Editing Halle Berry (section)

===Established actress and career fluctuations (2005–2013)===
[[File:Halle Berry fleet week.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Head and shoulders shot of a smiling Berry with dark hair pulled back, wearing a lace shirt and turquoise necklace.|Berry at New York [[Fleet Week]] in 2006]]

Her next film appearance was in the [[Oprah Winfrey]]-produced [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television film ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 television)|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' (2005), an adaptation of [[Zora Neale Hurston]]'s novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited woman whose unconventional sexual mores upset her 1920s contemporaries in a small community. She received her second [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination for her role. Also in 2005, she served as an executive producer in ''[[Lackawanna Blues (film)|Lackawanna Blues]]'', and landed her voice for the character of [[List of Robots characters|Cappy]], one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]''.<ref>Bob Grimm (March 17, 2005). [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Cinema/Content?oid=oid%3A66782 "CGI City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210120027/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Cinema/Content?oid=oid%3A66782 |date=December 10, 2008 }}, ''[[Tucson Weekly]]''; accessed October 28, 2015.</ref>

In the thriller ''[[Perfect Stranger (film)|Perfect Stranger]]'' (2007), Berry starred with [[Bruce Willis]], playing a reporter who goes undercover to uncover the killer of her childhood friend. The film grossed a modest US$73 million worldwide, and received lukewarm reviews from critics, who felt that despite the presence of Berry and Willis, it is "too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that's irritating and superfluous."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1171939_perfect_stranger|title=Perfect Stranger|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=April 13, 2007 |access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920014117/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1171939_perfect_stranger|url-status=live}}</ref> Her next 2007 film release was the drama ''[[Things We Lost in the Fire (film)|Things We Lost in the Fire]]'', co-starring [[Benicio del Toro]], where she took on the role of a recent widow befriending the troubled friend of her late husband. The film was the first time in which she worked with a female director, Danish [[Susanne Bier]], giving her a new feeling of "thinking the same way," which she appreciated.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/article/2007/10/15/things-we-lost-fire "Things We Lost in the Fire"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', October 15, 2007.</ref> While the film made US$8.6 million in its global theatrical run,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thingswelostinthefire.htm|title=Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233515/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thingswelostinthefire.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> it garnered positive reviews from writers; ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' found the film to be "an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility" and felt that "Berry is brilliant here, as good as she's ever been."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2007-10-19/550904/ |title=Film Review: Things We Lost in the Fire |access-date=October 6, 2018 |archive-date=October 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006194948/https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2007-10-19/550904/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2007, Berry was awarded a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in front of the [[Kodak Theatre]] at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/halle-berry-gets-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame "Halle Berry Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame"], foxnews.com, April 4, 2007; accessed December 13, 2007.</ref> and by the end of the decade, she established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, earning an estimated $10&nbsp;million per film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Highest-Paid Actresses|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/top-10-highest-paid-actresses|website=CBS News|access-date=May 1, 2014|date=June 3, 2009|archive-date=March 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310054055/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/top-10-highest-paid-actresses/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the independent drama ''[[Frankie and Alice]]'' (2010), Berry played the leading role of a young multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggling against her alter personality to retain her true self. The film received a limited theatrical release, to a mixed critical response. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' nevertheless described the film as "a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman's psyche" and found Berry to be "spellbinding" in it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/frankie-alice-film-review-29595|title=Frankie & Alice -- Film Review|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 14, 2010|access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006201713/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/frankie-alice-film-review-29595|url-status=live}}</ref> She earned the [[African-American Film Critics Association]] Award for Best Actress and a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cane |first=Clay |date=December 14, 2010 |title=African-American Film Critics Association Honors Halle Berry and 'The Social Network' |url=https://www.bet.com/article/lkzitk/african-american-film-critics-association-honors-halle-berry-and-the-social-network |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=BET }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Halle Berry |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/halle-berry/ |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> She next made part of a large ensemble cast in [[Garry Marshall]]'s romantic comedy ''[[New Year's Eve (2011 film)|New Year's Eve]]'' (2011), with [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], [[Jessica Biel]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Josh Duhamel]], [[Zac Efron]], [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], and [[Sofía Vergara]], among many others. In the film, she took on the supporting role of a nurse befriending a man in the final stages (De Niro). While the film was panned by critics, it made US$142 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyearseve.htm |title=New Year's Eve (2011) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022092848/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyearseve.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, Berry starred as an expert diver tutor alongside then-husband [[Olivier Martinez]] in the little-seen thriller ''[[Dark Tide]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark_tide_2011/|title=Dark Tide|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426094508/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark_tide_2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and led an ensemble cast opposite [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Jim Broadbent]] in [[The Wachowskis]]'s [[Epic film|epic]] science fiction film ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]'' (2012), with each of the actors playing six different characters across a period of five centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/movies/2012/10/24/meet-halle-berry-and-tom-hanks-cloud-atlas-characters/1654729/|title=Meet Halle Berry and Tom Hanks' Cloud Atlas characters|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006201659/https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/movies/2012/10/24/meet-halle-berry-and-tom-hanks-cloud-atlas-characters/1654729/|url-status=live}}</ref> Budgeted at US$128.8 million, ''Cloud Atlas'' made US$130.4 million worldwide,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cloudatlas.htm|title=Cloud Atlas (2012) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824204959/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cloudatlas.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and garnered polarized reactions from both critics and audiences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/toronto-2012-cloud-atlas-tom-hanks-halle-berry-jim-broadbent-wachowski-tom-tykwer-368925|title=Cloud Atlas gets lengthy ovation, but are Oscars on the cards|work=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 29, 2012|first=Scott|last=Feinberg|date=September 9, 2012|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012043719/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/toronto-2012-cloud-atlas-tom-hanks-halle-berry-jim-broadbent-wachowski-tom-tykwer-368925|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Halle Berry by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|Berry at the 2013 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]

Berry appeared in a segment of the independent anthology comedy ''[[Movie 43]]'' (2013), which the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called "the ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' of awful."<ref name="sun-times">{{cite news |last= Roeper |first= Richard |title= There's awful and THEN there's 'Movie 43' |url= http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/17804431-421/theres-awful-and-then-theres-movie-43.html |newspaper= Chicago Sun-Times |access-date= January 26, 2013 |date= January 25, 2013 |archive-date= February 14, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140214142846/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/17804431-421/theres-awful-and-then-theres-movie-43.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=movie43.htm|title=Movie 43 (2013)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005072016/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=movie43.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Berry found greater success with her next performance, as a [[9-1-1]] operator receiving a call from a girl kidnapped by a serial killer, in the crime thriller ''[[The Call (2013 film)|The Call]]'' (2013). Berry was drawn to "the idea of being a part of a movie that was so empowering for women. We don't often get to play roles like this, where ordinary people become heroic and do something extraordinary."<ref name="Grant">{{cite news |last= Grant |first= Kimberly |title= Berry, Chestnut Expound on ''The Call'' Roles - and more |work= South Florida Times |location= Fort Lauderdale |date= March 13, 2013 |url= http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12684&Itemid=187 |access-date= March 17, 2013 |archive-date= April 11, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130411195045/http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12684&Itemid=187 |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' found the film to be "an effectively creepy thriller,"<ref name="Dargis">{{cite news |last= Dargis |first= Manohla |author-link= Manohla Dargis |title= Life-Altering Plea for Help |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= March 14, 2013 |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/the-call-stars-halle-berry-and-abigail-breslin.html |access-date= March 18, 2013}}</ref> while reviewer Dwight Brown felt that "the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[...]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dwight-brown/the-call_b_2875451.html|title=The Call|first=Dwight|last=Brown|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035621/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dwight-brown/the-call_b_2875451.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Call'' was a [[sleeper hit]], grossing US$68.6 million around the globe.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=call2013.htm|title= The Call (2013)|website= Box Office Mojo|access-date= December 7, 2013|archive-date= December 18, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131218234038/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=call2013.htm|url-status= live}}</ref>