Trivia:
-Is a spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.

-She is diabetic

-Miss USA; first runner-up [1986]

-Miss Ohio USA [1986]

-Miss Teen All American [1985]

- Became engaged to singer Eric Benét on 14 August 1999. Benet has a daughter, India (b. 1991)

-Is named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally housed the Halle Brothers department store.

-In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper, and class president. Was also crowned prom queen.

-Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 90s.

-First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

-Has a step-daughter named India

-Portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the made for television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV). Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and coincidentally Halle Berry is the first to have won in that category.

-First black American in the Miss World Competition. She didn't win a prize but her dress did.

-Halle Berry is the only official "Bond Girl" to win an Academy Award. Although Kim Basinger (Best Actress, L.A. Confidential) was a "Bond Girl", "Never Say Never Again" is not included in the list of 20 official James Bond films.