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.
A post shared by Halle Berry (@halleberry) on Halle Berry has announced that she is no longer considering playing a trans man in an upcoming movie project.In an Instagram Live interview with hairstylist Christen Brown over the weekend, the Oscar-winning actress said that among her upcoming projects, she was potentially set to play the role of a trans man.Related: JK Rowling goes on Twitter tirade comparing gender transition to conversion therapy“[The film is about] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man,” said Berry. “She’s a character in a project I love that I might be doing.”The project was apparently pitched to Berry some time ago but has been put on hold while she concentrated.