Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and model. In 2002 Berry won Best Actress at the Academy Awards, for her work in Monster's Ball.

Biography

Early life and career

Berry's parents selected her first name from that of Halle's Department Store, a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. She is the daughter of Judith Ann Hawkins, a Caucasian of English ancestry, and Jerome J. Berry, who is African-American. Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio. Berry's parents divorced when she was 4 years old and she subsequently was raised by her mother, a psychiatric nurse. Her father was an orderly in the same psychiatric ward where her mother worked. Berry has an older sister, Heidi.

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