Halle Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an American actress, a former
fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe,
SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won
an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in
2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as
of 2011, only woman of African American descent to have won the award
for Best Actress. She is one of the most highly paid actresses in
Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman.She has been involved in the
production side of several of the films in which she performed.
Halle Berry