- 2007: Co-starred with Benicio Del Toro in "Things We Lost in the Fire"
- 2007: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (April)
- 2006: Reprised the role of Storm in "X-Men: The Last Stand"
- 2005: Produced the HBO original movie "Lackawanna Blues" based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson's play that centers around a boarding house in Lackawanna, New York; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Movie
- 2005: Starred in an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (ABC); earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Best Actress
- 2004: Starred as a feline in the poorly received "Catwoman"
- 2003: Starred in the horror feature "Gothika"
- 2003: Reprised role of Storm in the sequel "X2"
- 2002: Portrayed Jinx in the James Bond film "Die Another Day" opposite Pierce Brosnan as 007
- 2001: Cast as the widow of a death row inmate who falls in love with a former prison guard in Marc Forster's "Monster's Ball"; won a Best Actress Academy Award, becoming the first black woman to win in that category; also received a BAFTA nomination
- 2001: Was the female lead in the action feature "Swordfish"
- 2000: Featured as Storm, a mutant with the power to produce adverse weather conditions, in "X-Men"
- 1999: Realized dream project by co-producing and starring in the HBO biopic "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge"; Halle won several awards as the titular singer-actress, and the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award
- 1998: Co-starred as one of the three wives of singer Frankie Lymon in "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
- 1998: Appeared opposite Warren Beatty in the political comedy "Bulworth"
- 1996: Portrayed the title character in the thriller "The Rich Man's Wife"
- 1996: Signed by Revlon to model cosmetics in print and TV advertising
- 1995: Played a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in "Losing Isaiah" co-starring Jessica Lange
- 1994: Cast as the sultry secretary who seduced Fred Flintstone in the live-action "The Flintstones"
- 1993: Cast as title character in the CBS miniseries "Queen" based on the book by Alex Haley
- 1991: Feature debut as a junkie in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"
- 1991: Played recurring role of Frank's girlfriend Debbie Porter on "Knots Landing" (CBS)
- 1989: TV debut as model Emily Franklin in ABC sitcom "Living Dolls"
- 1986: Became first runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant
- 1986: Won the dress competition in the Miss World pageant
- 1984: Named winner of the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio
- Raised in Ohio
- Worked as a model in Chicago




