Halle Berry to help announce 'historic' bipartisan women's health legislation on Capitol Hill

Halle Berry's next starring role is on Capitol Hill: The "Monster's Ball" star is joining a bipartisan group of five female senators to make the push for menopause research funding.

The 57-year-old actor will be present Thursday to announce a new bill that proponents call the "most expansive effort so far to boost federal research on menopause," which would create "new public health efforts to improve women's mid-life health."

Berry will join Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) at the Senate steps for the news conference unveiling the "historic" legislation, organizers said Wednesday. 

It's not the first time that the Academy Award winner has appeared alongside political figures in the name of women's health. In January, Berry accompanied first lady Jill Biden at a stop to promote the issue during the first lady's trip to Chicago.

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