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It has been 20 years since Halle Berry became the first black woman to win the Best Actress award at the Oscars and every winner since then has been a white woman.

Black women have not been given many chances to win in those two decades as only six black women have even been nominated in that time frame for a collective seven Best Actress nominations.

There have been 100 nomination slots for Best Actress in the last 20 years, which means black women only received 7% of those spots. Hopefully we’ll see more diversity in the category in the years to come.

In the last 20 years, two black men have won the Best Actor prize and it’s likely that Will Smith will pick up the award this year.

Halle just reflected on her win for Monster’s Ball and said she will “never get over this moment.”

Click through the slideshow to see the seven times that black women were nominated in the last 20 years…

Halle Bailey hits the red carpet in a sharp white lined jumpsuit for The Hollywood Reporter 2021 Power 100 Women in Entertainment event held at Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday afternoon (December 8) in Los Angeles.

The 21-year-old The Little Mermaid star hit the stage to speak at the event, alongside Jennifer Garner, who embraced her with a big hug.

Many other celebrities stepped out to honor powerhouse women in entertainment – both on screen and off – at the gala.

Jenna Dewan, Passing‘s Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star Maria Bakalova, This Is Us‘s Susan Kelechi Watson, and singer Kelsea Ballerini were all seen on the red carpet.

Bridgerton‘s Simone Ashley, tick, tick…Boom! star Alexandra Shipp, Sex/Life’s Sarah Shahi, sisters Vanessa Marano and Laura Marano, West Side Story actress Ariana DeBose, The Flash‘s Candice Patton, Glee‘s Amber Riley, 9-1-1 alum Connie Britton, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan were also seen at the annual event.

FYI: Kelsea wore a Pamella Roland suit. Alexandra wore a Christian Dior look. Jennifer wore a Lanvin dress. Jenna wore David Koma. Ruth wore Saint Laurent. Simone wore The Vampire’s Wife. Tessa rocked a bright lime green Christian Siriano ensemble. Ariana wore Fendi. Rebecca wore a Emilia Wickstead suit, Grace Lee jewelry, Alexandre Birman shoes and Yuzefi bag. Maria wore a Bella Freud suit and Louis Vuitton bag.

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Taraji P. Henson, Halle Berry and Jennifer Hudson pose for a photo at the Fourth Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television, presented by the Critics Choice Association at Fairmont Century Plaza Monday (December 06) in Los Angeles.

Jennifer accepted the Actress Award for her performance in the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, while Halle took home the Career Achievement Award.

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Matt Damon, Mahershala Ali, and Oscar Isaac hit the red carpet for Deadline’s Contenders Event on Saturday morning (December 4) in New York City.

The actors were all in attendance to chat about their new TV and movie projects – Matt promoted his movie Stillwater, Mahershala promoted his new Apple TV+ movie Swan Song, and Oscar promoted his new movie The Card Counter.

Other stars in attendance included Passing director Rebecca Hall with stars Ruth Negga and Andre Holland, The Many Saints of Newark actors Ray Liotta and Alessandro Nivola, Cyrano stars Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr., along with The Humans stars Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, and Richard Jenkins.

It was recently announced that Matt will be teaming up with this Marvel star for the upcoming movie Oppenheimer, which is about the development of the atomic bomb.

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Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga hug it out inside the 2021 Gotham Awards on Monday night (November 29) in New York City.

The two stars of Passing were joined by director Rebecca Hall for the award ceremony, where the movie was up for five awards.

Tessa and Ruth are both nominated for Outstanding Lead and Supporting Performances, respectively, and Rebecca is also up for the Breakthrough Director Award.

Passing, set in 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white, is also nominated for Best Picture at the event.

Stay tuned for the full winners list!

FYI: Tessa is wearing a Bach Mai dress. Guests sipped on Robert Hall wines at the event.

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Ruth Negga is dishing on her relationship with her Macbeth co-star Daniel Craig!

The 39-year-old actress stopped by the show to discuss her new show Passing and also shared the surprising thing she and Daniel bonded over while they were working on the play.

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Ruth Negga and Rebecca Hall are continuing their press tour for their new movie!

Ruth, 39, and Rebecca, also 39, stepped out for a screening of their movie Passing held during the 2021 Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday (October 14) at Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif.

For the screening, Ruth sported snakeskin-print crop top and matching skirt while Rebecca wore a multicolored, silk dress.

Adapted from the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, Passing tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York.

Alexander Skarsgard, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, André Holland, and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy also star.

The film hits select theaters on October 27 and will debut on Netflix on November 10.See the full trailer here!

FYI: Ruth is wearing a dress by Alessandra Rich. Rebecca is wearing a Christopher Kane dress.

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