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Halle Berry is living proof that some models can act. Beauty queen, desired model and finally successful actress, Berry was the first African American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her part in ‘Monsters Ball’ - the story of a woman who has an affair with a racist ex-jailer who oversaw the execution of her husband.

Born to an African American father and a white mother, Berry had difficulty as a child, fitting neither in the black community nor the white. She capitalised on her looks on the catwalk as a young teenager, and later turned to professional modelling.

The TV series ‘Living Dolls’ was her first acting job and from there she moved on to ‘Knots Landing’. As a TV actress, Berry gained the reputation of living her roles - she would continue in character for the entire duration of a shoot, regardless of whether the cameras were rolling or not.

Her method worked well for her first film, Spike Lee's ‘Jungle Fever’, when she refused to bathe for days before starting to act the role of a crack addict.

Flitting between comic and hard-hitting roles, Berry established a healthy rapport with her audience and the critics, winning her considerable acclaim in the late 1990s. Less commended was her part opposite[urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/518:0/John_Travolta.htm] John Travolta [/urlnew]in the terrible thriller ‘Swordfish’. The film sold itself as the first to reveal Berry's breasts, and did little to recommend her as a serious actress.

Director Marc Forster, undeterred by this blip, went on to cast Berry in ‘Monster's Ball’, a role that brilliantly revealed an inner turmoil and brought the actress to the brink of superstardom.
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Berry was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties after pleading no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident. The judge also ordered the actress to perform 200 hours of community service.

Halle Berry is diabetic.

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Jungle Fever -- 1991 as Vivian
Strictly Business -- 1991 as Natalie
The Last Boy Scout -- 1991 as Cory
Boomerang -- 1992 as Angela Lewis
CB4 -- 1993 as Herself
Father Hood -- 1993 as Kathleen Mercer
The Program -- 1993 as Autumn Haley
The Flinstones -- 1994 as Sharon Stone
Losing Isaiah -- 1995 as Khaila Richards
Solomon & Sheba (TV) -- 1995 as Nikhaule/Queen Sheba
Executive Decision -- 1996 as Jean
Race the Sun -- 1996 as Miss Sandra Beecher
Girl 6 -- 1996 as Herself
The Rich Man's Wife -- 1996 as Josie Potenza
BAPS -- 1997 as Nisi
Bulworth -- 1997 as Nina
Why Do Fools Fall In Love -- 1998 as Zola Taylor
Welcome to Hollywood -- 1998 as Herself
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge -- 1998 as Dorothy Dandridge
X-Men -- 2000 as Storm/Ororo Munroe
Swordfish -- 2001 as Ginger
Monster's Ball -- 2001 as Leticia
Die Another Day -- 2002 as Jinx
X2 -- 2003 as Storm/Ororo Munroe
Foxy Brown -- 2003 as Foxy Brown
Brown Eyed Girl -- 2003


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