Halle Berry steps out in a figure-hugging maxi dress

The ring's back on! Halle Berry steps out in a figure-hugging maxi dress as fiancé Olivier Martinez plays stepfather to Nahla

By Virginia Skeels
PUBLISHED:19:44, 11 August 2012| UPDATED:00:38, 12 August 2012
Hollywood is hard on women of any age, let alone those over 40.
But 45-year-old Halle Berry showed just why she is among Hollywood's more inspirational leading ladies yesterday, as she stepped out with fiancé Olivier Martinez and adorable daughter Nahla.
The X-Men actress, whose movie career remains in high gear, looked stunning in a floor-length black maxi dress, straw Fedora hat and tinted shades.

Celebrity trio: Olivier Martinez, Halle Berry and Halle's daughter Nahla out in Los Angeles yesterday

Most noticeable was Halle's ring finger, on which her sizeable emerald engagement ring dazzled.

Halle was spied earlier this week without it, sparking rumours that trouble was afoot in the romance.
News broke in March of the Oscar-winner's engagement to Olivier, whom she began dating in 2010.

Happy families: Halle's fiancé Olivier and four-year-old daughter Nahla clearly have a strong bond

Storm in a teacup: Halle was seen without her ring this week, sparking rumours of relationship woes

The actress's hunky French film star beau yesterday carried four-year-old Nahla.
Her daughter is from her previous relationship with French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry.
With wedding bells on the horizon, a beautiful child and a brand new movie in the works, Halle Berry certainly seems to be defying any notion of stasis in her career or personal life, despite the punishing reputation of the Hollywood machine on women of a certain age.
The Oscar-winner is currently filming The Hive, alongside Soprano's actor Michael Imperioli and Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin.
Next up for Halle will be Shoe Addicts Anonymous, an indie film about a support group formed for people who are addicted to shoes.
It was also announced this week that she will be a guest star on the next season of popular children's show Sesame Street.
Martinez, meanwhile, is also enjoying his own career success.
He is currently filming The Physician, a tale set in 11th Century Persia about a surgeon's apprentice who disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

Looking good: Age is no object for the Oscar-winner, who is currently on a career high

The trio was seen out again today, heading to the Mark Taper Forum, a theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.
Berry once more looked stunning, this time in a pair of tan culottes which she paired with a scoop-neck black T-shirt, black-and-gold sandals and a different Fedora.
Martinez dressed in a classic black T-shirt and jeans, while little Nahla wore a pretty grey summer dress and matching sandals.

Family outing: Martinez, Berry and little Nahla outside the Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles today

Holding tight: Wedding bells are on the horizon for the French film star and his Oscar-winning wife

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