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Actors: Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and
Whoopi Goldberg
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Indulgence: Butter pecan ice cream
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Cosmetics: Revlon
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Designer: Versace, and Valentino
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"In the Meantime" by Iyanla Vanzant
"Being Happy" by Andrew Mathews
"Caucasia" by Danzy Seuna
"Some Soul to Keep" by J. California Cooper
"In the Company of My Sisters" by Julia A. Boyd
"New Art of Dog Training" by Shelby Marlo
"The Heart of a Woman" by Maya Angelou
"Congo" by Michael Crichton
"A Woman's Worth" by Marianne Williamson
"Graces, Prayers, and Poems" by Jane Cotner |
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Holiday: Christmas
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Place to Travel: Paris
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Food: |
Grilled tuna and garlic mashed potatoes
Salt and Vinegar chips |
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Musicians: |
Norah
Jones
D'Angelo
Angie Stone
Tina Turner
Carl Thomas
Mary Mary
Heather Headly
Michelle Williams
DMX
Britney Spears
Enya |
● One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful
People 8 times tying with Julia Roberts
● Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner
who was on the first season of "Who Wants to
Marry My Dad?". [1986]
● Miss Ohio USA [1986]
● Miss Teen All American [1985]
● Attended Cuyahoga Community College,
Cleveland, Ohio.
● Turned down the role of Annie in Speed
● 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.
● Born at 9:03 p.m EST
● Attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford,
Ohio.
● Is the second "Bond Girl" to win an Oscar. The
first was Kim Basinger (Best Supporting Actress
for L.A. Confidential
● First African American actress to win the
Oscar for Best Actress.
● Portrayed Dorothy Dandridge in the made for
television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
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.
● As a young aspiring actress Halle Berry was
the leading lady in R. Kelly and Public
Announcement's 1991 video hit Honey Love, where
they re-enacted a scene from 9 1/2 Weeks
● Graduate of Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
● First black American in the Miss World
Competition. She didn't win a prize but her
dress did.
● Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was
voted the most popular from the first 75 years.
● Starred in three movies with Hugh Jackman:
X-Men (2000); Swordfish (2001) and X2 (2003).
● Broke her arm on the set of Gothika while
filming in Montreal.
● The first actress to star & portray two
different comic book characters for two
different comic book companies Storm for
Marvel's X-Men & Catwoman for D.C Comics's
Catwoman
● She is currently the highest paid black
actress in Hollywood. [2004]
● Played a character called "Sharon Stone" in
The Flintstones movie - ten years later she
appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman
● Turned down the female lead in Gigli
● Smashed her head into set lights on the set of
Catwoman
● Adopted a cat (that was originally an extra
for Catwoman (2004)) named Playto, to help
herself learn about cats. However, she renamed
the cat Playdough, because Playto was too
serious a name for her
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