Fri, 20 February 2009 at 10:04 am

The Essence of Halle Berry

Halle Berry attends the 2009 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills on Thursday (February 19).

Also pictured below is Halle visiting a friend in Hollywood on Wednesday.

The 42-year-old actress takes the March cover of Essence magazine and talks about being a successful actress, being a mom to her 9-month-old daughter and her new film, Frankie and Alice.

30+ pictures inside of the essence of Halle Berry…

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30 Comments

# 1

jenna @ 02/20/2009 at 10:09 am

Her dress is a modified Reem Acra gown.

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tom @ 02/20/2009 at 10:16 am

hot damn! Halle is breathtakingly beautiful!!!

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sweetie @ 02/20/2009 at 10:17 am

gorgeous! :-)

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roja @ 02/20/2009 at 10:23 am

GORGEOUS

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becca @ 02/20/2009 at 10:25 am

Halle is soooooooo beautiful. She can do no wrong.

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zoe @ 02/20/2009 at 10:26 am

so pretttyyy! just dont really like the back.

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Lovely @ 02/20/2009 at 10:43 am

She looks like Eva Longoria in these pics and that’s not a good thing. However, Halle is very pretty and she usually gets it right.

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Custom T @ 02/20/2009 at 10:56 am

I like the dress minus the fabric they forgot to cut off in the back, it just looks awkward.

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Yv @ 02/20/2009 at 10:59 am

GORGEOUS.

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Janey @ 02/20/2009 at 11:09 am

What a stunning dress! It shows off her curves, and the metallics are great with her skin tone. This is as good as it gets.

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Jamie @ 02/20/2009 at 11:15 am

Truly beautiful!

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Jaguar @ 02/20/2009 at 11:16 am

Beautiful as usual!

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mimilala @ 02/20/2009 at 12:12 pm

incredibly GORGEOUS woman!

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Kiki @ 02/20/2009 at 12:26 pm

Yes, she is beautiful and so is her husband. Advice to Halle Berry…don’t be ashamed to be seen with the father of your child at these red carpet events. It’s no longer totally just about you and your ability to have a child.

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bleh @ 02/20/2009 at 12:28 pm

I love her dress
she looks beautiful

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WakeUPeople @ 02/20/2009 at 12:38 pm

so gorgeous!!!

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# 17

Blah girls! @ 02/20/2009 at 1:58 pm

So lovely!

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# 18

Team Lara Croft @ 02/20/2009 at 3:04 pm

Gosh, she’s perfect.

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Team Lara Croft @ 02/20/2009 at 3:05 pm

i like taraji’s dress better though.

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JEEBUS @ 02/20/2009 at 3:19 pm

I love her dress. She looks stunning.

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I know, I'm crazy :D @ 02/20/2009 at 3:28 pm

WOW! what a BEAUTY……stunning, overwhelming, amazing, breath-taking, wonderful, gorgeous, beautiful, very pretty, a true GODDESS. If I could ever switch into some other girl’s body, it would definitely be hers……she’s prefection.

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# 22

HalleGabriel @ 02/20/2009 at 3:34 pm

Gabriel was there with her, I saw some other pics which had him with her somewhere else.

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lakers fan in boston @ 02/20/2009 at 4:39 pm

all i got 2 say is WOW!!!
she looks amazing =]
i really cant find any flaws in her in these pics
really really sexy woman =D

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# 24

selma @ 02/20/2009 at 4:50 pm

she’s so beautifull!

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luciana @ 02/20/2009 at 5:58 pm

That woman is so perfect it’s disgusting.

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tb @ 02/20/2009 at 6:55 pm

The dress is hideous, too much make up as usual the old hag is trying too hard.

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ellie @ 02/20/2009 at 11:12 pm

Halle you always look gorgoues , you can’t do anything wrong.

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sweethoney @ 02/21/2009 at 5:34 am

wow i really love her. she looks perfect.

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nop @ 02/21/2009 at 8:39 am

nope she looks plain and undoubtedly trying very very hard…why does she go on about this flippin kid like no one else has babies ?? geez she is so absorbed in herself its humiliating

Gabriel does not participate in the ridiculous parade that she so seems to enjoy

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Halle is a sellout @ 02/21/2009 at 1:13 pm

I will not support Halle and I hope this is the last time Essence honors her…she had no business dissing black men in a black publication. Lastly, let’s not forget the froggy white men she dated in the past. She seems to want to paint black men as the ONLY negative men of her past. I can’t get past that…Halle should have known better than to say that.

She needs to stay home with her daughter and her ken doll.

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