Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove in 2001's 'Monster's Ball.' Berry's gut-wrenching performance as a woman struggling with grief after a family tragedy earned her an Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards, making her the first Black woman to ever take home the trophy for Best Actress. | The Academy

Billy Bob Thornton does an impression of his character Karl Childers, from the film “Sling Blade” (1996), during an interview with James Lipton in “Inside the Actors Studio“. Billy Bob wrote, directed and starred in this film, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The film itself is marvelous, a must-see piece of independent cinema. I highly recommend it! If not for anything else, just to see Billy Bob’s mind-blowing