10 Actresses Whose Careers Went Downhill After Winning An Oscar

8. Halle Berry

Oscar Win: Best Actress, Monster's Ball (2002) The only thing that keeps Halle Berry from being on the top half of this list is the success she's had with the X-Men series. When she's not portraying Storm, she's starring in Gothika, Perfect Stranger, New Year's Eve, The Call, Movie 43... and then, of course, there's Catwoman. Almost all of the films she's made in the past decade have been poorly received with disappointing box office figures. When will she fire her agent? Better yet, was Halle Berry ever a great actress to begin with? Despite becoming the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for a leading role, there was a great amount of controversy surrounding her role in Monster's Ball. A number of notable detractors of the film, including actress Angela Bassett, have said that the film was stereotypical and demeaning towards black women. Nowadays, people have started to wonder if Halle Berry really deserved the golden statue. She would have silenced the haters if she had continued success after winning, but that has not been the case thus far. With only X-Men: Days of Future Past on the horizon, it does not seem as if Halle Berry will change people's minds anytime soon.