"I anticipated the victory, for Lee Daniels' Monster's Ball, 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 colour, said Berry. While I was wildly proud of it, I was still black that next morning."
"After I won that Academy Award, you'd think, Oh, I'm gonna get lead roles here and there,' she said. 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."
Halle Berry remains the only Black woman to win the best actress Oscar, and her 2002 victory did not produce a surge in role offers. Persistent industry uncertainty about how to tell stories of people of colour constrained casting decisions and deterred diverse projects. Executives expressed concerns that casting a Black woman would alter narratives, require additional Blackcasting, and limit international sales, reinforcing reluctance. Lupita Nyong'o encountered narrow offers after her supporting actress win, often proposed for slave-themed roles. Historical nomination and win totals show limited representation: more than 30 Black actors nominated for leading actor with five wins; 16 Black women nominated for best actress; supporting categories show similar imbalances.
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