Halle Berry’s secret to defying gravity

Halle Berry celebrated her 54th birthday with bikini shots to rival her famous Bond girl beach scene almost 20 years ago. So how does she continue to stay in A-lister shape? 

Halle Berry: Exercises with the diligence of an Olympic athlete.

HALLE BERRY is a woman who seems to be ageing in reverse. Having turned 54 a couple of weeks ago, the Oscar-winning actress appeared resplendent in bikini shots she posted to social media recently, and which showed her to be defying the march of time in spectacular fashion. She looked every inch as good as the Bond girl Jinx Johnson she played in Die Another Day almost two decades ago.

How does she get a body that looks — and stays — that good? Even for an A-lister with an enviable genetic advantage, it comes down to hard work. For six years, Berry has hired the LA-based trainer Peter Lee Thomas, 36, and the man she has described as her “secret weapon”, to hone her phenomenal physique. And Thomas says she exercises with the diligence of an Olympic athlete. “She trains incredibly hard and has a lot of drive to push herself until it hurts,” he says.