Halle Berry

Halle Berry took over the slot that Will Smith would have held to present the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars on Sunday.

Following the incident, Smith went back to his seat. [ Brendan Fraser for The Whale](https://deadline.com/2023/03/brendan-fraser-2023-best-actor-the-whale-oscars-1235296085/) and [Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once](https://deadline.com/2023/03/michelle-yeoh-2023-oscar-best-actress-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-1235291040/). [Halle Berry](https://deadline.com/tag/halle-berry/) as the two presented together both the Best Actor and Best Actress [Oscars](https://deadline.com/tag/oscar/).

Two best-actress winners joined forces to present both lead performer winners Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser with their awards.

The moment called to mind the effort over a decade ago to enlist five previous winners in the best-actor and best-actress categories to present not just an award to the winner, but pay tribute to all of the nominees. If Blanchett had won, two fellow veteran performers would be the ones to present the award to someone else already in that pantheon. Yeoh becoming the first Asian winner in this category would have significance as one performer of color helps hand the Oscar to another. Until tonight, Berry was the only woman of color to ever win a best-actress Oscar. The telecast repeatedly had its presenters deliver two awards back-to-back, which allowed a way to have her present both Academy Awards for lead performer by pairing her with Halle Berry, who won best actress in 2002 for Monster’s Ball. It’s a longtime Academy Awards tradition to have the lead actor from the previous year present the next best-actress winner with her trophy, and vice versa.

Halle Berry attended the 2023 Oscars on March 12 in a Tamara Ralph gown with thigh-high slits and donned in pink roses. 2002 gown in Academy Museum.

At the 2002 Academy Awards, where she became the first black actress to win for Best Actress, she stunned in a burgundy [Elie Saab](https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/kerry-washington-unprisoned-premiere-floral-dress-1235565416/) gown with sheer floral adornment on her chest. The champagne carpet is the first to deviate from red since the 33rd Oscars in 1961. She recently announced in March on Instagram that her 2002 [Oscars](https://wwd.com/tag/oscars/) gown is on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Past Best Actress winner Halle Berry replaced Will Smith to present Best Actress at the 2023 Oscars alongside last year's winner Jessica Chastain.

[Jada Pinkett Smith](https://ew.com/person/jada-pinkett-smith/). Berry won Best Actress in 2002 for Monster's Ball, becoming the first Black woman to win the award since the Oscars began in 1929. In the two decades since Berry's historic win, no other woman of color has been victorious in the category. [full list of 2023 Oscars winners](https://ew.com/awards/oscars/oscars-2023-winners-list/). Smith ultimately [issued an apology](https://ew.com/celebrity/will-smith-addresses-oscars-slap-daily-show-interview/) for his behavior, but was banned from attending all Academy-sanctioned events [for the next decade](https://ew.com/awards/oscars/will-smith-academy-decision-banned-oscars-10-years/). [Halle Berry](https://ew.com/person/halle-berry/) teamed up with [Jessica Chastain](https://ew.com/person/jessica-chastain/) for a presentation of the Best Actress category at the 2023 [Oscars](https://ew.com/awards/oscars/) that likely would have been handled by [Will Smith](https://ew.com/person/will-smith/).

She showed clips of her sweating through BOSU ball up-and-overs, battle-rope jumping jacks, plank kettlebell drags, and BOSU ball medicine ball slams. She ...

Step your left foot up onto the bench, then push into your left foot to shuffle over the bench and land on the other side, so your left foot is on the floor and right foot is on the bench. - Iron Plank – 30 seconds per side: Start in a high plank position with a kettlebell under your right shoulder, tipped over so it’s on its side, the handle vertical and pointing toward your body. Stand in a quarter squat to the right of the BOSU ball with your left foot on the center of the ball and your right foot on the floor. - Ankle-Weighted Step-Over – 1 minute: Wearing an ankle weight on each ankle, stand to the right side of a workout bench, so your feet are parallel to the long side of the bench. [your core engaged](https://www.popsugar.com.au/fitness/How-Do-I-Engage-My-Core-45785442)and knees bent, shuffle over the ball, ending with your left foot on the floor and right foot on the ball. Jump your feet back together and squat down to start the next rep.

Earlier this week, the Oscar winner's iconic Elie Saab gown from the 2002 ceremony became officially enshrined as part of Academy Awards history. The sultry ...

she wrote in an Instagram post about the news. She accessorized the look with gold platform pumps and gold Pomellato jewelry, with her short hair styled in finger waves and loose curls covering one eye. The star walked the ceremony's champagne-colored carpet accompanied by her longtime beau, Van Hunt, who wore a classic black tux and brown Art Deco tie.