No. Halle Berry was the first black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won for her performance in the 2001 drama "Monster's Ball."
The first black woman to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel, who captured the Best Supporting Actress award for "Gone with the Wind" (1939). Whoopi Goldberg received the 1990 award in the same category for "Ghost" (1990).
No. Halle Berry was the first black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won for her performance in the 2001 drama "Monster's Ball."
The first black woman to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel, who captured the Best Supporting Actress award for "Gone With the Wind" (1939). Whoopi Goldberg received the 1990 award in the same category for "Ghost" (1990).
No. But she was the first African-American woman to receive a Best Actress Oscar. Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett, Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Denzel Washington had all won in other categories before Berry's win for the 2001 film "Monster's Ball."
No, Gail Fisher in 1970 became the first African-American female to win an Emmy.
There is no Academy Award for black actresses. But on March 24, 2002, Halle Berry became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress award for her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001).
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The previous year's Best Actor winner, Russell Crowe.
Yes, it was a really wonderful performance.
Hattie McDaniel, "Gone With the Wind" (1939). The Civil War.
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Halle Berry won her first Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove. Not only was this Berry's first oscar but it was also the first oscar won by an African American Women.
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It was Halle Berry for her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001).
Halle Berry won the 2001 Best Actress Oscar on Sunday, March 24, 2002. She won for her performance in "Monster's Ball."
There is no Academy Award for black actresses. But on March 24, 2002, Halle Berry became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress award for her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001).
Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress of 2001 for her portrayal of Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball.
Halle Berry
She won for 2001's Monster's Ball.