Halle Berry has been dubbed as the sexiest woman alive by Esquire Magazine.

Esquire 2000 cover photo of Bill Clinton and its 2008 cover photo of Halle Berry

Halle Berry’s Esquire photo gallery include a cover photo of her in a black suit jacket and blue tie. Halle Berry’s cover photo is a recreation of Esquire’s 2000 cover, which featured Bill Clinton in a black jacket and blue tie.

Halle Berry is Esquire

The other Halle Berry Esquire photos are of her dressed in tiny T-shirts. In one such photo, Halle Berry is wearing a clingy top with the Clinton 2000 cover photo printed in the front.

Halle Berry picture from the Esquire Halle Berry photo gallery

Halle Berry was quoted as saying, “Being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it. I share this title with every woman, because every woman is a nominee for it at any moment.” The 42-year-old Bond actress gave birth to her daughter, Nahla, in March 2008.

Halle Berry said that she finds spaghetti and wine as major turn-ons when she was asked to describe what she considered sexy.

Halle Berry photo from the Esquire 2007 cover shoot

She was quoted as saying, “Sexy is not about wearing sexy clothes or shaking your booty until you damn near get hip dysplasia; it’s about knowing that sexiness is a state of mind — a comfortable state of being.”

The Halle Berry cover will appear on the November 2008 issue of Esquire, on the occasion of the magazine’s 75th anniversary.

Halle Berry on the cover of Esquire in 2007

Halle Berry’s Esquire photos were shot by photographer Cliff Watts, a close friend of Halle Berry and also the godfather of her child. Cliff Watts had earlier shot pictures of Halle Berry for the May 2007 cover of Esquire.

Halle Berry won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2002 for the movie Monster’s Ball. She was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar ever.

Halle Berry Esquire 2007 photos

Halle Berry also won a Golden Raspberry Award “saluting the worst Hollywood has to offer” for her role in Catwoman.

Berry last appeared in the 2007 movie “Things We Lost in the Fire.” She will be next seen in Tulia, Class Act, Who is Doris Payne?, Nappily Ever after, the 2009 Frankie and Alice.

Halle Berry is twice divorced and is now staying with partner Gabriel Aubry.