Halle Berry Reflects on Oscar win, plus the six black women who have been nominated since

[tucker]

20 years ago, this week, I walked through that door. I will never get over this moment! Thank you @TheAcademy, @Lionsgate, @leedanielsent and Marc Forster. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ID6dTamnQ1
- Halle Berry (@halleberry) March 25, 2022
It's been 20 years since Halle Berry became the first black woman to win a Best Actress oscar. She beat out Renee Zellweger

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[ghostsaddle]

ANGELA BASSETT

[bttrsondaughter]

Lupita should’ve 100% been nominated for Us, definitely should’ve gotten in over Charlize Theron who got a throwaway nom for Bombshell that year. I thought Dominique Fishback was wonderful in Judas and the Black Messiah, Tiffany Haddish for Girls Trip (remember that Melissa McCarthy got a nom for Bridesmaids!). Regina Hall for Support the Girls and Carmen Ejogo for Selma.

[mayjailer]

hell no to lupita's offensive performance in us

eta: y'all downvoting me are showing your asses, you love to see it!

Lupita Nyong’o under fire from disability groups for 'evil' voice in Us https://t.co/dR4ipQeQWT
- The Guardian (@guardian) March 29, 2019

[trekkiepetrelli]

idgi her performance really wasn’t Oscar worthy in this film…

[blorpz]

support the girls was soooooooooooooooooooo good

[ginainabottle]

It's absolutely atrocious that only 6 other black actresses have been nominated since then, and that hers remains the only win. Granted the Oscars are a very white, American-English centric award but it's really fucking horrid that there seems to be no real movement to change it.

Also, I was rooting for Andra last year, she was phenomenal as Billie Holiday.

[ghostsaddle]

i never really paid much attention to andra before that film, but she blew me away in that role!

[ginainabottle]

I wasn't familiar with her work, she's amazing! And her voice is heaven 😍

[bananainpyjamas]

She's not just the only black woman to win but the only WOC to ever win.

[doriiansz]

Regina Hall for Scary Movie and Support the Girls

Angela Bassett for What’s Love Got to Do with It

Pam Grier for Jackie Brown

Alfre Woodard for Clemency

Adepero Oduye for Pariah

Queen Latifah for Set It Off

Danai Gurira for Mother of George

[afrosamurai1089]

Oh man, I loved Support the Girls.
A pity it never got the recognition it deserved but I'm so glad it got made to begin with.

Fun fact, Regina was on The View this past week where she stated she has never attended the Oscars in all her years in Hollywood. She's going for the first time this year as a host.

[wwgrogudo]

Pam Grier was amazing.

[hyperpop]

Impatiently waiting for the day when Regina will get her roses

[notoriousreign]

Viola Davis winning for Fences, she should've won every time she got nominated for anything like in Doubt and Ma Rainey!