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 apologises for saying she wanted to play transgender character
:: Listen to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SpreakerLGBT advocacy group GLAAD welcomed Berry's apology, saying: "We are pleased that @halleberry listened to the concerns of transgender people and learned from them.
Other powerful people should do the same."Netflix documentary Disclosure, which explores trans representation in TV and film, also thanked the actress for "listening and learning".Major transgender roles have largely gone to cisgender actors - people who identify as the sex they were assigned at birth.In 2018, Avengers star Scarlett Johansson dropped out of the film Rub And Tug after she faced a backlash for being cast as a transgender man.Jared Leto, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Huffman have.
