It is great to discover that the famous and highly visible, Halle Berry lives a wellness lifestyle. That's right! She is all about eating healthy, exercising and keeping life as positive as possible.

Claim to Fame: Played Vivian in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991)

Significant Other:
Husband: Eric Benet, singer; born 1967; married 2001; has daughter from previous relationship

Awards:
1985: Won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio
1986: First runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant
1986: Won the dress competition in the Miss World Pageant
1999: Golden Globe: Best Actress, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999: Screen Actors Guild: Female Actor, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
2002: Screen Actors Guild: Best Actress, Monster's Ball
2002: Oscar: Best Actress, Monster's Ball

If you didn't know . . .
Born on October 14th, 1968, Halle Berry is one of the few models-turned-actresses to have earned respect in Hollywood. Her first TV series was 1989's Living Dolls and soon afterwards she starred in the movies Jungle Fever and Boomerang. However, it was her role in the movie Losing Isiah that secured her place as a star. Currently she is a spokeswoman for Revlon and recently won an Oscar for her role in Monster's Ball.

While this Oscar winner and Revlon spokes model may be in the best shape of her life, she owes at least part of her current state of optimum health to a 1989 health scare. While working on the short-lived sitcom, Living Dolls, Berry collapsed and subsequently fell into a coma due to complications from diabetes. Ever since, she has kept her disease-and overall health-in check by controlling stress, maintaining a healthy diet and, of curse, exercising regularly.

Halle Berry is a celebrity that deserves public recognition not just for her work as an actress, but for her demonstration of putting health and fitness as a priority. We doubt if you will soon here about Halle eating Big Macs and French fries, however, like everyone else, she has her rare splurges. Butter Pecan just happens to be one of her favorite unhealthy treats.

MORE ON HALLE
Workout: Halle is a believer and connoisseur of resistance training. She incorporates both machines and light dumbbells. For those who don't know what we mean by resistance training-Halle lifts weights regularly. When Halle is not lifting weights she is on a treadmill getting her cardiovascular workout or engaged in some intense Pilates.

Nutrition: Halle eats healthy all the time. It is definitely a major component of her lifestyle.

Rest: You can't work all the time and when Halle wants to relax or go on a spiritual retreat she likes to go to the beach to find some peace and unwind. She also gets eight hours of sleep each night and this is one of her secrets for healthy-looking skin.

WHO IS HALLE BERRY?
Her mother Judith, a psychiatric ward nurse, with her older sister Heidi, raised Halle Maria Berry. Judith's husband, Halle's father walked out of their lives when she was only four years old.
Halle Berry is the epitome of beauty and talent. Her incredible charm, charisma, glow, and unbelievable good looks can make any man weep for more of this enchanting young actress. She initially struggled up the Hollywood food chain, but she is now a shark that has also become very well respected by her peers.

Though it took a while for Hollywood to wake up to her talents, when it did, Halle embraced it with dignity and modesty, even though she had all the reasons in the world to have a chip on her shoulder. Her win at the 2000 Golden Globes for her powerful performance in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, was not only well-deserved, but also an introspective look into the character of one of Hollywood's brightest stars. She proves that beauty and intelligence can go hand in hand.

She has starred in such movies as Boomerang, Bullworth, The Flintstones, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, X-Men, Swordfish and of course, Monster's Ball.

It would be inaccurate to say that Halle Berry is a model-turned-actress as that would imply that she has given up her modeling career in order to pursue Hollywood-style success. As a spokes model for Revlon and more magazine covers than can easily be counted, her modeling career is still thriving, even while she earned a Golden Globe in 2000 for her work in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and an Oscar in 2002. And as the driving force for one of her latest projects, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, for HBO proves that there's much to her than just looks. She surprised Hollywood when she proved she could act...what other surprises does this lovely lady still have up her sleeve? GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AN SEE.

Thanks Halle for walking the walk, and leading a wellness lifestyle that we can all appreciate.

Visit Halle's web site at www.Hallewood.com