 Before becoming an actress, Berry was a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986.Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy "Boomerang" (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in films, such as the family comedy "The Flintstones" (1994), the political comedy-drama "Bulworth" (1998) and the television film "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.In addition to her Academy Award, Berry garnered high-profile roles in the 2000s, such as Storm in "X-Men" (2000), the thrillers "Swordfish" (2001) and "Gothika" (2003), and the spy film "Die Another Day" (2002), where she played Bond girl Jinx.