Her mother, Judith , is a nurse and has been with her all her life , unlike his father, who abandoned the family when Halle was only 4 years old. His father returned four years later , but it was a very aggressive man. Her mother is of English descent and his father is African- American.
Took second place in the Miss USA contest in 1986 , which earned him the right to represent the United States in Miss World in London, where he was a finalist , being in the sixth. Since then he worked as a model and actress. In 2002 he became the first African American actress to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress , for her performance in Monster's Ball.
One of his role models was Dorothy Dandridge , singer, dancer and actress , who was appointed to collect the Oscar, and who was depicted in a television movie years ago . Dandridge was the first African American actress nominated for an Oscar as the lead in Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger , whose interpretation Halle earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
