Halle Berry celebrates a birthday today. The Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award-winning actress is 44 years young!

She is probably best known for Monster's Ball and other successful films, but she's also Revlon spokeswoman and was runner-up in a Miss USA pageant (1986).

While she and longtime boyfriend Gabriel Aubry broke up in April after almost five years together, the couple has a beautiful daughter, Nahla.

Halle has had her critics over the years, but what's not to love about a talented, beautiful woman who embraces the female form? Not much.

Here's wishing star a happy birthday. Click to enlarge some of the Halle Berry pictures below and leave a comment with your birthday wishes.