Looking ready for summer in a gorgeous floral dress, Halle Berry is spotted arriving at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Thursday. Rumour has it the new mom was the legendary hotel-to-the-stars for a new photo-shoot.

Meanwhile, Miss Berry says her newfound status of mother will likely to boost her chances of landing more Oscar-winning roles — because having a baby has killed off her sex symbol status.

Says the gorgeous mother to two-month-old Nahla Aubry: “I feel having a baby will open up a whole new world for me. I think I’ll actually find better roles, because I’ve gotten past being the ingenue and sex symbol.”

But studio bosses will have to get used to a harder-to-come-by Berry - she plans to take much longer gaps between jobs, so she can be a proper mother.

The 41-year-old adds, “I’m definitely going to work less. I used to put so much pressure on myself to succeed that it often made me very unhappy in my personal life. I felt on the verge of burning out three or four years ago.”

[Flynet]