Halle Berry
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Cleveland, Ohio
A woman whose combination of talent, tenacity, and beauty has made her one of Hollywood's busiest actors, Halle Berry has enjoyed a level of success that has come from years of hard work and her share of career pitfalls. Berry's interest in show business came courtesy of her participation in a number of beauty pageants throughout her teens, including the 1986 Miss U.S.A. Pageant. A native of Cleveland, OH, where she was born to an African-American father and white mother on August 14, 1968, Berry was raised by her mother, a psychiatric nurse, following her parents' divorce. At the age of 17, she appeared in the spotlight for the first time as the winner of the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, and subsequently became a model. Berry won her first professional acting gig on the TV series Living Dolls, and then appeared on Knots Landing before winning her first big-screen role in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever. It was on the set of the film that she first earned her reputation for her full commitment to acting, reportedly refusing to bathe for weeks in preparation for her portrayal of a crack addict.Following her film debut, Berry was cast opposite Eddie Murphy in Boomerang (1992) as the comedian's love interest; not only did she hold her own against Murphy, but the same year she did acclaimed work in the title role of the Alex Haley miniseries Queen, playing a young woman struggling against the brutal conditions of slavery.After a comedic turn as sultry secretary Sharon Stone in the 1994 live-action version of The Flintstones, Berry returned to more serious fare with her role in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1995). Starring opposite Jessica Lange as a former crack addict battling to win custody of her child, who as a baby was adopted by an affluent white couple, Berry earned a mixed reception from critics, some of whom noted that her scenes with Lange highlighted Berry's own shortcomings.However, critical opinion of the actress' work was overwhelmingly favorable in 1998, when she starred as a street smart young woman who comes to the aid of a bumbling politician in Warren Beatty's Bullworth. The following year, Berry won even greater acclaim -- and an Emmy and Golden Globe -- for her turn as tragic screen siren Dorothy Dandridge in the made-for-cable Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Unfortunately, any acclaim Berry enjoyed was overshadowed by her widely publicized brush with the law in February of 2000, when she allegedly ran a red light, slammed into another car, and then left the scene of the accident. The actress, who suffered a gash to her forehead (the driver of the other car sustained a broken wrist), was booked in a misdemeanor court in early April of that year.Fortunately for Berry, her subsequent onscreen work removed the spotlight from her legal troubles; that same year, she starred as Storm in Bryan Singer's hugely successful adaptation of The X-Men. The film was a box office hit, but her next popcorn flick, the thriller Swordfish, which touted itself as the first movie to feature Berry baring her breasts, had a less impressive reception.Berry again bared more than her character's inner turmoil in Monster's Ball (2001), a romantic drama directed by Marc Forster that starred the actress as a woman who becomes involved with an ex-prison-guard (Billy Bob Thornton) who oversaw the prison execution of her husband (Sean Combs). Berry earned wide critical praise for her work in the film, as well as Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress. And though she may have lost out to Sissy Spacek in the Golden Globes, her night at the Oscars found Berry the favored performer as took home a statue for Best Actress. A momentous footnote in Academy Award history, Berry's win marked the first time an African American had been bestowed that particular honor.Although her turn in the James Bond flick Die Another Day was so successful that talk began of a spin-off film, Berry's first true post-Oscar vehicle Gothika proved to be unpopula
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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100% | Lost in America |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Bruised |
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— | 2020 |
89% | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum |
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— | 2019 |
13% | Kings |
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— | 2018 |
51% | Kingsman: The Golden Circle |
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$99.8M | 2017 |
35% | Kidnap |
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$30.6M | 2017 |
76% | Kevin Hart: What Now? |
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$23.6M | 2016 |
90% | X-Men: Days of Future Past |
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$199.4M | 2014 |
21% | Frankie & Alice |
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$0.7M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | X-Men: Days of Future Past (Rogue Cut) |
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— | 2014 |
44% | The Call |
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— | 2013 |
4% | Movie 43 |
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$8.8M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Skank Robbers |
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— | 2013 |
66% | Cloud Atlas |
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$22.1M | 2012 |
0% | Dark Tide |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston |
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— | 2012 |
7% | New Year's Eve |
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$54.6M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | For Love of Liberty |
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— | 2010 |
65% | Things We Lost in the Fire |
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$3.3M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Class Act |
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— | 2007 |
10% | Perfect Stranger |
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$23.8M | 2007 |
57% | X-Men: The Last Stand |
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$234.3M | 2006 |
64% | Robots |
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$128.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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— | 2005 |
75% | Lackawanna Blues |
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— | 2005 |
9% | Catwoman |
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$40.2M | 2004 |
15% | Gothika |
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$59.6M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty |
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— | 2003 |
85% | X2: X-Men United |
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$214.9M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Christmas From Hollywood |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle |
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— | 2003 |
56% | Die Another Day |
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$160.3M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Bond Girls Are Forever |
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— | 2002 |
85% | Monster's Ball |
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$31.3M | 2002 |
25% | Swordfish |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Welcome to Hollywood |
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— | 2000 |
82% | X-Men |
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$156.2M | 2000 |
83% | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge |
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— | 1999 |
52% | Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
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— | 1998 |
76% | Bulworth |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Oprah Winfrey Presents 'The Wedding' |
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— | 1998 |
16% | B.A.P.S. |
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— | 1997 |
13% | The Rich Man's Wife |
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— | 1996 |
33% | Girl 6 |
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— | 1996 |
22% | Race the Sun |
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— | 1996 |
65% | Executive Decision |
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— | 1996 |
45% | Losing Isaiah |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Solomon & Sheba |
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— | 1995 |
20% | The Flintstones |
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— | 1994 |
43% | The Program |
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— | 1993 |
10% | Father Hood |
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— | 1993 |
57% | CB4 |
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— | 1993 |
43% | Boomerang |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Queen |
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— | 1992 |
47% | The Last Boy Scout |
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— | 1991 |
10% | Strictly Business |
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— | 1991 |
81% | Jungle Fever |
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— | 1991 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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100% |
Boomerang
2018
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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77% |
Extant
2014-2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
CBS This Morning
2012
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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31% |
The Jay Leno Show
2009-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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No Score Yet |
Punk'd (2003)
2003-2012
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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No Score Yet |
The Bernie Mac Show
2001-2006
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93% |
Frasier
1993-2004
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No Score Yet |
A Different World
1987-1993
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No Score Yet |
Knots Landing
1979-1993
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No Score Yet |
MADtv
1995-2009
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Quotes from Halle Berry's Characters
Dr. Miranda Grey: | Logic is overrrated.. |
Jordan Turner: | It's already done! |
Laurel Hedare: | Game over. |
Patience Phillips/Catwoman: | Guess what? It's overtime! |
Bishop: | You can't stop that many... |
Storm: | No, but we can slow them down. |
Miss Stone: | Will there be anything else, Mr. Flintstone? |
Fred Flintstone: | No, Miss Stone. take the rest of the day off. |
Jordan Turner: | It's already done. |
Jordan Turner: | What's your favorite movie? |
Casey Welson: | Bridesmaids. |
Old Rufus Sixsmith: | I knew someone with a birthmark similar to that. |
Luisa Rey: | Who was it? |
Old Rufus Sixsmith: | Someone I cared for very much. |
Luisa Rey: | You have to do whatever it is you can't not do. |
Nina: | The power of a media that's continually controlled by fewer and fewer people, add to that monopoly of the media , a consumer culture that that's based on self-gratification, and you're not likely to have a population that wants leadership that calls for self-sacrifice. |
Dr. Miranda Grey: | Logic is so overrated! |
Laurel Hedare: | If you have no identity, why keep it a secret? |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | Because you killed me! |
Ororo Munroe/Storm: | I don't think you should be here. |
Logan/Wolverine: | Do you? |
Storm: | Wolverine: Hey, it's me. Cyclops: Prove it. Wolverine: You're a dick. Cyclops: Okay. |
Wolverine: | Wolverine: Hey, it's me. |
Wolverine: | Hey, it's me. |
Cyclops: | Prove it. |
Wolverine: | You're a dick. |
Cyclops: | Okay. |
Storm: | Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else. |
Jeff: | "I'm sorry I can't read minds!" |
Jeff: | I'm sorry I can't read minds! |
Kate: | "You're my Husband, you're suppose to!" |
Kate: | You're my Husband, you're suppose to! |
Wolverine: | Magneto's right: there is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side? |
Storm: | At least I've chosen a side. |
Storm: | Sometimes pity gets you through life |
Storm: | Sometimes pity gets you through life. |
Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler: | So can faith |
Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler: | So can faith. |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | ''You know; Lassie would've brought me a key'' |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | You know; Lassie would've brought me a key. |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | ''Time to accessorize'' |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | Time to accessorize. |
Kate: | Let's give him his money's worth! |
Kate: | My father once told me 'be careful of the things you love most in the world, because if your not careful, that very thing can destroy you'. |
Angela: | Love? Love would've brought your ass home last night! |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | Ok Sal, waht do you think? [hold up to different dresses] |
Sally: | I don't know. You going to a church or a Playboy mansion? |
Ophelia: | Catwomen are not contained by the rules of society. You follow your own desires. This is both a blessing and a curse. You will often be alone and misunderstood. But you will experience a freedom other women will never know. You are a catwoman. Every sight, every smell, every sound, incredibly heightened. Fierce independence, total confidence, inhuman reflexes. |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | So I'm not Patience anymore? |
Ophelia: | You are Patience. And you are Catwoman. |
Patience Philips/Catwoman: | I'm Patience Phillips. |
Laurel Hedare: | That's who's under there?! |
Dr. Miranda Grey: | Do you think I'm crazy |
Dr. Miranda Grey: | Do you think I'm crazy? |
Storm: | (Talking to Toad) Do you know what happens to a toad gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else. |
Ororo Munroe/Storm: | We live in an age of darkness: a world full of fear, hate and intolerance. But in every age, there are those who fight against it. Charles Xavier was born into a world divided, a world he tried to heal... a mission he never saw accomplished. It seems it's the destiny of great men to see their goals unfulfilled. Charles was more than a leader, more than a teacher. He was a friend. When we were afraid, he gave us strength. When we were alone, he gave us a family. He may be gone, but his teachings live on through us, his students. Wherever we may go, we must carry on his vision. And that is a vision of a world united. |
Ororo Munroe/Storm: | We live in an age of darkness: a world full of fear, hate and intolerance. But in every age, there are those who fight against it. Charles Xavier was born into a world divided, a world he tried to heal a mission he never saw accomplished. It seems it's the destiny of great men to see their goals unfulfilled. Charles was more than a leader, more than a teacher. He was a friend. When we were afraid, he gave us strength. When we were alone, he gave us a family. He may be gone, but his teachings live on through us, his students. Wherever we may go, we must carry on his vision. And that is a vision of a world united. |
Frankie Murdoch: | Frankie's not here. She's awake and frightened. I'm getting tired of having to step in for her... |