Birthday: Aug 14, 1966

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio

Biography: Halle Berry is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model and beauty queen. Before becoming an actress, she entered and won several beauty contests, including Miss Ohio USA, Miss Teen All-American, Miss USA (was first runner-up in 1986 to Christy Fichtner of Texas), and Miss World 1986 (as "Miss United States World", she placed sixth). Her breakthrough feature film role was in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever in which she played a drug addict named Vivian... ... (read more...) . Her first co-starring role was in the film Strictly Business.