A superstitious Halle Berry saved all of her negative pregnancy tests in drawer. "Don't ask! I don't know why, but I did," she told Oprah Winfrey. "After about 35 tests, we finally got a positive test."
Birthday: August 14, 1966
The breathtaking Halle Berry made history as the first black woman to win a Best Actress Oscar for 2002's Monster's Ball. Before taking home her historic Academy Award, Berry's career was a balance of blockbusters (Die Another Day, X-Men) and critically acclaimed dramas (Spike Lee's Jungle Fever and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge). Despite her professional success and stunning beauty, she failed to find lasting love: she divorced Atlanta Braves baseball player David Justice and singer Eric Benét–both of whom cheated on her. But in her 40s, Berry found happiness with model Gabriel Aubry. In March 2008, she welcomed her daughter Nahla–mere months before being named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive at 42.
