Time marches on, but Halle Berry remains a Bond girl at heart.The actress, who was 45 this week, took to the beach in a peach bikini and colourful sarong to celebrate her birthday in the California sunshine.
It was a reminder of her appearance nine years ago in the 007 movie Die Another Day, in which she played Jinx Johnson.
She made a sensational entrance emerging from the surf in an echo of Ursula Andress’s iconic scene 40 years earlier in Dr No.
Miss Berry has a home in Malibu only a few yards from the beach, where she was joined by several female friends and her three-year-old daughter Nahla.
Her boyfriend Olivier Martinez, former partner of Kylie Minogue, was not present but helped mark her birthday by arriving at a dinner in West Hollywood with his father.
Miss Berry refused to appear in nude scenes during the early part of her career.
But she agreed to be briefly seen topless in the 2001 movie Swordfish after the producers allegedly increased her fee by £300,000.
She went on to earn £7million for the title role in the film Catwoman, for which she received a ‘worst actress’ Golden Raspberry award in 2005.
She was the first star to accept the ‘honour’ in person.
It was a reminder of her appearance nine years ago in the 007 movie Die Another Day, in which she played Jinx Johnson.
Still sensational: Bind girl Halle Berry, left, in Die Another Day in 2002. Right, now at her birthday party in Malibu
Grapple: A laughing Halle Berry was wrestled into the sea by her female friend on the beach in Malibu yesterday as she celebrated her 45th birthday
Water good throw: Halle ends up soaked after her friend shows no mercy and takes her down
Tight hold: Halle screams as her friend tries to force her head down and give her a dunking
Miss Berry has a home in Malibu only a few yards from the beach, where she was joined by several female friends and her three-year-old daughter Nahla.
Her boyfriend Olivier Martinez, former partner of Kylie Minogue, was not present but helped mark her birthday by arriving at a dinner in West Hollywood with his father.
Larks: Halle emerges laughing from the surf after her dunking
Haven't we seen that look before? Halle's bikini was similar to the one she sported in Die Another Day in 2002
The best present: Spending the day with her daughter Nahla seemed to make Halle happiest of all as she enjoyed the sunshine
Hug for mummy: Nahla gives Halle a huge hug as they enjoy the birthday celebrations surrounded by friends
But she agreed to be briefly seen topless in the 2001 movie Swordfish after the producers allegedly increased her fee by £300,000.
She went on to earn £7million for the title role in the film Catwoman, for which she received a ‘worst actress’ Golden Raspberry award in 2005.
She was the first star to accept the ‘honour’ in person.
