'I do feel completely heartbroken that there's no other woman standing next to me in 20 years,' Halle Berry said.
Halle Berry became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for best actress in 2002, but 20 years later, she remains the only Black woman to have won the award.
Berry spoke to T.J. Holmes, co-anchor of"GMA3: What You Need to Know," for the special"Screen Queens Rising," airing Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. on ABC and Hulu. Part of the"Soul of a Nation" series, the special explores how Black actresses went from being overlooked to some of the most powerful women in Hollywood and features interviews with Berry, Debbie Allen, Jackée Harry and more.
Despite being disappointed that no other Black woman has won the Academy's top award for actresses, Berry said that awards are no longer how she measures success. "I look at so many of my contemporaries that have a tremendous amount of power and ownership, that are creating new narratives, that have their companies, that are making opportunities, that are doing it their way," said Thompson, who has starred in"Creed" and"Thor: Ragnarok."
"But in lieu of changing that, what can we change? We can change our participation within the industry," she added."We can change how hard we fight to tell our stories, the scripts we write.""Awards are nice and it's great," she said."But the value that you place on it is where your peace will reside."
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