Original: Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Monster 's Ball , becoming the first and , as of 2009 , only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress .
Simplified: Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards , and was awarded the Academy Award in 2002 for her role in Monster 's Ball . She is the only African American woman to have won the award for Best Actress in history .