Halle Berry Will Help Announce ‘Historic’ Bipartisan Women’s Health Legislation on Capitol Hill

Halle Berry’s next major role will be on Capitol Hill: The “Monster’s Ball” star is joining a bipartisan group of five senators to boost funding for menopause research.

The 57-year-old actor will be on hand Thursday to announce a new bill that proponents call “the broadest effort yet to boost federal menopause research” that would create “new public health efforts to improve women’s health in midlife.” ”

Berry will join Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Shelley Moore Capito (RW.Va.) in the O Senate prepares for press conference unveiling “historic” legislation, organizers said Wednesday.

This is not the first time that the Oscar winner has appeared alongside political figures in the name of women’s health. In January, Berry accompanied first lady Jill Biden on a stop to promote the issue during the first lady’s trip to Chicago.

In an essay she wrote last year about menopause, Berry wrote, “We can make talking about women’s health issues less taboo by daring to talk about it.”