Halle Berry Biography

Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. He is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen.


Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, and in 1971 it was changed to Halle Maria Berry. Berry’s parents divorced when she was four years old, so she and her older sister Heidi were raised exclusively by her mother. Before working in the children’s department at Higbee’s Department store, Berry graduated from Bedford High School. Later on she studied at Cuyahoga Community College. 


In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All-American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986. Berry then was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas.