News Updates:
3/16/08: Halle Berry gave birth to a baby daughter. Father of the baby is Gabriel Aubry.
2/14/07: Halle Berry is in a bi-coastal relationship. Her boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, lives in New York and Halle lives in Los Angeles. They met in Los Angeles in 2005 while working on a Versace ad. Gabriel: "I don't think it's about gifts. It's more about presence. You have to be there ... We travel all the time. We're together more than people think."
Source: Allheadlinenews.com
Source: Contact Music
Birthdates:
Halle Maria Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 14, 1966.David Christoper Justice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 14, 1966.
Eric Benét Jordan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 15, 1970.
Halle married David Justice on December 31, 1992.
After meeting in 1999 at a premiere party for "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge", Eric and Halle were engaged on August 14, 1999. They had a secret wedding ceremony on a beach in Santa Barbara, California on January 24, 2001.
Halle and David announced on February 22, 1996, that their marriage had ended. It has been reported that the break-up was initiated by David.
Eric and Halle separated on October 1, 2003 and filed for divorce on April 26, 2004. Their divorce was final on January 3, 2005. Eric's infidelities have been said to be the cause of the marriage failure.
Children:
Halle gave birth to a baby daughter, Nahla Ariela Aubry on March 16, 2008. The baby's father is Gabriel Aubry. Nahla means "honey bee" in Arabic.
David has two sons:
- David Justice, Jr., born on December 27, 1999. Mother is ex-fiance Nicole Foster.
- Dionisio Justice, born on June 7, 2002. Mother is Rebeca Villalobos.
Eric has one daughter:
- India, born in 1992. Her mother, Tami, died in a car accident when India was 15 months old.
Pets:
Halle has two Maltese dogs named Miss Polly and Little Willie and two cats named Playdough and Spanky.
Other Marriages:
David married Rebecca Villalobos on February 8, 2001.
Halle is an actress. In 1985, Halle won the Miss Teen All-American pageant representing Ohio. In 1986, she was the first runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant. She was a model. She is the first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "Monster's Ball."
David, professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder for the Atlanta Braves. He retired from baseball in January, 2003.
Eric is a composer, singer, and actor.
In October, 2004, Halle purchased a $4.5 million beach house in the Malibu Cove Colony.
In August, 2005, she purchased a $3.4 million mansion in Hollywood Hills. The Italian-style home has four bedrooms, a swimming pool, hot tub, and 2 fire pits made of volcanic lava.
Health Issues:
Halle has diabetes. In the early 1990s she lost 80% of her hearing in one ear after being beaten by a former boyfriend. Halle has not revealed the identity of who beat her.Halle graduated from Bedford High School in Bedford, Ohio, and attended Cuyahoga Community college in Cleveland, Ohio.
Interests:
Halle Berry works with the Make a Wish Foundation, the Jenesee Center for Battered Women, the Juvenile Diabetes Association, and the National Breast Cancer Coalition.Halle also enjoys enjoys roller blading, working out, watching movies and shopping. She collects African art and porcelain dolls.
Eric Benet, 6/27/06: "If she said that, that I cheated on her 27 times, then she is simply lying. Straight out, that's a lie and a gross, gross exaggeration of what happened in our marriage. ... I've admitted my indiscretion and apologized and took responsibility. I think maybe it's time for Halle to take some responsibility, instead of constantly casting herself in this victim mode and implying her commitment to our marriage was without flaw."
Source: SFGate.com
Source: People.com
Halle, on having children: "It looks like the only option I have left is to head to the sperm bank. I've been so desperately unlucky in love and that has thwarted my desire for motherhood. It's so frustrating. The only other option would be adoption. I really yearn for a child and I can't wait much longer."
Source: "Jet": 5/30/05. Vol.107, Iss. 22; pg. 56.
Halle, about marriage, 8/04: "I want love and I'll find it hopefully and have a committed relationship, but no more marriages. I'm not banning men, and I'm not against relationships. I have just discovered after two failed marriages that probably marriage is not the way for me to go again. Putting on that dress and walking down the aisle is no longer of value to me. I want someone to come and stay and be there because he wants to, not because he has a piece of paper that says he has to."
Source:
Ebony
Halle, on domestic violence: "I've never disclosed who it was, but that guy hit me that one time and that was the last time. It [the relationship] was done the minute he did that. The one thing my mother always told me, `If a man hits you, you leave smoke. You get to gettin'.' So I got my stuff and got goin'."
Source: "Redbook": 3/03. Vol.200, Iss. 3; pg. 130
Halle, on the breakup of her marriage to David Justice:
"That's what the break-up of my marriage reduced me to. It took away
my self-esteem. It beat me down to the lowest of lows."
Source:
Hello Magazine
Halle about her depression: "She [her mom] sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. It was all about a relationship. My sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogram myself to see the good in me. Because someone didn't love me didn't mean I was unlovable. I promised myself I would never be a coward again."
Source: SFGate.com
Halle, about Eric Benét's infidelities: “I refused to believe the stories and I was in denial for a long time. We had such a close marriage, I didn’t think anything had gone wrong. I felt it was all in the imagination of the other women. It felt like the stories had been made up or exaggerated. There’s so much inaccurate reporting that I didn’t take them seriously enough.”
Source: Cinemas Online
