Editing Halle Berry (section)

==Personal life==
Berry dated Chicago dentist John Ronan from March 1989 to October 1991.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130515063423/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14633536.html "Actress Halle Berry hit with $80,000 lawsuit by Chicago dentist"], ''Jet'', December 13, 1993.</ref> In November 1993, Ronan sued Berry for $80,000 in what he claimed were unpaid loans to help launch her career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-IxQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2954,7084632|title=Berry steps toward stardom with 'Isaiah'|work=[[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]|date=March 24, 1995}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Berry contended that the money was a gift, and a judge dismissed the case because Ronan did not list Berry as a debtor when he filed for [[bankruptcy]] in 1992.<ref name=Hurts>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-hurts-so-bad-vol-45-no-19/|title=Hurts So Bad|work=People|last=Schneider|first=Karen S.|date=May 13, 1996|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801110417/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-hurts-so-bad-vol-45-no-19/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to Berry, a beating from a former abusive boyfriend during the filming of ''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'' in 1991 punctured her eardrum and caused her to lose 80% of her hearing in her left ear.<ref name=Hurts/> She has never named the abuser, but she said that he was someone "well known in Hollywood". In 2004, her former boyfriend [[Christopher Williams (singer)|Christopher Williams]] accused [[Wesley Snipes]] of being responsible for the incident, saying, "I'm so tired of people thinking I'm the guy [who did it]. Wesley Snipes busted her eardrum, not me."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/46629/berry-beaten-by-snipes|title=Berry Beaten by Snipes?|date=January 15, 2004|website=E! Online|language=en-US|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801130044/https://www.eonline.com/news/46629/berry-beaten-by-snipes|url-status=live}}</ref>

Berry first saw baseball player [[David Justice]] on TV playing in an [[MTV]] celebrity baseball game in February 1992. When a reporter from Justice's hometown of [[Cincinnati]] told her that Justice was a fan, Berry gave her phone number to the reporter to give to Justice.<ref name=Hurts/> Berry married Justice shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.<ref>Don O'Briant, [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA01E35570E73&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D "Ringing in '93 - with wedding bells"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127082133/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA01E35570E73&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |date=January 27, 2012 }}, ''Atlanta Journal'' (January 10, 1993), Nl.newsbank.com; accessed March 7, 2010.</ref> Following their separation in February 1996, Berry stated publicly that she was so depressed that she had considered taking her own life.<ref name="MSASoM">{{cite journal |url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_04-01-2007/AHalle_Barry |title=My Sights Are Set on Motherhood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710201030/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_04-01-2007/AHalle_Barry |date=April 1, 2007 |access-date=July 24, 2007 |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |last=Listfield |first=Emily |journal=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]}}</ref><ref>Hamida Ghafour (March 21, 2002). [https://archive.today/20120912015959/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1388548/I-was-close-to-ending-it-all,-says-actress.html "I was close to ending it all, says actress"], Telegraph.co.uk; accessed April 1, 2008.</ref> Berry and Justice were divorced on June 20, 1997.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qtEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=frYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4528,4789916 "Divorce between Halle Berry, David Justice final"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203161015/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qtEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=frYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4528,4789916 |date=February 3, 2022 }}, ''[[The Albany Herald]]'', June 25, 1997; accessed October 29, 2015.</ref>

In May 2000, Berry pleaded no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of a car accident; she was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $13,500, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-11-me-29022-story.html|title = Halle Berry Gets Probation, Fine for Leaving Scene of Crash|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = May 11, 2000|access-date = April 6, 2021|archive-date = April 28, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210428063802/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-11-me-29022-story.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

Berry married her second husband, singer-songwriter [[Eric Benét]], on January 24, 2001, following a two-year courtship.<ref name="ebony" /><ref name="People2003-10-02">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-eric-benet-split/|title=Halle Berry, Eric Benet Split|author=[[Stephen M. Silverman]]|work=People|date=October 2, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825120519/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-eric-benet-split/|url-status=live}}</ref> Benét underwent treatment for sex addiction in 2002.<ref name="Contactmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/benet-berry-is-lying_1000920|title=Benet: 'Berry Is Lying'|work=Contactmusic.com|date=June 27, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528014401/http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/benet-berry-is-lying_1000920|url-status=live}}</ref> By early October 2003, they had separated,<ref name="People2003-10-02" /> and their divorce was finalized on January 3, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|date=January 10, 2005|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-finalizes-split-from-benet/|title=Halle Berry Finalizes Split from Benet|work=People|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817115715/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-finalizes-split-from-benet/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Peopledivorced>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/eric-benets-confessions-vol-64-no-2/|title=Eric Benét's Confessions|work=People|date=July 11, 2005|volume=64|issue=2|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917084419/https://people.com/archive/eric-benets-confessions-vol-64-no-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2005, Berry began dating French-Canadian model [[Gabriel Aubry]], whom she had met at a [[Gianni Versace S.p.A.|Versace]] photoshoot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-steps-out-with-her-new-man/|title=Halle Berry Steps Out with Her New Man|work=People|date=February 15, 2006|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013412/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-steps-out-with-her-new-man/|url-status=live}}</ref> Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/halle-berry-has-a-baby-girl/|title=Halle Berry Has a Baby Girl|work=People|date=March 16, 2008|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074405/https://people.com/parents/halle-berry-has-a-baby-girl/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced that their relationship had ended some months earlier.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Triggs|first2=Julie|last2=Jordan|date=May 2, 2010|url=https://people.com/celebrity/source-halle-berry-kicked-gabriel-out-months-ago/|title=Source: Halle Berry 'Kicked Gabriel Out' Months Ago|work=People|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825120555/https://people.com/celebrity/source-halle-berry-kicked-gabriel-out-months-ago/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2011, Berry and Aubry became involved in a highly publicized custody battle,<ref name="custody">{{cite magazine|first=Mike|last=Fleeman|date=January 18, 2011|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berrys-ex-gabriel-aubry-files-for-joint-custody-of-daughter-nahla/|title=Halle Berry's Ex Gabriel Aubry Files for Joint Custody of Daughter|magazine=People|access-date=January 19, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119202544/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20458699,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="custody2">{{cite magazine|first=Mike|last=Fleeman|date=January 31, 2011|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20462565,00.html|title=Halle Berry to Fight for Custody of Daughter|magazine=People|access-date=January 31, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201203727/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20462565,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="custody3">{{cite magazine|author=[[Stephen M. Silverman]]|date=June 21, 2012|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20605971,00.html|title=Halle Berry to Pay Gabriel Aubry $20,000 a Month in Child Support: Report|magazine=People|access-date=November 23, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116191938/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20605971,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> centered primarily on Berry's desire to move with their daughter from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry resided, to France, the home of French actor [[Olivier Martinez]], whom Berry had started dating in 2010, having met him while filming ''[[Dark Tide]]'' in South Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/pictures/30309/0/the-carousel-of-hope-ball-celebrity-photos-jennifer-lopez-photos-halle-berry-photos.html |title=The Carousel of Hope Ball |magazine=Marie Claire |date=October 25, 2010 |access-date=April 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164151/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/pictures/30309/0/the-carousel-of-hope-ball-celebrity-photos-jennifer-lopez-photos-halle-berry-photos.html |archive-date=October 15, 2013 }}</ref> Aubry objected to the move on the ground that it would interfere with their joint custody arrangement.<ref name="custody4">{{cite magazine|first=Tim|last=Nudd|date=October 16, 2012|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20639428,00.html|title=Halle Berry: Why I Want to Leave the Country|magazine=People|access-date=November 23, 2012|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102084018/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20639428,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2012, a judge denied Berry's request to move the couple's daughter to France.<ref name="custody5">{{cite magazine|date=November 9, 2012|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20646971,00.html|title=Halle Berry Can't Move to France with Daughter: Report|magazine=People|access-date=November 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113055303/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20646971,00.html|archive-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry's residence. Martinez performed a [[citizen's arrest]] on Aubry and, because it was considered a [[domestic violence]] incident, was granted a temporary emergency protective order preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and the child with whom he shares custody with Berry, until November 29, 2012.<ref name="custody6">{{cite magazine|first=Sarah|last=Michaud|date=November 22, 2012|url=https://people.com/crime/halle-berrys-ex-gabriel-aubry-olivier-martinez-in-thanksgiving-brawl/|title=Gabriel Aubry Arrested After Brawl with Olivier Martinez|magazine=People|access-date=November 23, 2012|archive-date=November 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124013921/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20650768,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In turn, Aubry obtained a temporary restraining order against Martinez on November 26, 2012, asserting that the fight had begun when Martinez had threatened to kill Aubry if he did not allow the couple to move to France.<ref name="custody7">{{cite news|date=November 26, 2012|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/gabriel-aubry-describes-bad-blood-with-halle-berry-fiance.html|title=Gabriel Aubry describes confrontation with Halle Berry's fiancé|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204212907/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/gabriel-aubry-describes-bad-blood-with-halle-berry-fiance.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries to Aubry's face, which were widely displayed in the media.<ref name="custody8">{{cite web|date=November 26, 2012|url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/11/26/gabriel-aubry-olivier-martinez-restraining-order-halle-berry|title=Gabriel Aubry: Halle Berry's Fiancé Threatened to KILL ME|website=tmz.com|publisher=TMZ|access-date=October 29, 2015|archive-date=October 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019060404/http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/26/gabriel-aubry-olivier-martinez-restraining-order-halle-berry|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 29, 2012, Berry's lawyer announced that Berry and Aubry had reached an amicable custody agreement in court.<ref name="custody9">{{cite news|first=Natalie|last=Finn|date=November 29, 2012|url=http://ca.eonline.com/news/367201/halle-berry-and-gabriel-aubry-reach-amicable-agreement-in-court|title=Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry Reach 'Amicable Agreement' in Court|work=EOnline|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908162019/http://ca.eonline.com/news/367201/halle-berry-and-gabriel-aubry-reach-amicable-agreement-in-court|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2014, a [[Superior Court]] ruling called for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 a month in child support as well as a retroactive payment of $115,000 and $300,000 for Aubry's attorney fees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/things-morning/story?id=24067231|title=Halle Berry to Pay $16,000 Each Month in Child Support|newspaper=abcnews|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=June 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610202959/http://abcnews.go.com/US/things-morning/story?id=24067231|url-status=live}}</ref>

Berry and Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012,<ref>[http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/533727/are-halle-berry-and-olivier-martinez-getting-married.html Are Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez getting married?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908161952/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/533727/are-halle-berry-and-olivier-martinez-getting-married.html |date=September 8, 2014 }} ''[[Marie Claire]]''; accessed January 29, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.miami.com/oliver-martinez-confirms-engagement-halle-berry-clears-ring-debate-opens-villa-azur-south-beach-weekend-article "Olivier Martinez confirms engagement to Halle Berry, clears up ring debate, opens Villa Azur on South Beach this weekend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312065616/http://www.miami.com/oliver-martinez-confirms-engagement-halle-berry-clears-ring-debate-opens-villa-azur-south-beach-weekend-article |date=March 12, 2012 }}, ''The Miami Herald'', March 10, 2012; accessed March 10, 2012.</ref> and married in France on July 13, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-olivier-martinez-marriage-ceremony-in-france/|title=Halle Berry Is Married: Photos|work=People|date=July 13, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2019|first1=Kathy|last1=Ehrich Dowd|last2=Mikelbank|first2=Peter|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074452/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-olivier-martinez-marriage-ceremony-in-france/|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duke|first1=Alan|title=Halle Berry gives birth to a son|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/06/showbiz/halle-berry-birth/|website=CNN|date=October 6, 2013|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111302/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/06/showbiz/halle-berry-birth/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced they were divorcing.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-and-olivier-martinez-are-divorcing/|magazine=People|title=Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez Are Divorcing After Two Years of Marriage|first=Emily|last=Zauzmer|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135918/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-and-olivier-martinez-are-divorcing/|url-status=live}}</ref> The divorce 
was finalized in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/818672/halle-berry-finalizes-divorce-from-olivier-martinez |title= Halle Berry Finalizes Divorce from Olivier Martinez |first=Kendall |last=Fisher |date=30 December 2016 |publisher=E! News |access-date=19 November 2020 }}</ref> In August 2023, issues dealing with custody and child support were settled.<ref>{{cite web|last=Melendez|first=Miguel|date=23 August 2023|title=Halle Berry To Pay Olivier Martinez $8,000 Monthly Child Support In Divorce Settlement|url=https://etcanada.com/news/1015703/halle-berry-to-pay-olivier-martinez-8000-monthly-child-support-in-divorce-settlement/|work=ET Canada|access-date=9 October 2023|archive-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929024639/https://etcanada.com/news/1015703/halle-berry-to-pay-olivier-martinez-8000-monthly-child-support-in-divorce-settlement/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Berry started dating American musician [[Van Hunt]] in 2020, which was revealed through her Instagram.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halle Berry Calls Boyfriend Van Hunt Her 'Superstar': 'I'll Be Ya Groupie Baby'|url=https://people.com/movies/halle-berry-calls-boyfriend-van-hunt-her-superstar-ill-be-ya-groupie-baby/|access-date=June 14, 2021|website=People|language=en|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614054709/https://people.com/movies/halle-berry-calls-boyfriend-van-hunt-her-superstar-ill-be-ya-groupie-baby/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=Hilary|date=May 16, 2021|title=All About Halle Berry's Boyfriend, Van Hunt|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a36440649/who-is-van-hunt-halle-berry-musician-boyfriend/|access-date=June 14, 2021|website=ELLE|language=en-US|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614054701/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a36440649/who-is-van-hunt-halle-berry-musician-boyfriend/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Activism===
[[File:Halle Berry and Katherine Clark 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Berry with House Minority Whip [[Katherine Clark]] in December 2023]]
Along with [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Téa Leoni]], and [[Daryl Hannah]], Berry successfully fought in 2006 against the [[List of LNG terminals#United States and Gulf of Mexico|Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility]] that was proposed off the coast of Malibu.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15385299 "Actors join protest against project off Malibu"], NBC News, October 23, 2005.</ref> Berry said, "I care about the air we breathe, I care about the marine life and the ecosystem of the ocean."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-others-protest-natural-gas-facility/|title=Halle Berry, Others Protest Natural Gas Facility|work=People|date=April 11, 2007|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013422/https://people.com/celebrity/halle-berry-others-protest-natural-gas-facility/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2007, Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] vetoed the facility.<ref>[http://www.independent.com/news/2007/may/24/cabrillo-port-dies-santa-barbara-flavored-death "The Santa Barbara Independent Cabrillo Port Dies a Santa Barbara Flavored Death"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122132939/http://www.independent.com/news/2007/may/24/cabrillo-port-dies-santa-barbara-flavored-death/ |date=November 22, 2008 }}, ''The Santa Barbara Independent'', May 24, 1007.</ref> [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]] gave her its 2006 ''Woman of The Year'' award.<ref>[http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.02/15-hasty.html "And the Pudding Pot goes to..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023033/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/02.02/15-hasty.html |date=March 4, 2016 }} (February 2, 2006), ''[[Harvard University Gazette]]''; accessed January 1, 2008.</ref> Berry took part in a nearly 2,000-house cellphone-bank campaign for [[Barack Obama]] in February 2008.<ref>"Halle Berry, Ted Kennedy: 'Move On' for Obama" (February 29, 2008), ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref> In April 2013, she appeared in a video clip for [[Gucci]]'s "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness of women's issues in terms of education, health, and justice.<ref>{{cite web|last=Karmali|first=Sarah|title=Blake Lively and Halle Berry Join Gucci's Chime For Change|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/04/16/blake-lively-joins-gucci-chime-for-change---halle-berry-zoe-saldana-beyonce|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|date=April 16, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195348/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/04/16/blake-lively-joins-gucci-chime-for-change---halle-berry-zoe-saldana-beyonce|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2013, Berry testified alongside [[Jennifer Garner]] before the California State Assembly's Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would protect celebrities' children from harassment by photographers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Child|first=Ben|title=Jennifer Garner joins Halle Berry's fight for new anti-paparazzi law in California|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/15/jennifer-garner-halle-berry-paparazzi-law|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 24, 2013|date=August 15, 2013|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827172408/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/15/jennifer-garner-halle-berry-paparazzi-law|url-status=live}}</ref> The bill passed in September.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|title=Anti-paparazzi bill backed by Halle Berry now California law|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/halle-berry-anti-paparazzi-law|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=January 24, 2014|date=September 26, 2013|archive-date=December 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219095618/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/halle-berry-anti-paparazzi-law|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2024, Berry advocated for more research and education on [[menopause]] by supporting a bill introduced by [[Patty Murray|Senators Patty Murray]] and [[Lisa Murkowski]]. Berry said, "I'm in menopause, OK?... The shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life that happens. Our doctors can't even say the word to us, let alone walk us through the journey."<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Mariam |last2=Kindelan |first2=Katie |date=May 2, 2024 |title=Halle Berry shouts 'I'm in menopause' on Capitol Hill as she fights for funding to improve women's care |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/halle-berry-shouts-im-menopause-capitol-hill-fights/story?id=109881356 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>