Halle Berry is back in the mix at this year’s Oscars… but she’s in no mood for celebrations. She plays a washed-up cage fighter in Bruised – and also directs the movie.
But any plaudits cannot hide the pain Halle feels that she remains the only black woman ever to pick up the Oscar for Best Leading Actress.
When she won the award in 2002 for her stunning performance in Monster’s Ball, it was hailed as a defining moment for Hollywood as much as it was for her.
Fighting back tears she told Tinseltown’s elite at the time: “This moment is so much bigger than me. This award is for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.” Almost 20 years on, Halle, 54, is being touted again as a
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