Actress Halle Berry complained about the fact that no black woman has won the Academy Award for Best Actress since she did for “Monster’s Ball” in 2002.
“I’m still eternally miffed that no black woman has come behind me for that best actress Oscar, I’m continually saddened by that year after year,” the 58-year-old actress said in an interview with Marie Claire published Tuesday. “And it’s certainly not because there has been nobody deserving.”
Berry mentioned Andra Day in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” and Viola Davis in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” as two candidates she thinks deserved the honor.
“Would I rather have awards or a kickass, robust, soaring career as a black woman? I’d take the kickass, soaring career over an award any day,” she added.
The “Catwoman” actress spoke on this topic before, telling Variety in 2020 how upset she was…
