Halle Berry thanks mother for refusing to help when homeless as a fledgling actress
The Oscar-winning star said her mother’s move was “one of the best things she did for me”.
Halle Berry has thanked her mother for refusing to give her money when she was living in a homeless shelter while trying to forge a career in acting.
The Oscar-winning star said she had a “rough” period in New York City before she found fame.
“I called my mother and I asked her to send me some money and she said no. And that subsequently led to a year of not speaking to her because I was so upset that she wouldn’t help me,” she told US magazine People.
“But again that was probably one of the best things she did for me.”
She said her mother told her to work it out and she did, getting a job as a waitress and then a bartender before her acting career kicked off.
Berry, 50, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, won the best actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in Monster’s Ball.