Berry played Dandridge, the first Black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, in the 1999 biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Halle Berry achieved a historic moment in 2002 when she became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award in the best lead actress category, for her role in “Monster’s Ball.” ...

Halle Berry has made some impressive movies throughout her career, and some of those films stand out as the best in her ...

Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Leticia Musgrove in the film Monster’s Ball in 2002 Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with ...

LaFaye Baker is the first African-American stuntwoman to coordinate a big budget project, HBO's special "Introducing Dorothy ...