She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
and the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British
Empire) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to
Drama. She is the voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Warwick, Warwickshire, England (June 2009)
Berry used unorthodox methods to help performers feel the beats of Shakespeare's rhythms such as tossing chairs and kicking beer cans while reciting To Be or Not to Be, or bouncing up and down on the floor while reading Macbeth.