Monster's Ball)—and no other Black woman has won it since. “It’s one of my biggest heartbreaks,” she told Variety in a . “The morning after, I thought, ‘Wow, I was chosen to open a door.’ And then, to have no one … I question, ‘Was that an important moment, or was it just an important moment for me?’ I wanted to believe it was so much bigger than me.
It felt so much bigger than me, mainly because I knew others should have been there before me and they weren’t.”Berry is disappointed she's still the only Black woman to take home the Best Actress Oscar. "I thought , for Harriet] was going to do it last year.
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