Month: February 2010

Halle Berry Halle Berry was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1966. She and her sister were raised by their mother at age 4 her father had walked out on the family. Even though she was a single parent her mother managed to move the family from the inner city to the suburbs. However the neighborhood they moved to was predominately white and because Halle and her sister had dark skin they were often treated cruelly. In high school Halle was a cheerleader, Class president, editor of the school paper, and was crowned the high school Prom Queen. She also won the Miss Teen Ohio Pageant. She continued to compete in pageants and attended college in 1986 to study Broadcast Journalism. Halle didn’t finish her schooling because she wanted to pursue acting and modeling. She tried out for Charlie’s Angels and though she didn’t get the role Aaron Spelling encouraged her to continue chasing her dreams. In 1991 her big break came when she was cast in Spike Lee’s film Jungle Fever. She also had a role in the soap opera Knots Landing. In 1991 she also appeared in the film The Last Boy Scout. In 1992 she appeared in Boomerang alongside Eddie Murphy. In 1993 she married David Justice but the two divorced in 1996. Her role in Losing Isaiah boosted her to stardom. Unfortunately she turned down the...