Judith Ann Hawkins: Is Halle Berry’s Mother Still Alive?

Judith Ann Hawkins is an American former Psychiatric nurse and also the mother of Halle Berry. Judith Ann Hawkins’ daughter Berry is an American actress. She began her career as 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.

Judith Ann Hawkins: Bio Summary

How old is Halle Berry’s mother?

Judith Ann Hawkins was born on April 23, 1935, in  Cleveland, Ohio, United States to her parents  Earl Ellsworth Hawkins and Nellie Dicken. As of 2022, she is 87 years old. She is a retired psychiatric nurse who worked as a hospital attendant. Judith Ann had two children:  Halle Berry and her sister, Heidi Berry.

Is Halle Berry’s mother still alive?

Yes, Halle Berry mother is still alive as of 2022. She is 87 years old and still healthy. There have been no news of her death.

Who was Judith Ann’s husband?

Judith Ann was married to an Afro-American man named Jerome Jesse Berry. There aren’t many details available regarding their marriage. However, it is known that the couple called their marriage a quit in 1970. The reason behind their separation has not been made public.

They divorced when Halle was four years old, and she and her older sister Heidi Berry-Henderson were raised exclusively by their mother. She has been estranged from her father since childhood, noting in 1992 that she did not even know if he was still alive.

Judith Ann Hawkins’ ex-husband, Jerome passed away in January 2003. It has been stated that the reason for his death is a brain tumor. He took his last breath in his home in Ohio, the United States.

According to some online sources, it’s been stated that Judith Ann Hawkins’s ex-partner used to assault her physically. 

Their daughter Halle also remembers that her father had misbehaved with her mother when she was just five years old. She further added that her father used to raise his hands almost every day to Judith. Her father had also kicked their mother downstairs, hitting her with a wine bottle in her head. 

Judith Ann Hawkins and her daughter

As said earlier, Judith Ann had two children- Halle and her elder sister, Heidi Berry. The sister grew up with their mother who raised them alone. That’s why their daughters have a great bond with their mother rather than with their abusive father. That’s why Halle has been spotted with her mother at many events as well.

Judith Ann gave birth to her first daughter, whom they named Heidi Berry, in 1964. Two years later she welcomed her second child named Halle Berry in 1966.

Judith Ann Hawkins’ daughter Halle Berry was ranked No. 1 on People‘s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times and appearing No. 1 on FHM‘s “100 Sexiest Women in the World” the same year. She was named Esquire magazine’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” in October 2008, about which she stated: “I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it.”

At the age of 42 (in 2008), she was named the “Sexiest Black Woman” by Access Hollywood’s “TV One Access” survey. Born to an African-American father and a white mother, Halle stated that her biracial background was “painful and confusing” when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived.

In November 2005, Judith Ann Hawkins’ daughter, Halle began dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met at a Versace photoshoot. Berry gave birth to their daughter in March 2008. On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their relationship had ended some months earlier. Halle started dating Grammy-winning American musician Van Hunt in 2020, which was revealed through her Instagram.