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Berry wouldn't be the first black actress winner, and maybe Kidman wins.

The new century had two «firsts»: the first black actress and the first French speaking actress — Halle Berry and Marion Cotillard respectively — to win the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

With three nominations total, a nomination in lead actress would make her the first black actress to four nominations.

Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water) is already an Oscar winner and holds two Oscar records: first black actress to be nominated again after winning and tied with Viola Davis for the most nominations for a black actress (3).

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Here's a conversation we don't want to miss: Black - ish actress and all - around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will interview our forever first lady, Michelle Obama, this Saturday, May 5, at the United State of Women Summit at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles — and we officially know how we're spending this weekend.

First up would be the Avengers» very own Black Widow and the lead actress from «Ghost in the Shell».

In 2002, Halle Berry was the first black woman ever to win the Best Actress award - and she did so wearing this Adam and Eve-esque Elie Saab gown that just barely covered the essentials.

The 38 - year - old model and actress is a first - time expecting mother and was spotted leaving a hair salon last Tuesday wearing a sheer leopard top and sheer black maxi skirt.

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Notable examples of people of color representation in the nominations pool come in the documentary category where the black male director of «Strong Island,» Yance Ford, is the first openly trans person to have a film nominated, and in foreign - language film where «A Fantastic Woman,» starring Chilean trans actress Daniela Vega, is a possible winner.

The actress, 60, won her first Academy Award more than 20 years ago for her role as the pregnant police chief in the Coen brothers» black comedy «Fargo» and currently stands one Grammy shy of EGOT status.

It marked the first critical breakthrough for director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, The Truth About Charlie), and two Oscars, one for the screenplay by Bo Goldman (Meet Joe Black, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and one for Best Supporting Actress for Mary Steenburgen (Hope Springs, Elf).

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In the lead drama races, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) became the third black woman to win drama actress and the first in 23 years after Gail Fisher and Regina Taylor, while Jon Hamm — who didn't get to give a speech when he won his first drama actor Globe for Mad Men during the writers» strike — became the first former drama actor champ to get dropped as a nominee and return to win.

The stars of BBC America's Orphan Black — Critics» Choice Best Actress winner Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce and co-creators Graeme Manson andJohn Fawcett — discuss the first season of the critically acclaimed clone thriller.

Natalie Portman received her second Academy Award ® nomination and first Best Actress win for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed film, BLACK SWAN.

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Berry, who was the first black woman to win the best actress Oscar, noted that Boone Isaacs had scored two such firsts: She was the first black woman to run a major studio publicity department and the first African - American to serve as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Meanwhile, for best supporting actress, Uzo Aduba appeared for the first time for «Orange Is the New Black» (though she previously won a Golden Globe for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), as did Kathy Bates for «American Horror Story: Freak Show,» Michelle Monaghan for «True Detective,» «Downton Abbey» actress Joanne Froggatt, and Allison Janney for «Mom.actress, Uzo Aduba appeared for the first time for «Orange Is the New Black» (though she previously won a Golden Globe for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), as did Kathy Bates for «American Horror Story: Freak Show,» Michelle Monaghan for «True Detective,» «Downton Abbey» actress Joanne Froggatt, and Allison Janney for «Mom.Actress in a Comedy Series), as did Kathy Bates for «American Horror Story: Freak Show,» Michelle Monaghan for «True Detective,» «Downton Abbey» actress Joanne Froggatt, and Allison Janney for «Mom.actress Joanne Froggatt, and Allison Janney for «Mom.»

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That first weekend in December is a prime launchpad for awards season fare, read that's where Fox Searchlight launched its best picture winner The Shape of Water, and its best actress winner The Black Swan eight years ago.

Everyone talked about how this is the end; well, I was there in 2001 when Halle Berry gave her beautiful speech as the first black woman to win Best Actress.

«Jane the Virgin» actress Gina Rodriguez made the cut for the first time, as did Taylor Schilling of «Orange Is the New Black» (though she was nominated before for Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama when «Orange» was still entered as a actress Gina Rodriguez made the cut for the first time, as did Taylor Schilling of «Orange Is the New Black» (though she was nominated before for Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama when «Orange» was still entered as a Actress in a TV Series, Drama when «Orange» was still entered as a drama).

And the first one on board is Felicity Jones, with the actress joining the Black List approved story that follows an adolescent boy with a terminally ill single mother begins having visions of a tree monster, who tells him the truths about life in the form of three stories, helping him to eventually cope with his emotions over his dying mom.

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Unfortunately, Rodriguez wasn't able to lend her that one as it wasn't one she owned, but she was willing to pass on her black strapless Badgley Mischka dress which she wore at her first Golden Globes ceremony in 2015 where she won Best Actress for a Comedy TV Show.

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And yes, as Variety's story notes, along with Uzo Aduba's (much deserved) win for Orange is the New Black, this was the first time both lead actress titles — drama and comedy — went to black wBlack, this was the first time both lead actress titles — drama and comedy — went to black wblack women.

Dandridge, sometimes called the black Marilyn Monroe, was the first African American to receive a Best Actress Oscar nod.

Tracee Ellis Ross of ABC's «Black - ish» won the award for leading actress in a comedy series, the first black woman to do so since Debbie Allen in Black - ish» won the award for leading actress in a comedy series, the first black woman to do so since Debbie Allen in black woman to do so since Debbie Allen in 1982.

According to THR, Disney and Lucasfilm are currently looking at three actresses for the first Star Wars solo film, which is set to hit theaters in 2016: Academy Award nominees Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) and Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany.

Actress Lena Waithe, 33, made history at the Emmy's on Sunday as the first black woman to win the comedy writing award.

The film The first American feature by an African - American lesbian, Dunye's «The Watermelon Woman» stars its director as a video - store clerk and aspiring filmmaker working on a project about a long - forgotten black actress of the 1930s.

The actress shone from the first as the most progressive, contemporary character on the show, and aside from further TV roles on «Misfits» and alongside one of our male picks, Daniel Kaluuya, on «Black Mirror,» the show also landed her the lead role, alongside Felicity Jones, in the British film «Albatross.»

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BEST GUEST ACTOR / ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Ellen Burstyn — Mom — CBS Anjelica Huston — Transparent — Amazon Cherry Jones — Transparent — Amazon Jenifer Lewis — Black - ish — ABC Timothy Olyphant — The Grinder — Fox John Slattery — Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Netflix

Then in 2011, Natalie Portman took home her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar, for «Black Swan» (she also took home the Golden Globe and BAFTA that same year).

In 1997, Hershman Leeson made «Conceiving Ada,» the first of two feature films starring British actress Tilda Swinton and her American colleague Karen Black.

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The exhibition brings together four works: «Looking for Alfred» (2004), an homage to Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films, with a cast of look - alikes; «Hitchcock didn't have a Belly Button: Interview with Karen Black» (2010), a recorded interview of the actress recounting her experiences with the legendary filmmaker; «You Tube Me and I Tube You,» a two - channel interaction installation and web project initiated in 2010; and «I may have forever lost my umbrella» (2011), a color short with a narration based on Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet underneath the images of YouTube videos of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which will be shown in New York for the first time in this exhibition.

The exhibition brings together four works: Looking for Alfred (2005), an homage to Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films, with a cast of look - alikes; Hitchcock didn't have a Belly Button: Interview with Karen Black (2010), a recorded interview of the actress recounting her experiences with the legendary filmmaker; You Tube Me and I Tube You, a two - channel interaction installation and web project initiated in 2010; and I may have forever lost my umbrella (2011), a color short with a narration based on Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet underneath the images of YouTube videos of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which is shown in New York for the first time in this exhibition.

Yesterday, the show's star, Tracee Ellis Ross, became the first black woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress in 35 years.