Halle Berry’s 2 Kids: What She’s Shared About Motherhood and Her Children

Halle Berry has been a mom since 2008.

The actress welcomed her first child, daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry, with ex Gabriel Aubry in March 2008. Berry’s son, Maceo-Robert Martinez, whom she shares with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, was born five years later.

In 2019, the mother of two told InStyle that she “loved being pregnant” and “probably would have had five children” if she had “started earlier.” She added, “Or if I hadn’t been busy trying to make movies, I would have been the perfect surrogate.”

And although her two kids are growing up, they’ll always be “little” in her eyes. When the actress received the People’s Icon award at the 2021 People’s Choice Awards, she thanked her son and daughter and also offered them some words of wisdom.

“My two little kids, they have to lose so much time with their mommy because I get to go work and do what I love, so thank you Nahla, thank you Maceo — I hope you find something in life that you can love and you can do with as much vigor and as much zest as I do what I do. I love you guys,” she said.

Berry and Martinez’s divorce was finalized in August 2023. According to court documents, the actress agreed to pay $8,000 a month in child support and the cost of her son’s private school tuition.

Almost exactly a year later, Berry decided to seek sole legal custody of Maceo, claiming that Martinez “refuses to co-parent or communicate in a child-centered way.”

Here’s everything to know about Halle Berry’s two children, Nahla Ariela and Maceo-Robert.

Nahla Ariela Aubry, 16

Berry and then-boyfriend Aubry welcomed their daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry in Los Angeles on March 16, 2008. One day later, Aubry’s sister Eugenie told PEOPLE, “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a new baby in the family. It’s very exciting.”

When Nahla was 2, Berry had a scary moment with her young daughter: She briefly lost her in a department store. In an interview with PEOPLE, the mom of two reflected on the terrifying experience. “It was one of the worst moments of my life,” she recalled. “I was looking at a price tag, and she was there, and then all of a sudden she wasn’t.”

Berry remembered springing into action. “It’s just sheer terror when your child is gone,” she said. “And...