Her performance was awarded the and the for Best Actress; in an interesting coincidence she became the first to win the earlier in her career, she portrayed , the first African American to be nominated for Best Actress, and who was born at the same hospital as Berry, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Nicht zuletzt, weil ihn die Aufgabe reizte, durch seine Erziehung den zukünftigen Adel beeinflussen zu können.