Before Halle Berry was ever an actress she was a beauty queen. She was the first African American actress to win an Oscar for Best Actress. 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. Is extremely HOT!!! Check out her below from "Swordfish." In 2001 she married long time boyfriend singer Eric Benet. She also adopted his daughter.