Pregnant Halle on red carpet
Halle Berry brings a touch of glamour to the red carpet tonight.
The Oscar-winning actress, who is four months pregnant, is attending the gala screening of her new film, Things We Lost in the Fire.
Berry, 41, plays a grief-stricken widow who invites her late husband’s best friend, played by Benicio Del Toro, to move into her home.
But his presence has unexpected consequences for her and her family.
Berry is expecting a baby with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, a model, who is 10 years her junior.
The pair met while shooting an advert for Versace in 2005.
Berry’s marriages to baseball star David Justice and singer Eric Benet ended in divorce.
The actress has said that she knew she was ready for children after taking the role of a mother-of-two in Things We Lost in the Fire.
“I knew from playing a mother in this movie and having two adorable, smart children around me all the time that I was meant to be a mother,” she has said.
“It’s no mystery that right after we finished the movie it manifested itself in my life because I think I subconsciously knew, ’Yes, I can do this. I’m really, really ready’.”
Berry, one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actresses, won an Oscar in 2002 for Monster’s Ball.
Catwoman in 2004 was a critical flop and earned Berry a worst actress award at the Razzies, the spoof Oscars ceremony.
Things We Lost in the Fire has been described by critics as a return to “proper acting” for the star.
Del Toro has been praised for one of his best ever performances, but the movie itself has had mixed reviews.
The gala screening, in London’s Leicester Square, is part of the 51st London Film Festival.
Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier directs the movie, her first in English, while Sam Mendes, also attending tonight, produced it.
