In the 97-year Oscar history, only ten black women have won an acting Academy Award, with all of them except Berry winning in the Supporting Actress category. In the past 23 years since her win ...

J ust six months after becoming only the second Black winner in the history of the Best Comedy Actress Emmy category, Quinta Brunson ("Abbott Elementary") is officially back in the running to ...

He said, “It was seeing Black actors and actresses come out of the gate ... heads as well as archival footage of Black Hollywood history to thread the narrative together. Sidney Poitier and ...

Halle Berry is opening up about being the first — and only — Black woman to have won the Oscar for best actress in the nearly 100-year history of the Academy Awards. In the Apple TV+ ...

For my sisters? For our journey?” Berry, 58, is still the only Black person to have won the best actress Oscar in the 97-year history of the awards. In all, only 13 Black women have been ...

For my sisters...our journey?” As the only Black woman to have won an Oscar for Leading Actress, Halle Berry urges Black actresses to stop coveting the Academy Awards in the recently released ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph is just the second Black actress to win outstanding supporting ... Sheryl Lee Ralph made history at the 2022 Emmy Awards while winning the outstanding supporting actress in ...

Mishael Morgan is the first Black actress to win an Emmy for best outstanding lead performance in a daytime drama: actress Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began ...

The history of the Academy Awards shows a significant underrepresentation of Black actors, actresses, and filmmakers. The prestigious Academy Awards were not given to a person of color until 1939.

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Halle Berry is opening up about being the first — and only — Black woman to have won the Oscar for best actress in the nearly 100-year history of ...