Halle Berry
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Growing up in Cleveland, it was unthinkable that a young Halle Berry would grow up to be the first African American woman to with the Academy Award for Best Actress, but she did. A runner-up finish at the Miss USA pageant in 1986 put her on the map.
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She would go on to fame in films like The Flintstones, X-Men, and Monster Ball, which earned her the Academy Award. During the 2000s she was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
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