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 apologizes for considering trans role, says trans people should ‘tell their own stories’
metroweekly.comVariety reports.““[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man,” Berry said, misgendering the character. “She’s a character in a project I love that I might be doing.”Berry repeatedly referred to the character using female pronouns, including saying, “Who this woman was is so interesting to me, and that will probably be my next project.”She also said that the project would be a “deep dive” into “that world,” presumably meaning the lives of transgender people.Backlash on social media was swift, with Berry being criticized both for misgendering the character and for considering the role.The official Twitter account for new Netflix documentary Disclosure, about the history of trans.
