An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Halle Berry
as Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner
as Earl Mills
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Otto Preminger
Obba Babatundé
as Harold Nicholas
Loretta Devine
as Ruby Dandridge
Cynda Williams
as Vivian Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Auntie
Tamara Taylor
as Geri Nicholas
William Atherton
as Darryl Zanuck
D. B. Sweeney
as Jack Denison
Billy Mayo
as Sergeant
Sharon Brown
as Etta Jones
