Slender mother Halle Berry shows off her post-pregnancy figure

Halle Berry flaunted her trim and toned physique as she wandered around Los Angeles yesterday, just four months after giving birth to her first child.

The 41-year-old looked stunning dressed down in jeans and a red-pink top on her way to visiting a friend in Studio City.

Oscar winner Halle and her model boyfriend Gabriel welcomed their daughter Nahla in March and have since focused their attentions on parenting.

Toned: A trim Halle Berry has shed her baby weight four months after giving birth

Nahla, who was born in a Los Angeles hospital, means 'honey bee' in Arabic.

Speaking in May, Halle said she believed motherhood would transform her career.

She said: '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.

'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.'

How she looked: Halle Berry out and about shopping in Malibu, California shortly before giving birth in March

Earlier this month, Halle beat Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba to be crowned Hottest New Mama in a poll by Parade magazine.

She wisely refused to bow down to media pressure and shed her baby weight through crash dieting, over-exercising or surgery and instead lost the extra pounds the healthy way.

In May, Halle was pictured showing her post-baby rounded stomach, prompting a positive response from most new mothers, who often fail to achieve their pre-baby figure in the record time demonstrated by many celebrity mums.