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Character name:
Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson
Appears in:
Die Another Day
Date:
2002
Award(s):
Saturn Award
Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
Black Reel Award
Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
Empire Award
Best Actress
Nominated
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Won
Kids' Choice Award
Blimp Award
Favorite Female Butt Kicker
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Favorite Movie Actress
Nominated
MTV Movie Award
Best Female Performance
Nominated
Teen Choice Award
Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
Nominated
| Character back story:
Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson is an American NSA agent. Jinx is conducting an investigation of Graves. Graves is planning on using a satellite to reignite the war between North and South Korea. She eventually teams up with British secret agent James Bond 007. Together the two agents are on a quest to unmask a traitor, and prevent a war of catastrophic proportions | Occupation:
National Security Agent | Signature look:
Sexiness & Beauty | Resides:
Where ever her job takes her | Fun facts/trivia:
Berry was hurt during filming when debris from a smoke grenade flew into her eye.
According to a ITV news poll, Jinx was voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time.
Berry's bikini scene was shot in Cadiz, the location was reportedly cold and windy, and footage was released of Berry wrapped in thick towels in between takes to avoid catching a chill.
Die Another Day was the highest grossing James Bond film until the release of Casino Royale. It earned $432 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 2002.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Jinx: Giacinta Johnson. My friends call me Jinx.
James Bond: My friends call me James Bond.
- Zao: Why are you trying to kill me?
Jinx: I thought it was the humane thing to do.
- Zao: Who sent you?
Jinx: Yo' mama. And she told me to tell you she's really disappointed in you.
- James Bond: Not Jinx anymore?
Jinx: Oh, I'll always be a jinx to you.
- James Bond: What are you, CIA?
Jinx: NSA. Hello, we're on the same side.
James Bond: Doesn't mean we're after the same thing.
Jinx: Sure it does. World peace, unconditional love, and our little friend with the expensive acne.
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| Character name:
Leticia Musgrove
Appears in:
Monster's Ball
Date:
2001
Award(s):
AFI Award
AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movies
Nominated
Academy Award
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Won
BAFTA Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated
Silver Berlin Bear
Best Actress
Won
Black Reel Award
Theatrical - Best Actress
Won
CFCA Award
Best Actress
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominated
ALFS Award
Actress of the Year
Nominated
MTV Movie Award
Best Female Performance
Nominated
NBR Award
Best Actress
Won
PFCS Award
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Won
PFCS Award
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Won
Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Won
| Character back story:
Leticia Musgrove is a wife
and mother. Her husband is imprisoned for murder and later executed. Leticia is struggling to raise her son, Tyrell, alone. One night as Leticia and Tyrell are walking along the street, Tyrell is struck by a passing car. Hank, a racist correctional officer who executed Leticia's husband, stops and drives them to the hospital, sadly Tyrell dies. The grief leads to an unexpected bond between the two.
| Occupation:
Unemployed, then waitress
| Signature look:
Casual
| Personality Type:
Talked tough but was insecure | Resides:
Louisiana
| Fun facts/trivia:
The title, Monster's Ball, comes from a custom in medieval England where prisoners awaiting execution were called monsters. The night before their execution, their jailers would hold a feast known as a monster's ball as their final farewell.
The execution of character Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), Leticia's husband, was filmed using the actual retired Louisiana electric chair in the very room where it was used.
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All Time" by Premiere.
Halle as Leticia Musgrove
Halle with her Oscar Award
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Hank Grotowski: I wanna take care of you.
Leticia Musgrove: Good. Cuz' I need to be taken care of.
- Leticia Musgrove: Make me feel good.
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Character name:
Dorothy Dandridge
Appears in:
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Date:
1999
Award(s):
Black Reel Award
Network/Cable - Best Actress
Won
Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Won
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Won
Image Award
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
Won
Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Won
| Character back story:
Dorothy Dandridge was a singer, entertainer and actress. Despite her striking beauty and obvious talent, Dandridge was a sexy, glamorous black femme fatale at a time when Hollywood pin-up queens were supposed to be giggly blondes. The film industry didn't know what to do with her, and while her nightclub act was a bit too smooth for the Southern roadhouse circuit, as a black performer she wasn't allowed to stay in many of the hotels and resorts where she performed. Dandridge also had a sad personal life, filled with tragedy and romantic disappointment, and she died of an overdose of pills in 1965, at the age of 41.
| Occupation:
Singer, Nightclub Entertainer, & Actress
| Signature look:
Her Striking Beauty
| Resides:
Hollywood, California
| Character connections:
Halle Berry and Dorothy Dandridge both dealt with some form of racism in their own personal life.
| Fun facts/trivia:
When production ran over budget the studio wanted to cut the red carpet scene at the end of the film. Halle Berry desperately wanted to keep the scene, so she paid for it herself (HBO subsequently reimbursed her).
Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, for Carmen Jones (1954). Halle Berry is the first African-American to win a Best Actress Academy Award for, Monster's Ball (2001).
Tagline: "Right woman. Right place. Wrong time."
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Earl Mills: [notices thick makeup on Dorothy's face] What happened to your face?
Dorothy Dandridge: Guess I wasn't black enough to lead the tribe.
- Dorothy Dandridge: Have you ever caught sight of yourself by accident and you see yourself from the outside? That's who you really are.
- Dorothy Dandridge: Tonight, I'll take my bows and exit stage rear, go through the kitchen, past the casino, around the pool, which I'm apparently too dirty to swim in, up the service elevator, into my luxurious penthouse, sip my complimentary champagne, and pee in a brand new Dixie cup!
Earl Mills: I take that walk with you every night, you know.
Dorothy Dandridge: But the difference is, Earl, you don't HAVE to!
- Dorothy Dandridge: Harold says I'm the most beautiful girl in the world.
Geri Nicholas: I'd rather be smart than beautiful.
Dorothy Dandridge: Well, I'd rather be beautiful.
Geri Nicholas: Beauty fades. A woman gets old.
Dorothy Dandridge: Not me. I'm staying young and beautiful until the day I die!
Dorothy Dandridge and Halle as Dorothy  
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Character name:
Ororo Munroe / Storm
Appears in:
X-Men 2000
X2 2003
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
Award(s):
Kids' Choice Award
Favorite Movie Actress
X-Men
Nominated
MTV Movie Award
Best On-Screen Team
X-Men
Nominated
Kids' Choice Award
Favorite Movie Actress
X2
Nominated
Teen Choice Award
Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
X2
Nominated
Black Movie Award
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
X-Men: The Last Stand
Nominated
Kids' Choice Award
Favorite Female Movie Star
X-Men: The Last Stand
Nominated
Teen Choice Award
Movies - Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure
X-Men: The Last Stand
Nominated | Character back story:
Ororo Munroe / Storm
works as a teacher at the X-Mansion and has the ability to manipulate the weather.
| Occupation:
Teacher
| Personality type:
Caring for her fellow mutants
| Signature look:
White Hair
| Resides:
The X-Mansion
| Fun facts/trivia:
Bryan Singer cast Halle Berry as Storm after seeing her performance in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
Halle Berry (Storm) was supposed to wear opaque white lenses for the scenes where she uses her weather-control powers. However, she found the lenses unbearable, so her eye effects had to be done entirely through CGI.
(X-Men: The Last Stand)
Halle Berry had initially decided not to reprise her role as Storm for this film, citing lack of character development in the previous two installments and a
tense relationship with director Bryan Singer. However, after Singer's departure and suffering a major box-office flop with Catwoman, Berry agreed to return on the condition that her role be expanded. Consequently in this film Storm serves as leader of the X-Men, which is keeping with the comics since she served as team leader for a time in Xavier's absence.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Storm: At least I've chosen a side.
- Storm: Help us! Fight with us!
- Storm: Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?
Storm: The same thing that happens to everything else.
- Storm: Kurt, it's about to get very cold in here.
Nightcrawler: I'm not going anywhere.
- Ororo Munroe: No, Professor. They can't cure us. You want to know why? Because there's nothin' to cure. Nothing's wrong with you. Or any of us, for that matter.
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