Halle Berry — 50 years old

It's hard to believe, but the charming actress Halle Berry turns 50 on August 14. This beauty with an original appearance has always been and remains a model of beauty and slimness. One of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood proves by her own example that time can be stopped.

And we will look into yesterday's day and see how the Oscar-winning beauty's film career developed.

(35 photos in total)

1. Actress Halle Berry attends the fourth annual Linked Against Leukemia ceremony, held in New York on April 29.

2. Berry and her daughter Nala Aubrey enjoy a wonderful day at Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills.

3. Halle Berry (right) attended the 30th anniversary of the Silver Rose Weekend event with singers Alicia Keys, Leona Lewis and actor Jamie Foxx. The ceremony took place on April 18 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in the Jenesse Center.

4. Berry poses in the press center at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony on January 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

5. Berry and Alicia Keys are photographed in the Hammerstein Ballroom during the 6th Annual Keep A Child Alive Conference on October 15, 2009 in New York.

6. In 2009 Berry released her first perfume Halle by Halle Berry from Coty. According to the actress, to get her own fragrance, she mixed the aromas of jasmine and figs.

7. The actress shows the Atlantic Ocean to little Nala for the first time.

8. Halle Berry agrees to take part in the Guys Choice Awards ceremony on May 30, 2009 in Los Angeles.

9. In April 2008, the actress first came out six weeks after the birth of her daughter Nala. Berry attended the Silver Rose charity auction held at the Jenesee Center. The proceeds from the auction are sent to the fund to help families affected by violence. They are provided with shelter, vocational training and counseling.

10. Pregnant Berry appeared in Rome at the presentation of the film "What we lost" on October 26, 2007.

11. In the movie "What We Lost", released in 2007, Berry played the role of Audrey Burke, a woman who lost her policeman husband (David Duchovny) and renewed her friendship with a childhood friend (Benicio del Toro, left), a drug addict.

12. The actress and her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry (model) appeared at a party after the premiere of the movie "What we lost". It took place in the Egyptian Theater building on October 15, 2007 in Los Angeles. On April 30, 2010, there were reports that the couple had broken up.

13. In the 2007 film The Perfect Stranger, Berry played reporter Rowena Price. Her heroine secretly flirts with a senator (Bruce Willis, left), who allegedly killed her friend.

14. Halle Berry participates in a photo shoot for the film "The Perfect Stranger" on March 30, 2007 in Berlin.

15. On April 3, 2007, Holly took part in the opening ceremony of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

16. In 2006, the participants of the Harvard's Hasty Pudding parade honored the actress as the woman of the year. She was presented with a traditional pudding in a brass pot. To celebrate her role in the movie "Catwoman," Berry had to dance with one of the parade participants dressed as a dog.

17. The actress voiced the heroine Cappie in the cartoon "Robots", released in 2005. Director Chris Wedge awarded each character with his own special personality. Berry convincingly played a character from the comic book "X-Men" and got a chance to be drawn in the cartoon.

18. In 2005, the premiere of the film "Their Eyes saw God", based on the novel by Zora Neal Hurston, took place. The role of the main character Jenny was played very convincingly. This earned Berry another Emmy Award in the Best Miniseries or Movie Actress category.

19. Berry's sexuality was the main argument in the promotion of the film "Catwoman", filmed in 2004. The audience did not like the film, and Berry received the Golden Raspberry award in the category "Worst Female Role" in 2005. But then the actress was not afraid to personally come for the award.

20. In one of his shows on MTV, Ashton Kutcher talked about how he made a joke about Berry. At the world premiere of the film "Gothic", Kutcher persuaded one of the guards not to let the actress into the theater, saying that it was crowded. And until 16 people leave it, she will not be able to enter there.

21. In 2003, Halle Berry played criminal psychologist Miranda Gray in the film "Gothic". Her heroine discovered that she is a patient of her own clinic. She was accused of murdering her husband, although she did not remember anything about what happened.

22. In 2003, Berry played the role of the mutant Storm in the movie "X-Men 2". In it, she showed the full depth of her character.

23. In 2002, the actress decided to play a Bond girl in the movie "Die, but not now", playing against James Bond (Pierce Brosnan). Her character Jinx was Bond's assistant, but, according to the responses of fans of the film, the screenwriters did not pay due attention to the main characters.

24. Halle Berry won the long-awaited Oscar in 2002. She received this award for the film "Monster's Ball", winning in the nomination "Best Female Role". Berry became the first African-American actress to receive such an award. She dedicated her award to all those nameless and faceless women who had a chance to declare themselves today.

25. Berry's most significant role is the role of Leticia from the movie "Monster Ball". She played a widow who fell in love with a man (Billy Bob Thornton) who helped execute her husband. There was also a nude scene in the film.

26. In October 2001, Berry took part in a fundraiser for the victims of the September 11 attacks in New York.

27. Berry and John Travolta played together in the movie "Swordfish". Initially, a nude scene was included in the script, but then it was removed. The actress and the studio subsequently denied that Berry received $2 million for this scene.

28. Halle Berry won an Emmy Award in 2000 for the leading female role, playing in the mini-series "Meet Dorothy Dandridge".

29. Holly sincerely conveyed the image of actress Dorothy Dandridge, nominated for an Oscar. It took her six years to release this film. Berry played her role brilliantly. She performs equally well as an actress and a television producer.

30. In 2000, Berry appeared with jazz musician Eric Benet at the premiere of the film "X-Men". They got married the following year. This marriage was the second for the actress, she divorced her first husband — basketball player David Justice — in 1996. In 2004, the couple broke up. The actress promised not to get married again. She has a daughter by Gabriel Aubrey.

31. Halle Berry received the grand prize at the Blockbuster Award ceremony in 1997 for her role as a flight attendant in the film "Ordered to Destroy". This proves that diverse roles are available to her.

32. Director Robert Townsend, casting aside stereotypes, shot the film "Dark-skinned American Princesses" in 1997, where only dark-skinned actresses starred. This is a comedy about high life in Beverly Hills. In the film, Berry played the role of actress Nissi. In the story, she and Natalie Dessel (right) live together with an aging millionaire (Martin Landau), trying to become real American princesses. This role did not bring much satisfaction to the actress.

33. In 1996, Halle Berry starred in the unnoticed drama Chasing the Sun. She played a teacher who inspired her students to invent a car that runs on solar panels. The genre of "ideological teacher" is well known in Hollywood, but the actress brought something new to this role.

34. Berry's early roles cannot be called serious. So, in 1994, she played the role of the villainess Rosetta Stone from the TV series "Flintstones".

35. Halle Berry got her first serious role in 1991, playing a drug addict Vivian in Spike Lee's film "Love Fever". With this role, she declared herself as a serious, talented and diverse actress.