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Halle Berry Biography
Halle Maria Berry was born August 14, 1966, is an Academy Award-winning actress and model.
Halle Berry was named after Halle's Department Store, a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. Helle Berry is the daughter of Judith Ann Hawkins, a caucasian of English ancestry, and Jerome J. Berry, who is African-American. Halle Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio. Halle Berry's parents divorced when she was 4 years old and she subsequently was raised by her mother, a psychiatric-ward nurse. She also has an older sister, Heidi.
Halle Berry was a popular student at Bedford High School and was a cheerleader, honor society member, editor of the school newspaper, class president and prom queen. Halle Berry worked in the children's department at Higbee's Department Store. Her personality, as described by a co-worker, was expressed in these terms...
"I can hardly believe how sweet and nice she had been to everyone. People who weren't half as beautiful as she did not display the kind of inner beauty she exhibited."
She subsequently attended Cuyahoga Community College.
Before becoming an actress, Halle Berry entered several beauty contests, including Miss Ohio USA, Miss Teen All American, Miss USA (first runner-up in 1986) and Miss World.
