Halle Berry- The Sexiest Woman Alive

The suave and the sophisticated Halle Berry is Esquire's new Sexiest Woman Alive. "Being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it," she said after being bestowed the honour of the sexiest woman alive. In photo: Halle Berry arrives at the 19th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Berry told Oprah Winfrey on her show last year that playing a mother in her latest movie, 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' helped convince her that motherhood was for her.

In an article posted on the magazine's website, Berry poses in a parody of a 2000 cover photograph of former US President Bill Clinton, and writes about what she thinks of winning Esquire's annual honor for the first time. In photo: Actress Halle Berry, who stars in the new film 'Catwoman,' poses for a photo at the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles.

Berry has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to baseball player David Justice. She adopted the daughter of her second husband, musician Eric Benet, but the couple broke up in 2003. In photo: US actress Halle Berry smiles as she arrives for the presentation of her film 'Things we lost in the fire' at the Rome film festival.