Berry still struggles for good roles

Winning an Oscar doesn't mean you're suddenly bombarded with offers for great movie roles, says Halle Berry.

The best thing to happen to her in the week after winning the best actress award was a phone call from Oprah Winfrey, asking her to play a part in Their Eyes Were Watching God. The movie, a Winfrey production, appears on American television this northern spring.

"The struggle for a woman of colour to find good material is still very present, and it's a struggle I fight every day," Berry said. "I think women have a hard time finding good material in general."

Developing her own projects or acquiring the movie rights to books she likes is probably the best way to develop roles, she says. She has four in the works at present.