Yes. Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to be nominated for and receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
Halle Berry, who won the 2001 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Monster's Ball."
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
Her 2010 Best Actress win for "Black Swan" was her first Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of 2004 for "Closer."
Hattie McDaniel, who won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind," was the first black to win an Academy Award.
To date, the total is 7. 3 Actresses ~ and 4 Actors.
Halle Berry won in 2001 for Monster's Ball.
It was achieved by actress Halle Berry in 2001 for "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).
The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Hattie McDaniel, who received the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." The first black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar was Halle Berry, who won for her 2001 performance as Leticia Musgrove in "Monster's Ball."
It was Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954 for her performance in "Carmen Jones."
Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." She was the only black woman to win an Oscar for acting until Whoopi Goldberg won the supporting actress award for "Ghost" (1990).