Actress Berry will present Oscar

Halle Berry won an Oscar in 2002 for Monster's Ball

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is the latest star to be confirmed as an Oscar presenter this year.

Berry won the best actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in the gritty drama Monster's Ball.

More recently, she was seen in supernatural thriller Gothika and the blockbuster flop Catwoman.

Berry joins a line-up of presenters including Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger and last year's best actress winner Charlize Theron.

Berry, 38, has also starred in the blockbusters X-Men and Swordfish, as well as appearing alongside Pierce Brosnan in the most recent Bond film Die Another Day.

She has also voiced one of the characters in the computer animated film Robots, released in the UK in March.

The nominations for the Academy Awards were announced last week. Martin Scorsese's biopic of Howard Hughes, The Aviator, is leading the pack with 11 nominations.

Other films to receive multiple nominations include Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby and the comedy Sideways.

This year's Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on 27 February.