born august american actress film producer fashion model won performance romantic drama woman color win date highest paid actresses hollywood 2000s involved production films performed actress started modeling entered beauty contests finishing 1st runner miss usa coming 6th place miss world breakthrough film role romantic comedy alongside led roles films comedy political comedy drama television film introducing won emmy award golden globe award best actress awards addition academy_award win garnered high profile roles 2000s storm men film series beginning action crime thriller spy film die day played bond girl appeared sequels men united men stand 2010s appeared movies science fiction film crime thriller men days future past divorced baseball player singer songwriter daughter model son actor early life born legally changed age parents selected middle local landmark birthplace cleveland ohio mother née english german ancestry psychiatric nurse father african american hospital attendant psychiatric ward mother worked later bus driver maternal grandmother born maternal grandfather born ohio parents divorced years old older sister raised exclusively mother said published reports estranged father childhood noting haven heard left maybe alive father abusive mother recalled witnessing mother beaten daily kicked stairs hit head wine bottle graduated cheerleader honor student editor school newspaper queen worked children department store studied 1980s entered beauty contests winning miss teen american miss runner texas miss usa interview competition said hoped entertainer media interview awarded highest score judges african american miss world finished sixth trinidad crowned according pursued modeling career chicago weeks new_york slept homeless shelter career early career moved new_york_city pursue acting ambitions early time ran money live briefly homeless shelter later situation improved cast role model emily franklin short lived abc television series shot new_york spin hit series boss taping living dolls coma diagnosed type diabetes cancellation moved los_angeles went recurring role long running primetime serial film debut small role played drug year starring role strictly business portrayed career woman falls lead character played romantic comedy following year caught public attention slave adaptation queen story american family based book live action movie playing sultry secretary tackled role playing drug struggling regain custody son losing starring opposite portrayed based true story shot australia starred alongside executive decision beginning seven years renewed contract late 1990s 2000s starred alongside comedy film received praise role intelligent woman raised activists gives politician new lease life year played singer wives pop singer biopic fall love hbo biopic introducing portrayed black woman nominated heart felt project introduced produced fought intensely come performance recognized awards including emmy golden globe portrayed superhero storm film adaptation comic book series men sequels men united men stand men days future past appeared film featured scene refused filmed scene changed mind raised fee substantially brief flash breasts added fee considered stories rumors quick deny turning numerous roles required nudity said decided husband supported encouraged risks appeared troubled wife executed murderer feature film performance awarded screen actors guild best actress prizes interesting coincidence woman color win academy award best actress earlier career portrayed african american nominated born hospital cleveland ohio issued statement giving hope making proud sign hollywood finally ready opportunity judge performance based skill skin color good thing role generated controversy graphic nude love scene racist character played star subject media discussion african americans african american community critical taking responded don reason far unique movie scene special pivotal needed special script require like asked higher fee advertisements winning academy_award firm chief congratulated saying happy modeled company replied course pay rage win academy_awards led famous oscar moments accepting award gave acceptance speech honoring previous black actresses opportunity said moment bigger woman colour chance tonight door opened year later presented best actor award winner ran stage instead giving standard cheek planted long kiss bond girl johnson blockbuster die day recreated scene emerging surf greeted james_bond years earlier costume designer die day insisted wear bikini knife homage said scene exciting sexy provocative winning oscar bikini scene shot location reportedly cold footage released wrapped thick takes try stay warm according itv news poll voted fourth toughest girl screen time hurt filming debris smoke grenade flew eye removed minute operation won academy award commissioned starred psychological thriller opposite november broke arm scene twisted arm hard production halted weeks moderate hit united_states box office taking million earned million abroad appeared metal band music video blue eyes motion picture soundtrack film year named sexiest women world poll recent work received million title role film million movie grossed million weekend awarded role appeared ceremony accept award person making person second actor sense humor considering experience rock order holding academy_award hand said life thought winning like thank kid mother told good loser way good winner fund animals praised compassion cats rumors keeping tiger sets pet film appearance produced abc television movie eyes watching god adaptation novel portrayed free spirited woman unconventional sexual upset 1920s contemporaries small community nominated emmy film voiced character mechanical beings animated feature robots involved production films television served executive producer introducing produced starred thriller perfect stranger starred things lost fire del film worked female director giving new feeling thinking way appreciated starred film alice plays young american women identity disorder struggling alter personality retain true self awarded african american film critics association award best actress nominated highest paid actresses hollywood 2000s earning estimated million film april awarded star hollywood boulevard contributions film industry worldwide box office gross usd billion appeared new year eve played leads film released october october signed star cbs drama series extant played astronaut struggles husband android son spending months space premiered july served executive producer series served years face face company signed market debut march delighted saying created home mixing march launched new production company producing partner named anti bill actress pushed signed law california governor fall new company emerged deal star cbs sci drama series extant films housed cbs personal life february involved traffic collision left scene charged hit run relationships marriages dated chicago march october november sued claimed unpaid loans help launch career contended money gift judge dismissed case list filed bankruptcy according beating abusive boyfriend filming boy scout caused lose eighty percent hearing left ear named said known hollywood saw baseball player playing mtv celebrity baseball game february reporter justice hometown cincinnati told justice fan gave phone number reporter justice married justice shortly midnight january following separation february stated publicly depressed considered taking life justice officially divorced june married second husband singer songwriter january following year courtship early october separated divorce finalized january underwent treatment sex addiction november began dating french canadian model met gave birth daughter march april announced separation separation involved highly publicized custody battle centered primarily desire daughter los_angeles resided france home french actor started dating met filming south_africa objected grounds interfere joint custody arrangement november judge denied request couple daughter france light objections weeks later november treated hospital injuries engaging physical altercation residence performed citizen arrest considered domestic violence incident granted temporary emergency protective order preventing coming yards child shares custody november turn obtained temporary order november asserting fight began threatened kill allow couple france leaked court documents included photos showing significant injuries face widely displayed media november lawyer announced reached custody agreement court june ruling called pay month child support year payment sum attorney fees confirmed engagement march married france july october gave birth son years marriage rumors separation couple announced activism successfully fought facility proposed coast said care air breathe care marine life ecosystem ocean governor vetoed facility gave woman year award took nearly house cell phone bank campaign barack_obama february april appeared video clip change campaign aims raise funds awareness women issues terms education health justice august testified alongside support bill protect celebrities children harassment photographers bill passed september public image ranked people beautiful people world list making seven times appeared sexiest women world year named magazine sexiest woman alive october stated don know exactly means having baby think ranked hottest women time list voted empire sexiest film stars year rapper hurricane chris released song entitled fine beauty sex appeal age named sexiest black woman access hollywood access survey born african american father white mother stated background painful confusing young woman decision early identify black woman knew perceived filmography film television awards nominations
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