quot; video (from the soundtrack for <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0348836/?ref_=nmwrk">Gothika (2003)</a>).

(2004) Print ads (PSA): Army Air Force Exchange Service.

(2001) Was Miss November 2000 on the Maxim Uncut 2001 15-Month Calendar.

(2004) Print ads (PSA): ambassador for Diabetes Aware along with Novo Nordisk and Entertainment Industry Foundation.

(2006-08) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s ColorStay Makeup.

(2007-09) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s ColorStay Mineral Collection color cosmetics.

(2008) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Total Definition Lash Fantasy.

(2009) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Creme Gloss lipstick.

(2009) Printad: Her &quot;Halle&quot; fragrance from Halle Berry Fragrances.

(2009) TV commercial (Holland): her own fragrance &quot;Halle&quot;.

(2010) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Super Lustrous Lipstick.

(2010) Print ads: her Halle Berry Fragrances&#39; Halle Pure Orchid perfume.

(2010) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s PhotoReady makeup &amp; foundation.

(2009-11) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Colorstay Mineral makeup.

(2011) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Color Cosmetics product line.

(2009) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Nail Enamel.

(2012) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Colorstay Nail Enamel.

(2012) TV commercial (Germany): Deichmann.

(2012) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s ColorStay Whipped Creme Makeup.

(2013) Print ads: Revlon&#39;s Photoready Kajal Intense Eyeliner &amp; Brightener.

(2009) Appeared in a PSA for the &quot;Children&#39;s Diabetes Foundation&quot;.

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