The actress, who will receive the career achievement award from the Critics Choice Association at its Celebration of Black Cinema and Television, looks back on her history-making Oscar as she makes her helming debut with Netflix's MMA film.
It was harrowing. It was the hardest thing I’ve done in my professional career, because the character was a big, huge character that required a lot of my time and attention and preparation, and then directing for the first time also required a lot of my time, attention and preparation. So I was burning the candle at both ends, which made for super long days, really stressful days.
As mixed martial arts fighter Jackie Justice attempting a comeback, Halle Berry squares off in the ring in Netflix’sHow do you feel Black cinema and television have changed since your career began? There have been great strides made since the time I started 30 years ago — I looked around and I saw no Black faces. I didn’t see my story and myself reflected very much at all in television or cinema. So as I sit here today, 30 years from the time I started, I see a huge difference. I see Black women, Black faces, Black people all around me. I see our stories being told. And so that tells me progress is happening. Is there work to be done? Yeah, but there’s always work to be done.
Why do you think that in the 20 years since you won the best actress Oscar, no other Black actress has been so honored? Well, you never want to be the only one; when you win something like that, you hope that you can open the door and bring the others behind you. So the fact that none have followed is heartbreaking. But it doesn’t diminish the moment for me, and it doesn’t diminish the accomplishment. And when I look around at my peers like Viola [Davis] and Taraji [P.
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