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 Playing A Transgender Character
essence.comChristin Brown. Brown asked if Berry would ever consider returning to her iconic short haircut and she replied that she had been thinking about cutting her hair for a role. “[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans character,” said Berry. “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. “Who this woman was is so interesting to me, and that will probably be my next project,” she said, mistakenly misgendering the character.
She also expressed a desire to do a “deep dive” into “that world.” The backlash from the LGTBQIA+ community was swift. Many voices on social media pleaded with Berry not to take the role.
