Here are some known facts about the woman born Maria Halle Berry:

The Cleveland, Ohio born actress is a former fashion model, and beauty queen, having won Miss USA World title in 1986.

As the only African American women to win the Academy Award for Best Actress (for 2001's 'Monster's Ball'), Berry remains one the highest paid actresses in Hollywood.

She is a longtime spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.

She is a diabetic.

She was married to professional baseball player David Justice and R&B singer Eric Benet; both short marriages ended in divorce.

She has dated French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry since November 2005.

She recently finished shooting 'Frankie and Alice' --her first film since giving birth to her one-year-old daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry.

Black Voices named her one of the Top 30 Sexiest Black Actresses in 2008.

Over the years, she's made an array of movies -- some critically acclaimed, some not so much.

Below are a list of projects we chose to highlight on her special day:

'Jungle Fever'
'Strictly Business'
'Alex Haley's Queen'
'Losing Isaiah'
'The Rich Man's Wife'
'BAPS'
'Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding'
'Bulworth'
'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'
'X-Men'
'Swordfish'
'Monsters Ball'
'Die Another Day'
'Catwoman'
'Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God'
'Things We Lost in the Fire'

This is just a sample of Halle Berry's body of work. She's one of the busiest actors of her generation. It's not her complete list of films.