The The Union actress is a mom to kids Nahla and Maceo
Halle Berry is Catwoman, Leticia Musgrove, or Storm to many, but at home, she’s mom.
The Monster’s Ball actress first became a mom in 2008 when she welcomed her first daughter, Nahla, and five years later, her family grew with the arrival of her son, Maceo.
She was 42 when she became a mom, and previously told InStyle about how transformative the experience was. She said in 2019: “I felt the sexiest during both my pregnancies. I became a mom at 40. Knowing that someone would always be counting on me made me a better person. I’m more focused and in line with my values and my goals.”
“I stopped letting negativity get me down. Plus, I loved being pregnant,” she added, and that she was “so alive with my purpose and my femininity. It felt like my body was doing what it was built to do.”
However, Halle’s journey through motherhood hasn’t been without its fair share of complications and heartbreak, as she was embroiled in tense, years-long custody battles following both of her respective splits from her children’s dads. Catch up on all we know about Nahla and Maceo, plus their dads.
Nahla Ariela Aubry, 16
Halle welcomed Nahla on March 16, 2008, with then-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, a Canadian model she met at a photoshoot for Versace in November 2005; the two lived and raised Nahla together.
In April 2010, it was announced that they split some months before, and a bitter, years-long custody battle ensued, particularly after two years later, Halle expressed her wishes to move to France with then-fiancé, French actor Olivier Martinez, along with four-year-old Nahla.
At the time, she accused Gabriel of essentially white-washing their daughter when, allegedly without Halle’s consent, he dyed Nahla’s hair blonde and straightened her curls, which Halle perceived to be a move to mask her daughter’s African-American heritage.
Their legal battle became even messier when Gabriel and Unfaithful star Olivier were engaged in a physical fight, and Olivier was granted an emergency protective order preventing Gabriel from coming within 100 yards of Halle and Nahla, plus Gabriel in turn obtained a restraining order from Olivier.
In 2014, she was ordered by a judge to pay $16,000 a month in child support, a figure she has since both slammed as “extortion” and managed to slash to a lesser $8,000 a month, plus a percentage from her annual earnings.