Best Actor and Actress Oscar winners typically return the following year to present the award for their counterpart categories. But as last year’s Best Actor winner Will Smith is now banned from the Academy Awards after slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony, a different performer was asked to present in his place — Halle Berry stepped in for his category at the 2023 Oscars. Berry presented the award for Best Actress at the 95th Annual Academy Awards. The top honor went to Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Berry, along with Jessica Chastain, also presented the Best Actor category, which went to Brendan Fraser for The Whale. Yeoh’s co-stars, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, won at the top of the broadcast for their Supporting Actor and Actress roles in Everything Everywhere All at Once. These victories meant that A24 films won all four of the acting categories for the night.