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\t\t<\/p>\n Halle Berry<\/strong><\/a> doesn\u2019t believe that winning an Oscar altered her career trajectory.<\/p>\n The 59-year-old actress won for Best Actress in Monster Ball<\/em> at the 2001 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n During a new profile piece with The Cut<\/a><\/em>, Halle<\/strong> said she once told Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/a>\u2014who has been nominated for three Oscars, \u201cYou god\u2014n deserve it, but I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s going to change your life. It cannot be the validation for what you do, right?\u201d<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Reflecting on her own win, Halle<\/strong> said, \u201cThat Oscar didn\u2019t necessarily change the course of my career. After I won it, I thought there was going to be, like, a script truck showing up outside my front door. While I was wildly proud of it, I was still Black that next morning. Directors were still saying, \u2018If we put a Black woman in this role, what does this mean for the whole story? Do I have to cast a Black man? Then it\u2019s a Black movie. Black movies don\u2019t sell overseas.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Since her win in 2001, which made history as the first time a Black woman won the Best Actress Oscar, no other Black winner has won in that category. Michelle Yeoh<\/strong><\/a> is the only other non-white actress to win Best Actress, in 2023 for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em>.<\/p>\n Halle<\/strong> is currently promoting her new movie Crime 101<\/em> with Chris Hemsworth<\/strong><\/a>. Watch the trailer<\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n