Halle Berry Salutes the ‘Complexity’ of Women in Passionate Acceptance Speech for Critics Choice SeeHer Award
variety.comAngelique Jackson Oscar winner Halle Berry made a special appearance at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards to accept the SeeHer award, a prize that recognizes a woman who pushes boundaries and defies stereotypes.
Berry’s career — which spans more than 30 years as an actor, producer and now director — easily fits that bill.Berry was presented the honor by “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae, who Berry thanked for her inspiring work. “You have rearranged the way we see ourselves as women of color on television and in the world,” she said at the beginning of her rousing acceptance speech.As she reflected on her time in entertainment, Berry spoke about her road to star in and direct “Bruised,” a film about a Black woman MMA fighter.
Berry recalled the first time she read the script, “I realized that it wasn’t written for someone that looked like me. So I went to the producers and I said, ‘Why not me?
Why can’t it be a Black woman.’ They said, ‘Why not?’” The producers similarly agreed to have Berry, a first-time filmmaker, helm the project.
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