(born 1968). The first African American to win an Academy award in the best actress category was Halle Berry, who won in 2002 for her role in
Monster's Ball
(2001). In the film Berry portrayed a poor waitress trying to keep her life together after her husband is executed on death row. She then becomes romantically involved with his executioner.
Halle Berry was born on Aug. 14, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio, …