Halle Berry Updates

Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)

" 2001: Halle Berry becomes first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.The same night as Washington and Poitier's honors, Halle Berry won best actress for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball, marking the first time two black performers won the lead acting Oscars in the same year and becoming the first and, as of 2016, only black actress to win the Oscar for best actress. Berry delivered an emotional speech as she clutched her Oscar, after beating ou"

Notable African Americans who helped pave the way (64 person items)

"Halle Berry won the Oscar for best actress in 2002 for her performance in "Monster's Ball" -- she's the first and, so far, only Black woman to receive the honor. "This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox," she said in her acceptance speech. "And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been "