Halle Berry is an American actress known for her roles in film and television. She made history becoming the first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as widow in the rural south in Monster's Ball (2001).

For her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), Berry became the only African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the first woman of color.

Halle Berry wins the Oscar for Best Actress for Monster's Ball at the 74th Academy Awards. Halle Berry Wins Best Actress: 74th Oscars https://youtube.com/s...

On March 24, 2002, Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband’s death row executioner...

Mar 24, 2022 · Halle Berry made history as the first Black woman to win the best actress Academy Award in 2002 for her performance in “Monster’s Ball.” She tells the New York Times she wishes she wasn’t...

Halle Berry became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. For playing: "Janie Crawford". For playing: "Dorothy Dandridge".

Mar 13, 2023 · Here's why Halle Berry — instead of Will Smith — presented Michelle Yeoh with her best actress win and the significance of another women of color winning in the Oscars category.

Mar 24, 2022 · Since she won best actress for “Monster’s Ball,” no other Black woman has taken the prize, a fact she calls “heartbreaking.” Halle Berry had all but counted herself out.

Sep 10, 2024 · In the 96 years that the Oscars have existed, only two women of color have ever won the award for Best Actress — Halle Berry, the only Black Best Actress winner, for her performance in 2001’s...

Mar 10, 2023 · Halle Berry doesn’t recall making her way to the stage that night in 2002 when she made history, becoming the first — and still only — Black woman to win the Oscar for her leading role in...