From Blockbusters to Business Deals: Here's How Oscar-Winning Actress Halle Berry Secured the Bag

The Breakdown: Halle Berry has been successfully gracing silver screens since 1991, and she has the net worth to prove it. Berry has been a highly sought-after actress and has amassed significant earnings from her films and more recent directorial and entrepreneurial ventures.

Halle Berry is absolutely captivating on screen. She was electric in her portrayal of X-Men’s Storm (2000-2014). She was a believably badass assassin alongside Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). And, of course, anyone who’s seen her heart-wrenching performance in Monster’s Ball (2001) can understand why the role earned her a Best Actress Oscar (the only Black woman to receive the honor.)

With a career spanning more than 30 years, Berry has cemented herself as a Hollywood legend. Here’s the inside scoop on her life behind the scenes, including her net worth.

If you want Halle Berry in your movie, it’s going to cost you a pretty penny. The actress has been earning massive paychecks for her film appearances since her 2.5 million dollar payday for Swordfish (2001). That includes the $500,000 she was paid for the movie’s topless scene.

But that salary is a drop in the bucket of Berry’s impressive estimated $90 million net worth.

Berry’s filmography has been one of the biggest contributors to her wealth. She was paid handsomely for roles in box-office hits like Gothika (2003), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and Die Another Day (2002). Even in movies that absolutely bombed, Berry came out on top. For example, Catwoman (2004) performed terribly at the box office and even earned her a Razzie. But she was free to dry any tears she shed about it with the 14 million dollars she was paid for the role.

Berry has also pulled in some significant cash outside of her big-screen movies. In 2020, she had her directorial debut in Netflix’s Bruised, which she also starred in. The next year, the streaming giant announced that Berry had signed a multi-picture deal. While the sticker price for this partnership wasn’t revealed, we can assume there were a lot of zeroes.

Not to be left out, Apple TV got its piece of the Berry pie, too. Berry played the lead in the platform’s sci-fi series Extant. She was paid $150,000 for each of the show’s 26 episodes, adding nearly $4 million to her revenue.

Film and TV aren’t Berry’s only income streams. Berry was a model before she began her acting career and competed in beauty contests like Miss USA and Miss World. So, naturally, a cosmetics brand partnership was offered the gorgeous star.

She has had a spokesmodel deal with beauty brand Revlon since 1996. Berry successfully negotiated an increase from $3 million to $5 million when her deal was renewed in 2004. It’s reported she now earns upwards of $10 million annually from this ongoing Revlon partnership.

Berry is also a proud homeowner with a stunning property in California, and her real estate portfolio makes a major addition to her net worth. She purchased her 5,000-square-foot Malibu mansion for $8.5 million in 2004. It’s now estimated to be worth $18 million. She also previously owned a home in Hollywood Hills that she sold in 2006 for $4.15 million.

But she’s not done building her empire.

Berry built her career on being a beautiful and expressive actress. But she’s much more than a pretty face. She’s also a savvy businesswoman. Leveraging her own experiences, Berry launched a women’s health company called Respin that offers community, content, commerce, and care for women going through menopause.

With monthly subscriptions ranging from $100 to $150, Berry is ensuring her customers get access to experienced health coaches and helpful products from partners like the biotech company Pendulum, where she’s the Chief Communications Officer and an investor. Berry has also sought investors for Respin, getting backing to help foot her brand’s startup costs.

While Berry is working to make some money from the $16 billion menopause market, she’s also advocating for legislation that would earmark $275 million in government funding for menopause research and education.