Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama film Monster's Ball (2001), becoming the only woman of African American descent and the only woman of color to have won the award.
Halle Berry steps down from transgender film role following backlash
In an Instagram Live interview on Friday (3 July), the Oscar-winning actress told her followers that she was preparing for a role “where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man.” “She’s a character in a project I love that I might be doing,” Berry said, before adding that she wanted to take a “deep dive” into “that world,” likely referring to the trans community.
Berry received widespread backlash from the LGBTQ+ community and mainstream media, who questioned why a cis actor would be playing the role of a trans character when so few trans actors are able to get roles on the big screen.
