Halle Berry
Halle Berry began her career in TV, which included
a role in the popular Knots Landing. Halle made her movie
debut playing the drug-addict, Vivian, in Spike Lee's Jungle
Fever where Halle Berry first stood shoulder to shoulder with
an all-star cast, which included Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley
Snipes and Anthony Quinn. Very quickly afterwards Halle played
a starring role in Strictly Business. Throughout the 90's
Halle Berry was kept busy with movie after movie, including
the excellent film The Last Boy Scout with Bruce Willis and
Damon Wayans and Boomerang with Eddie Murphy. Also, Halle
was brilliant in the dramatic Queen: The Story Of An American
Family, where she played the headstrong, bi-racial slave.
After playing the mutant hero Storm in the X-Men
and the following X-Men films, Halle Berry won an Oscar for
best actress for her role in Monster Ball. Halle Berry is
the first African-American woman to win the best actress Academy
Award. Her role in Monster Ball sparked some controversy due
to a nude love scene her character shared with a racist, played
by Billy Bob Thornton. Many in the African-American community
were critical of Halle Berry's participation in the scene.
Halle's response was, "I don't really see a reason to
ever go that far again. That was a unique movie. That scene
was special and pivotal and needed to be there, and it would
be a really special script that would require something like
that again."
Also, Halle Berry played the Bond girl, Jinx,
in Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan... Her career continues
to sparkle with her star ever on the ascendancy...
Tim Rees
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