How many oscars has halle berry won?

BERRY CHEEKY Halle Berry, 56, strips naked and drinks wine on a balcony in stunning snap "We can’t always judge success or progress by "It didn’t open the door, the fact that there’s no one standing next to me is heartbreaking." Halle further detailed: "You have to stay true to whatever got you to that place to get "And for me, it was taking risks and doing things outside the box."

In 2002, Halle won the Oscar for best actress for her role in Monster's Ball. She played a waitress who had an affair with her convicted husband’s executioner in the 2001 film. Also nominated in the category were Moulin Rouge, Judi Dench for Iris, Sissy Spacek for In the Bedroom, and Bridget Jones’s Diary. Fast forward to 2023, and Halle still holds that title. It wasn't even until eight years later that a Black woman ( Precious in 2010) was even nominated for best actress again. As Halle told the New York Times last year, her groundbreaking win "didn’t open the door" for change. “The fact that there’s no one standing next to me is heartbreaking," she continued.

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The local news you read here every day is crafted for you, but right now, we need your help to keep it going. In these uncertain times, your support is even more important. Today, put a dollar value on the trustworthy reporting you rely on all year long. We can't hold those in power accountable and uplift voices from the community without your partnership. Donate Now We examined these important turning points in the first season of our podcast And The Oscar Goes To… hosted by Jacqueline Stewart, now the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures director and president. The shock was evident on her face as her name was announced. Once onstage she shakes with emotion as she struggles to collect herself, repeating again and again, “Oh my God, oh my God” as tears streamed down her face. She would later recall, “I must've levitated because all of a sudden I was in my seat and then I was on stage… I realized I had an Oscar in my hand… I realized I have to start talking. I have to say something.” Berry said she didn’t have a speech prepared that evening because she didn’t believe she would win. Yet she went on to deliver one of the most memorable Oscar acceptance speeches of all time. She began by thanking those women of color who blazed a path before her. “This moment — so much bigger than me,” Berry began. “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. And it’s for every nameless, fac...

The actor has opened up on her historic win from two decades ago (Picture: Getty) In 2002, The star took home the big prize for her critically-acclaimed role in independent film, Monster’s Ball. Two decades later, the actress says it’s ‘heartbreaking’ that she still remains the only Black woman to have bagged the prestigious award. ‘It didn’t open the door,’ she said in a new interview with Denzel Washington and Halle Berry during The 74th Annual Academy Awards where they won best actor and best actress (Picture: WireImage) ‘They’re your peers saying you were exceptionally excellent this year, but does that mean that if we don’t get the exceptionally excellent nod, that we were not great, and we’re not successful, and we’re not changing the world with our art, and our opportunities aren’t growing?’ When she accepted the award in 2002, she said in her speech: ‘This moment is so much bigger than me,’ before dedicating the win to Black female actors who had been nominated over the years, including Dorothy Dandridge, Diahann Carroll and Angela Bassett. The now-55-year-old added: ‘It’s for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.’ Halle was a good sport when she collected her Razzie award for Catwoman in 2005 – an award ceremony for the worst movies and actors in film (Picture: Razzie Channel/YouTube) Halle made a risky career move when she took on the role in the 2001 film, because it contained an extended sex sc...

• Share this article on Facebook • Share this article on Twitter • Share this article on Flipboard • Share this article on Email • Show additional share options • Share this article on Reddit • Share this article on Comment • Share this article on Whatsapp • Share this article on Pinit • Share this article on Linkedin • Share this article on Print • Share this article on Tumblr • Share this article on Facebook • Share this article on Twitter • Share this article on Flipboard • Share this article on Email • Show additional share options • Share this article on Reddit • Share this article on Comment • Share this article on Whatsapp • Share this article on Pinit • Share this article on Linkedin • Share this article on Print • Share this article on Tumblr After two straight years of # OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Motion Picture Academy embraced diversity with the 2017 Oscars, in which five black artists were among that year's winners. Viola Davis, Ezra Edelman, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney join the more than 30 black actors, directors, musicians, writers, producers and sound mixers who have won Academy Awards. In 2002, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry famously became the first black actors to win both lead acting awards in the same year, incidentally the same night that Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win an Oscar, received an honorary award. Washington's Oscar was his second, also winning best supporting actor in 1990 for his role in Glory. The only Afric...