For Halle Berry, things haven’t always been easy. She has won an Emmy and been dubbed the most beautiful person on the planet and the sexiest lady alive.
She endured bigotry and abuse from an early age, yet she overcame it to become well-known and an inspiration to others.
On August 14, 1966, Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, the daughter of a black man and a white woman. After fleeing a violent relationship with her father, she and her elder sister were raised by their mother.
Berry, whose name was officially changed to Halle Maria Berry at the age of five, spoke about a horrific childhood experience she experienced with domestic abuse.
“My mother was married to a man who beat me up; I wasn’t,” she declared in 2015 at a gala.
The actress recalled witnessing her mother being beaten “day after day after day” by her drunken father.
Her mother was struck in the head with a wine bottle and “kicked down stairs.” She was affected by the experience.
