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  1. www.rollingstone.com › tv-movies › tv-movie-newsHalle Berry: ‘Miffed’ Still the Only Black Woman to Win Best ...

    Sep 11, 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...

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  4. www.buzzfeed.com › morganmurrell › halle-berry-oscarHalle Berry On Being Only Black Woman To Win Best Actress

    Sep 10, 2024 · Halle Berry made history when she took home the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for her role in the 2001 film Monster's Ball. But two decades later, she's still the only Black woman to...

  5. www.theroot.com › every-black-actress-to-win-anEvery Black Actress to Win an Oscar - The Root

    • Stephanie Holland
    • 1939 - Hattie McDaniel - Best Supporting Actress - Gone with the Wind. The literal definition of a trailblazer, Hattie McDaniel is the first Black person to ever win or be nominated for an Academy Award.
    • 1990 - Whoopi Goldberg - Best Supporting Actress - Ghost. Fifty years after Hattie McDaniel, another Black woman finally won an Oscar. It’s important to note that within that time women like Juanita Moore, Alfre Woodard and Oprah Winfrey were all nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
    • 2001 - Halle Berry - Best Actress - Monster’s Ball. Dorothy Dandridge, Diahann Carroll and Angela Bassett are just some of the legends nominated for Best Actress before Halle Berry won for Monster’s Ball.
    • 2006 - Jennifer Hudson - Best Supporting Actress - Dreamgirls. If you saw Jennifer Hudson on American Idol, you were not at all surprised at her vocals in Dreamgirls.

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  7. www.cnn.com › 2022/03/24 › entertainmentHalle Berry finds it ‘heartbreaking’ she’s still the only ...

    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 alone...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_black_AcademyList of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

    First Black man to win a competitive Oscar. First Bahamian to win Best Actor. First Black actor to receive two acting nominations (Best Actor). Youngest Black actor to win Best Actor (age 37). First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress.

    Year
    Name
    Film
    Role
    2023
    Jeffrey Wright
    American Fiction
    Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
    2023
    Colman Domingo
    Rustin
    Bayard Rustin
    2021
    Denzel Washington
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Lord Macbeth
    2021
    Will Smith
    King Richard
    Richard Williams

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  9. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › halle-berryHalle Berry becomes first Black woman to win Best Actress ...

    Mar 18, 2024 · 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...

  10. www.marieclaire.com › celebrity › halle-berry-miffedHalle Berry on Being the Only Black Best Actress Winner ...

    Sep 10, 2024 · Halle Berry reflects on being the first and only Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar. Despite 22 years passing, no other Black actress has won the Oscar.

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