Cardi B Says Halle Berry Inspired Her to ‘Dream Big’ as a Little Girl at People’s Choice Awards
Halle Berry is one of the most popular actors of all time, and it turns out she is a huge inspiration to Cardi B. On Dec. 7, Berry was honored with the People’s Icon Award at the 2021 People’s Choice Award. Cardi B introduced Berry at the award show, and during her speech, she revealed that Berry inspired her to “dream big” as a young child.
Cardi B looks up to Halle Berry
Throughout her career, Berry starred in Boomerang, Monster’s Ball, the X-Men franchise, New Year’s Eve, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and more.
She won an Academy Award for her performance in Monster’s Ball, becoming the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. Berry also has an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
At the 2021 People’s Choice Awards, Cardi B introduced Berry before Berry was presented with the People’s Icon of 2021 award. With the award, Berry was recognized for her work in film and for her activism.
During her introduction, Cardi B praised Berry for “inspiring” her to “dream big.”
“Halle Berry is one of my heroes. She’s strong, she’s brilliant, and she was the first woman of color to win an Academy Award for Best Actress,” Cardi B said. “Little girls like me dream big, inspiring us to reach the stars and break records of our own.”
Halle Berry is a fan of Cardi B
After accepting the award from Cardi B at the People’s Choice Awards, Berry gave a moving acceptance speech. To start off the speech, Berry showed her appreciation for Cardi B.
“To have Cardi B present you with an icon award — I don’t think a moment could be bigger in my life,” Berry said.
The actor went on to thank fans for supporting her career over the years.
“Thank you, everyone. Thank you. The only reason I have been here for 30 years, still working, doing what I love on my own terms, redefining myself decade after decade, is because of all of you, every single one of you,” she said in her acceptance speech.
Berry continued, “You allow me to be myself. When I fall down, my fans, the public, you pick me up. And when I’m up, you push me higher. So thank you from my heart!”
The two celebrities worked together before the 2021 People’s Choice Awards
The movie Bruised was released on Netflix in November. Berry stars in the movie and also made her directorial debut with the film.
For the film’s soundtrack, Cardi B recorded a song called “Bet It.” In an interview with Billboard, Cardi B and Berry went into detail about what it was like to work on the soundtrack for Bruised together.
“Cardi, you came through in a big way. We had some issues with our song, we had to get certain rights to use it,” Berry said.
The actor explained to Billboard, “Cardi, being so of her word, didn’t say, ‘Oh, it can’t happen.’ She went the extra mile and you made sure that we got the rights to use the record. I can say, honestly, not everybody would have done that, and I so respect you. You said yes, and you stood by your word.”
