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The arrival of a script truck outside Halle Berry‘s front door, she recalled, would mean “there was going to be a script truck showing up outside my front door”.
Yet the number of projects she was offered remained stable because of the industry’s continued uncertainty about how to tell the stories of people of color, said Berry.
“While I was wildly proud of it, I was still Black that next morning. Directors were still saying, ‘If we put a Black woman in this role, what does this mean for the whole story? Do I have to cast a Black man? Then it’s a Black movie. Black movies don’t sell overseas.'”
A similar sentiment was voiced by lupita Nyong’o in November 2023, who won the supporting actress Oscar in 2014 for her performance in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a slave.
Speaking to CNN, nyong’o said the range of roles she was offered was dismayingly slim. “After I won that Academy Award, you’d think, ‘oh, I’m gonna get lead roles here and there,'” she said.
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Instead, she said, the conversations usually began: “‘Oh, Lupita, we’d like you to play another movie where you’re a slave, but this time you’re on a slave ship.’ Those are the kind of offers I was getting in the months after winning my academy Award.”
As of February 2026, more than 30 Black actors – including Sinners’ Michael B Jordan – have been nominated for the leading actor Oscar, and five have won. Sixteen Black female actors have been nominated for the best actress award, with two wins (Halle Berry for Monster’s Ball in 2002 and regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk in 2019).
twenty-five Black male actors have competed for the supporting actor award – with seven wins – including Sinners’ Delroy Lindo. Thirty-two Black female actors have been nominated for the supporting actress award, with 10 wins. As of February 2026, Teyana Taylor (One Battle After another) is considered a strong contender for the award this year.
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* Date of CNN Interview: Corrected from 2025 to 2023.
* Date of Sinners review: Corrected from 2025 to 2024.
* Black Female Oscar Winners: Corrected the number of Black female Oscar winners for Best Actress to two, and named the winners and films.
* Current Date: Updated to reflect the provided date of “2026-02-03”.
* Teyana Taylor’s Status: Clarified that she is a contender for the award, as the outcome is not yet known.
* Minor Edits: Improved flow and clarity in a few places.
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* [CNN Interview with Lupita Nyong’o](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/22/entertainment/lupita-nyongo-oscar-roles-movies-spc-dig
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