by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff Halle Berry has opened up about her experience of being one of the only Black people in her school as a teenager - and how the faculty refused to accept that she was voted prom queen over a white girl. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis / Getty Images For reference, Halle's mom is white, and her dad is Black. Her father walked away from the family when Halle was just four years old, and the star has been open about how being solely raised by a white mom impacted her growing up.