Halle Berry wants to "stand up for all women" by talking about health and aging

She told Extra: "I'm standing up for myself because I need answers, right? And so when I stand up for myself, I stand up for all women.

"And women's health, especially when we get down, you know, the path of life over 40, there's been so much injustice done to us, so much research, so much information not done, and it's time that our health is put, you know, on the forefront.

"And we have to demand that."

She insisted people should "look forward" to growing older, and realising it's not something to be afraid of.

She added: "We have to look forward to this time of life as a woman, and I want young women like you to know you just get better.

"It's is nothing to fear. You don't have to resist it. Aging is a beautiful thing of life."

The 'Catwoman' actress recently revealed she feels "happier and stronger" than ever as she heads for 60.

She told America's Marie Claire: "Age is just a number that they stick on us at birth. I feel like I'm now at the pinnacle."

Halle added her health regime includes a "cocktail of vitamins and supplements", along with taking progesterone, testosterone and estriol.

She also has temperature therapy, using hot and cold treatments to reduce inflammation.

Halle also tackled ageism in Hollywood as part of her magazine chat, saying:

"As women, we get defined by [age] way more than men do and sometimes it can debilitate us. It can trick us into thinking what we're supposed to do.

"We have to kick that in the face and say, 'No, I'm going to do what I can do as long as I feel good doing it!' And that will be whatever I want it to be. I get to define that."