The actress talked about finding peace with her natural aging process during a Los Angeles panel on menopause and women's health months after launching a product to combat symptoms never actually discussed with her by doctors.
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| Halle Berry spoke about embracing aging during a Los Angeles panel on Sept. 20, 2026. |
Halle Berry says that she has come to terms with the physical changes that come with age, calling the transformation something that she notices "in the mirror every day."
The 60-year-old beauty made the comments while speaking on a panel at Create & Cultivate's "On Her Own Terms: Halle Berry on Menopause, Aging & Women's Health" event in Los Angeles on Sept. 20. Moderator Jaclyn Johnson asked Berry to finish a sentence about what she's embracing most as she gets older.
"My new face and body," Berry said before adding that it "is changing" and that she now notices new changes "every day" when she looks in the mirror, but said that she is happy with her ability to accept these changes rather than fight them.
"I can learn to accept that and not turn myself into a monster with all kinds of things we could do today," Berry said, per comments with PEOPLE, while saying that she sees aging as "a natural part of life" and that she does not define herself solely by her physical appearance.
A Health Product Born Out of Personal Experience
Berry's comments come months after she partnered with wellness brand Joylux in July to launch Juicy Like a Peach, a gel for treating vaginal dryness. The actress says the product was born out of her frustration with doctors when she was never told anything about menopause and perimenopause.
Berry told PEOPLE that her physicians never talked to her about this, even as her body changed. "They all just kept telling me, 'You look great,'" she said. "They never told me that no matter what you look like, your hormones are changing and your insides are aging. Like, nobody dared say that."
She compared the gel's intention to that of erectile dysfunction medication for men, saying that it allows her to maintain her moisture and have a pain-free sex life. "It allows us to maintain our moisture, to have pain-free sex so that we can feel confident and be spontaneous again," Berry said. "It changed my sex life. I have my confidence back. I'm always ready now."
On Zendaya's Homage to Her 2002 Style
At the same event, Berry also spoke to PEOPLE about a recent influence she has had on a younger generation of actresses. Zendaya, 30, wore a pixie cut to the Emmy Awards on Sept. 14 that was reminiscent of the hairstyle Berry made famous at the 2002 premiere of "Die Another Day." Zendaya paired the look with a custom, sequin-covered Prada gown.
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| Halle Berry at the 2002 premiere of Die Another Day (left) and Zendaya at the 2026 Emmy Awards (right). |
Hairstylist Coree Moreno described the look in a press release as a "reimagined" version of the pixie cut, styled with extra texture and lift under a "modern, editorial lens."
Berry talked about being touched by the tribute and said she loves Zendaya's overall impact on the industry. "I do speak to her and I have to say she is the sweetest and my little sweetheart and I would love to find something to do with her someday," Berry said. "I mean, hopefully we will, but I'm just a supporter of her."
She added: "I love everything she's doing. I think she is changing the game in so many ways for her generation. And I couldn't be more proud of someone or to know someone honored that she would pay homage to me that way. That was really sweet."
"I can accept aging as a natural part of life and I can know that I'm more than this body and this face that I'm walking around in." — Halle Berry
Berry has been using her platform to speak out more and more about menopause and women's health issues that she says are often overlooked in the medical world, working to normalize conversations around aging.
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