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 Backs Out Of Trans Role & Offers A “Vow To Be An Ally” Moving Forward
theplaylist.netWell, that didn’t take long. Yesterday, news began to spread about an Instagram Live interview with Halle Berry where the actress spoke about her next film role, a performance that would find her playing a trans man.
As I said in my piece about the potential role, the idea of Berry playing a trans person in a film was likely to draw heaps of criticism.
And yep, that’s exactly what happened. After a barrage of negative feedback about the possibility of Berry playing a trans man in an unnamed new film, it appears the actress has thought twice about the role and is pulling out of the project.
