“It’s forced me to ask myself, did it matter?”
Berry asks in the documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood.”
“It’s forced me to ask myself, did it matter?”
Halle Berry at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Credit:Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Berry said in the new documentaryNumber One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood.
“Did it really change anything for women of color?
For our journey?”
Halle Berry winning her Oscar for Best Actress for ‘Monster’s Ball’ in 2002.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty
“For equally different and beautiful reasons, they both deserved it, and I thought for sure.”
Frances McDormandultimately won forNomadland her third Oscar overall, and her second in four years.
and that fundamentally is what art is for."
In the same segment of the documentary,Taraji P. Hensonexpressed similar frustration at the Academy.
“I don’t think the industry really sees us as leads, you know?
They give us Supporting [Actress awards] like they give out candy canes.”
Goldberg also appeared in the documentary and voiced similar criticism.
“Wait a minute, none of us were good enough?”
In all of these people, nobody?
‘What are we missing here?
This is a conversation people have every year."
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