Halle Berry has been named the "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in its November issue.

The actress, who gave birth to her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry's daughter, Nahla, in March, said of the honor, "I don't know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it."

Berry also said that she shares the title "with every woman, because every woman is a nominee for it at any moment."

The actress won an Oscar for her role in the film "Monster's Ball."

She's also starred in such films as "Die Another Day," "Gothika" and "Bulworth," and voiced a role for the animated comedy "Robots." Berry also played the weather-changing mutant Storm in the "X-Men" film trilogy.

Berry has also starred in the television movies "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," and the miniseries "Alex Haley's Queen."