Halle Berry

Co-starred with Benicio Del Toro in Things We Lost in the Fire

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (April)

Reprised the role of Storm in X-Men: The Last Stand

Produced the HBO original movie Lackawanna Blues based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson s play that centers around a boarding house in Lackawanna, New York; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Movie

Starred in an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC); earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Best Actress

Starred as a feline in the poorly received Catwoman

Reprised role of Storm in the sequel X2

Starred in the horror feature Gothika

Portrayed Jinx in the James Bond film Die Another Day opposite Pierce Brosnan as 007

Cast as the widow of a death row inmate who falls in love with a former prison guard in Marc Forster s Monster s Ball ; won a Best Actress Academy Award, becoming the first black woman to win in that category; also received a BAFTA nomination

Was the female lead in the action feature Swordfish

Featured as Storm, a mutant with the power to produce adverse weather conditions, in X-Men

Realized dream project by co-producing and starring in the HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ; Halle won several awards as the titular singer-actress, and the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award

Appeared opposite Warren Beatty in the political comedy Bulworth

Co-starred as one of the three wives of singer Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

Portrayed the title character in the thriller The Rich Man s Wife

Signed by Revlon to model cosmetics in print and TV advertising

Played a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah co-starring Jessica Lange

Cast as the sultry secretary who seduced Fred Flintstone in the live-action The Flintstones

Cast as title character in the CBS miniseries Queen based on the book by Alex Haley

Feature debut as a junkie in Spike Lee s Jungle Fever

Played recurring role of Frank s girlfriend Debbie Porter on Knots Landing (CBS)

TV debut as model Emily Franklin in ABC sitcom Living Dolls

Became first runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant

Won the dress competition in the Miss World pageant

Named winner of the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio

Raised in Ohio

Worked as a model in Chicago