Halle Berry ‘Tired’ Of Being Only Black Woman With This Award

Halle Berry has once more expressed her want for one more Black lady to win the Academy Awards for Greatest Actress.

Berry made historical past in 2002 when she turned the primary Black lady to win the Greatest Actress on the Oscars for her efficiency in “Monster’s Ball.”

Nonetheless, no different Black lady has gained the award once more after Berry, and she or he is “drained” of that being the case.

Berry just lately appeared on an episode of Trevor Noah’s “What Now?” Podcast and opened up about being a Black lady.

She stated per Entertainment Weekly, “Being born a Black lady, I really feel like I’ve at all times felt like I sat on the backside of society.”

“The Union” actress added, “White man, Black man, white lady, Black lady. So I’ve at all times felt on the backside, by no means feeling like I used to be defeated as a result of I used to be on the backside, by no means feeling like I could not dream large as a result of I used to be on the backside, by no means feeling like I wasn’t worthy or succesful as a result of I used to be on the backside.”

The gorgeously stunning Berry additionally stated, “However I at all times have recognized that I will need to work 10 instances tougher than all people else to get wherever.”

In the course of the podcast, Berry shared her want for one more Black lady to win the Oscars for Greatest Actress so she will not be the one one with that title.

She stated, “I hope this yr somebody stands subsequent to me. I hope it occurs as a result of I am uninterested in occupying that house alone.”

Berry’s hopes may turn into a actuality within the 2025 Academy Awards’ Greatest Actress class, the place just one Black lady, Cynthia Erivo, has been nominated.

Erivo was nominated for her function as Elphaba in “Depraved” and is up towards a powerful nominee listing.

Different actresses nominated for the class embody Mikey Madison for “Anora,” Demi Moore for “The Substance,” Karla Sofia Gascón for “Emilia Pérez,” and “Fernanda Torres for “I am Nonetheless Right here.”

Whereas chatting with Noah, Halle Berry mirrored on her Oscars for Greatest Actress, sharing her perception that she was “chosen” to win the award “to open that door.”

She stated, “I knew it was larger than me. Proper? However even when it isn’t, I used to be chosen in that second to be a beacon of risk. And I do suppose it served that goal.”

Throughout her 2002 acceptance speech for the award, Berry shared comparable sentiments, saying, “This second is a lot larger than me. This second is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll.”

She added, “It is for the ladies that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica A. Fox. And it is for each anonymous, faceless lady of shade that now has an opportunity as a result of this door tonight has been opened.”

In September 2024, she expressed her displeasure concerning the matter, saying she was “saddened” by it yearly.

Berry instructed Marie Claire, “I am nonetheless eternally miffed that no Black lady has come behind me for that Greatest Actress Oscar, I am regularly saddened by that yr after yr.”

She added, “And it is actually not as a result of there was no one deserving.”

Whereas successful an Academy Award for Greatest Actress is not any imply feat, issues did not occur for Halle Berry as she envisaged after her win.

Throughout a 2021 chat with Entertainment Weekly, she stated she did not at all times get roles she liked however needed to take them to make ends meet.

She stated, “It is like, okay, that is a movie I can not say I am completely in love with, however this is not a interest. It is how I maintain my youngsters.”

The “Catwoman” actress added, “However I attempt to preserve that sense of marvel and keep curious. As a result of being a Black lady, I have not at all times had elements that I completely love.”

The 58-year-old additionally stated of her prospects after her large win in 2002, “It was shocking. As a result of I believed they have been going to simply again up the truck and drop them off at my home, proper?”

Berry added, “When you could have a historic win like that, you suppose, ‘Oh, that is going to essentially change.’ It did essentially change me, however it did not change my place within the enterprise in a single day. I nonetheless had to return to work. I nonetheless needed to attempt to battle to make a method out of no method.”