This time around, though, Ebony magazine is honoring her as No. 1 on this year's list of "The Ebony Power 150: The Most Influential Blacks In America."

Halle Berry gestures while being honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts February 16, 2006 in this file photo. [Reuters]

The Oscar-winner tells the magazine she has reached a point in her life where she feels more powerful than ever.

"... I feel really powerful at 40 because I've finally GOT IT, I have finally realized that I'm complete all by myself," she says. "I don't need a man."

Although Berry gets paid eight-figure salaries for her film roles, she's turned her attention to working behind the camera, producing film and television projects.

Her current projects in the works include "Mixed," a TV comedy about a mixed-race woman; and "Compositions In Black And White" with Alicia Keys.

The annual Power 150 was launched in 1963 as "100+ Most Influential Black Americans."

This year's list also includes Sen. Barack Obama, "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, actor-director Tyler Perry and talk show host Tyra Banks.

The May issue of Ebony will be out Monday, April 9.