Halle Berry gewann einen Oscar und sagt: „Am nächsten Morgen war ich immer noch schwarz“, obwohl die Regisseure sich weigerten, sie zu besetzen; Später teilte sie Cynthia Erivo mit, dass Oscar-Gewinne „keine Bestätigung sein können“
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/halle-berry-cynthia-erivo-oscars-dont-change-careers-1236649945/
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> “That Oscar didn’t necessarily change the course of my career,” Berry told the publication. “After I won it, I thought there was going to be, like, a script truck showing up outside my front door. While I was wildly proud of it, I was still Black that next morning. Directors were still saying, ‘If we put a Black woman in this role, what does this mean for the whole story? Do I have to cast a Black man? Then it’s a Black movie. Black movies don’t sell overseas.’”
> As Cynthia Erivo’s acting career took off years later with its own Oscar nominations, Berry told her fellow performer: “You goddamn deserve it, but I don’t know that it’s going to change your life. It cannot be the validation for what you do, right?”
I would love to cast her in a good Catwoman movie. A whole „one last job“ kind of thing. It could work.
This sucks for her. I think more so as a black woman because it seems like A list black men like Denzel Washington, Will Smith, etc can get good roles
Very true. If it couldn’t help a light skinned Black woman it definitely won’t help a dark skinned one either. Since they already have a harder time getting roles because of colorism.
I don’t think it was the Oscar that hurt, it was Catwoman. She should have skipped that job.
It’s hard being openly-black. She was the first openly-black person to win Best Actress. I used to just say black, but since people insist on saying openly-gay…I insist on openly-black and openly-female, etc.
Sadly I can see the same fate happening Teyana Taylor
And I’m going to be that guy – Berry is the “right kind” of black (light skinned) and gorgeous. If Hollywood isn’t lining up to give her scripts, then it’s going to be tough sledding for others.
Is being black actually something that prevents people from getting cast?
Because if we look at the ethnicity among the total population (I think it’s a bit over 10%), the number of while/black actors looking for a job, and the number of black actors on the screen, to me it doesn’t feel they’re underrepresented, actually if I had to take a guess I would say they’re slightly overrepresented? I could be wrong, don’t throw stones at me ^^
And even that role was „unique“
Always felt Berry was underrated and under-used. We need to see more of her.
Edit : typo