Halle Berry, 59, Gets Candid on Aging in Hollywood: I Won't 'Be Erased' Angel SaundersFebruary 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM 0 Halle Berry in June 2025 Stefanie Keenan/Getty Halle Berry details why she is dedicating her "second act" to women's health The actress turns 60 in August, and stars as a sexy middleaged insurance broker in her upcoming film Crime 101, also starring Chris Hemsworth, arrives in theaters on Feb. 13 Halle Berry is comfortable with growing older. In a new interview with The Cut, published Monday, Feb.
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Angel SaundersFebruary 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Halle Berry details why she is dedicating her "second act" to women's health
The actress turns 60 in August, and stars as a sexy middle-aged insurance broker in her upcoming film
Crime 101, also starring Chris Hemsworth, arrives in theaters on Feb. 13
Halle Berry is comfortable with growing older.
In a new interview with The Cut, published Monday, Feb. 2, the award-winning actress, 59, opened up about aging in Hollywood, and her refusal to let it define or erase her.
"Her character rang so true for me. You get to this age where you feel like you're being marginalized, devalued. You feel it at work. You feel it from society," she said while discussing her role as Sharon Coombs in the upcoming film, Crime 101.
The movie sees Berry opposite Chris Hemsworth as a middle-aged insurance broker who takes advantage of her beauty when it comes to closing deals with billionaire clients.
Halle Berry on Jan. 28, 2026
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"But I have adamantly decided I am not going to allow myself to be erased," she continued. "That's why I'm on my menopause mission. I'm going to be louder than I have ever been."
Berry, who turns 60 in August, has also been vocal about menopause and women's health in recent years. During her interview with The Cut, she dove right into erasing the stigmas of dry vaginas.
"Look, it happens to more than 60 percent of women as we get older. Everything gets dry! If we talk about it and laugh about it, there's no more shame or embarrassment," she said.
"I'm almost 60," she continued. "Fighting for women's health feels like a formidable cause for my second act."
For her previous birthday, Berry posted a cheeky photo to X with a simple caption that read, "this is 59," and added a white heart emoji.
In the image, the John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum actress smiled as she wore a gold bikini while on a tropical vacation, paired with a checkered black and white headscarf, layered pendant necklaces and aviator sunglasses.
"the fountain of youth is somewhere near you," one person commented. Another joked, "Where can I sell my soul to look like this at 59."
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Despite the commentary, Berry takes her platform on aging and women's health seriously, even launching Respin, an empowering community redefining menopause and female longevity.
Berry and Christina Aguilera spoke with PEOPLE in a roundtable interview at a Bare it All event in June 2025, with the X-Men actress discussing her experience with menopause — and how it became a catalyst for working in the sexual wellness industry.
During her career, Berry recalled being told, "'Being an actor, you don't want to start talking about menopause.' "
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"And I'm like, 'But my age is printed before my name every time I read. So it's not like I can hide it and why should I?' " she said. "But I got the same pushback. 'Be very careful: You're going to put yourself in a box.' "
"I've had a 30-year career being an actor, but what empowers me and what feels really good is I can take my second act," Berry continued. "It's been the joy of my life in so many ways, but taking the second act and really focusing it on women's health, I can't think of a better way to spend my next chapter of my life."
Crime 101 hits theaters on Feb. 13.
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Published: February 03, 2026 at 01:45AM on Source: ANDY MAG
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