Halle Berry won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in 'Monster's Ball',
becoming the first African-American woman to win the honor. She has starred in films
including 'Die Another Day,' 'Gothika,' the 'X-Men' film franchise and 'Kidnap.'
Berry has a checkered romantic past. She was involved in a stormy relationship with men.
Halle Berry has two children. Learn about the battle for them with her ex-husbands.
Nahla Ariela Aubry. Nahla was born on March 16, 2008, in Los Angeles,
California. Her parents announced their separation on April 30, 2010.
After their separation, Gabriel and Halle had a custody battle for Nahla. The legal
fight was one of the most highly publicized celebrity custody battles of all time. Halle
wanted to move to France with her daughter. She was planning to move in with her then-fiancé,
actor Olivier Martinez, who lived in France. Nahla’s father, on the other hand, wanted
joint custody of their daughter and thus objected to Halle's decision of moving to France with
their daughter. The shift would have then created an obstacle for the joint custody
arrangement. The court sustained Gabriel's objection in November 2012. However, the custody
evaluator's opinion favored Halle’s decision. On November 29, 2012, the court closed the
custody case after Halle agreed to an amicable custody agreement.
During the custody case proceedings, Gabriel demanded $50,000 for Nahla’s expenses and
demanded that the child support amount be increased by $20,000 per month. The court
ruled in his favor, and in June 2012, ordered Halle to raise the amount.
On November 22, 2012, Gabriel had a physical altercation with Halle’s then-fiancé, Olivier.
The latter was injured and admitted to a Los Angeles hospital. Olivier was reportedly furious,
as Gabriel had not let Halle move to France with Nahla.
Olivier filed a report against Gabriel and was also granted an emergency protective order
that barred Gabriel from coming within 100 yards of him, Halle, and Nahla, until November
29, 2012. In June 2014, Halle received a notification
from a superior court that ordered her to pay $16,000 a month in child support. She
also received a reminder to pay $115,000, which she owed to Gabriel. Halle was also
liable to pay a sum of $300,000 for Gabriel’s attorney fees.
Halle and Gabriel now share an amicable relationship and often spend time with Nahla. In May 2018,
they were spotted with Nahla at a carnival in Los Angeles. However, Halle and Gabriel
maintained a respectable distance throughout the event. They had previously agreed to have
no bitter feelings for each other for the sake of Nahla.
Maceo Robert Martinez. Maceo’s parents met for the first time in
2010, on the set of the movie ‘Dark Tide.’ They began dating soon after and announced
their engagement in March 2012. Halle and Olivier exchanged wedding vows on
July 13, 2013. The wedding ceremony was held in France. By then, Halle was already pregnant
with Maceo. Maceo Robert Martinez was born on October
5, 2013, in Los Angeles California. The name "Maceo" is of Spanish origin and means the
“gift of God.” Shortly after his birth, around March 2014, rumors of his parents’
separation began surfacing. Halle was then still amidst the custody battle that she had
been fighting for her daughter with her former partner, model Gabriel Aubry.
Halle and Olivier settled their divorce on December 29, 2016. They had announced their
separation in 2015, and Halle had requested the court to finalize the divorce latest by
January 1, 2017. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce.
Unlike her previous custody battle, Maceo’s custody proceedings were comparatively more
peaceful. Halle and Olivier now have joint legal and physical custody of Maceo. This
legal battle was mostly kept away from the media spotlight. Halle and Olivier even went
on a vacation with Maceo after announcing their divorce.
Following her divorce from Olivier, Halle was rumored to be in a relationship with British
record producer and songwriter Alex da Kid. However, neither of them has confirmed the
rumor yet. Halle once posted a picture of Maceo from
their Bora Bora vacation. The images received numerous comments stating that he had facial
features similar to his mother’s. Maceo also spends time with Nahla, and they get
along well.