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 Pulls Out of Running to Play Transgender Character After Criticism: "I Vow to Be An Ally"
hollywoodreporter.comHalle Berry has pulled out of the running to play a transgender character in an upcoming untitled film following a social media backlash.
Over the weekend,during an Instagram Live interview, the Oscar-winning actress said she would "probably" play a transgender man in her next film role. "[The film is about] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she's a woman that transitioned into a man," Berry said in the interview with hairstylist Christin Brown. "She's a character in a project I love that I might be doing." The news was met with a wave of crticism on social media with people highlighting the ongoing problem in Hollywood of a cisgender actor playing a transgender person.
