Halle Berry is opening up about being the first — and only — Black woman to have won the Oscar for best actress in the nearly 100-year history of the Academy Awards.

We have to stop coveting that’ - Monster’s Ball star is only Black woman to win best actress Oscar in 97-year-old history of ...

In the film, fellow Black actresses Taraji P. Henson and Whoopi Goldberg also weigh in on the lack of Black “Best Actress” Oscar winners.

Related: Dorothy Dandridge and the burden of being first Black Best Actress Oscar nominee In the documentary, Berry said that she was convinced that either Davis or Day would win the award at the ...

Men don't want to hold purses. Men want to also be vibrant." Here are just some of the Best Actress Oscar winners who have been hit with the curse since 1938.

In the Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet, Berry reflects on what has happened since she won the Oscar in 2002, for her role in Monster's Ball. In that time, no other Black actress ...

Only eight more Black nominees have followed in the 23 years since Berry's win: Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis (twice), Quvenzhané Wallis, Ruth Negga, and Cynthia Erivo (twice), and Andra Day.