Half British on her mother's side. She has a step-daughter named India. Became engaged to singer 'Eric Benet' on 14 August 1999. Her parents, Judith & Jerome Berry, divorced when she was 4 years old.

2 June 2005 (WENN) Halle Berry once promised to fulfill longtime Playboy picture editor Marilyn Grabowski's dream and bare all for the men's magazine. The actress was an aspiring superstar 10 years ago when she agreed to meet with Grabowski after she was made an attractive offer to pose for Hugh Hefner's publication.

Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 90s. April 10, 2002 - She received an injury on the set of _Die Another Day (2002). Halle was injured on location in Cadiz, Spain while shooting an action sequence that involved Pierce Brosnan firing on a helicopter being flown by Rick Yune. May 2003 - Broke her arm on the set of Gothika (2003), filming in Montreal