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Making for quite the celebratory start to the weekend, Halle Berry emerged as a big winner at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, CA on Friday night (March 4).

The 44-year-old actress made two trips to the podium at The Shrine Auditorium upon being selected as Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Motion Picture honoree for "Frankie and Alice" at the annual event.

With the awards show coming as Miss Berry has been immersed in a custody battle over daughter Nahla with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, the Oscar-winning actress told of her child-raising efforts, "It is just joy, it's joy. I wouldn't say it's the hardest work I do, I would say it's the best work I do."

Voicing her desire to be a proper role model for her growing girl, Halle added, "I hope she's proud of me. I'm sure she won't like everything I've done, but I hope she will appreciate that I dared to be myself and always did what I believed in. I hope those are qualities that I pass on to her."