With her best actress nomination for "Emilia Pérez," Gascón becomes the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. Gascón plays the titular role in the film, a Mexican drug ...

With her best actress nomination for "Emilia Pérez," Gascón becomes the first openly trans actor to ... OSCARS 2025: Here are your 1st-time Oscar nominees "Emilia Pérez" is the most-nominated ...

making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar. The film also landed nominations for directing, original screenplay, two of its songs and for Zoe Saldaña. Netflix ...

For both the 2025 Golden Globes and Academy Awards, Gascón became the first openly transgender individual to score nods. “I have a message for you: The light always wins over darkness,” she ...