Halle Berry may be a mommy of a certain age, but the men's
magazine Esquire says the Oscar-winning actress is still the
Sexiest Woman Alive.
In an article on the magazine's website (
www.esquire.com), Berry poses in
a parody of a 2000 cover photograph of former US President Bill
Clinton, and writes about what she thinks of winning Esquire's
annual honor for the first time.
"Well, I don't know exactly what it means but being 42 and having
just had a baby, I think I'll take it," Berry wrote.
Esquire said it dressed Berry in a racier version of Clinton's suit
jacket and blue tie to recreate an iconic cover for its 75th
anniversary celebration.
Berry starred last year in the movie Things We Lost in the Fire and
is due to star next year in Frankie and Alice, a film about a woman
with multiple personality disorder.
In the Esquire article, Berry describes things she finds sexy.
It turns out that spaghetti and wine are major turn-ons.
"Sexy is not about wearing sexy clothes or shaking your booty until
you damn near get hip dysplasia; it's about knowing that sexiness
is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being," she said.
Berry won an Oscar in 2002 for her role in the movie "Monster's
Ball." She played the wife of an executed murderer who becomes
romantically involved with a guard at the prison where her husband
had been held.
With the Oscar win, Berry became the first black woman to take home
an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Berry gave birth in March to a baby girl. The father is Berry's
partner, French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, 32.
Berry has been married and divorced twice.
Her first marriage was to baseball player David Justice.
She adopted the daughter of her second husband, musician Eric Benet, but the couple broke up in 2003.
