Karla Sofía Gascón made the Oscar history on Thursday as the first open trans -sex actor to land an Oscar nomination.
Gascón made its first career unemployment on Thursday morning in the best actress category for his lead role in Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-speaking operatic musical, “Emilia Pérez,” which cements its place in the Oscar history books.
The landmark Oscar nomination is groundbreaking for trans people when it marks the first time an out transactor has broken through in a large actor with the academy.
However, Gascón is not the first transacter recognized by the academy. Elliot Page, which was nominated for an Oscar 2008 for its leading role in “Juno,” Come out as trans through an Instagram post in December 2020, 12 years after nominated.
The academy has also previously nominated trans film creators and musicians. Composer Angela Morley was the first openly trans-sexed Oscar-nominated in 1975 to write the score for the score for “The Little Prince”, which later earned a nomination in 1977 for doing “The avoiding and the rose – The story of ashes pot. “
In 2016, singer writer Anohni was the first trans musician nominated for an original song Oscar when she got a nick to write the texts for “Manta Ray” for the documentary, “Racing Extinction.” Yance Ford became the first transgender and producer 2018 nominated for a documentary Oscar with “Strong Island.”
In “Emilia Pérez”, which received 13 Oscar nominations, including best image and best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, Gascón depicts Mexican cartel leader Juan “Manitas” del Monte, who undergoes gender-affirming operation to transfer to a woman with the woman with the woman with it Woman help from a lawyer (played by Saldaña).
Depiction of Emilia’s journey before and after her transition was a cathartic experience for Gascón, who was aware of her own life parallel aspects of her character’s bow.
“This is something that has changed me a lot,” the Madrid-born actress told Thewrap through an interpreter. “It led to a lot of internal learning for myself. I left much of my own personal darkness in Manitas and Emilia, and I got a lot of light in return from these characters. “
Gascón has collected a number of awards since last year Cannes Film FestivalWhere the female role (including co -star Adriana Paz) won the best actress. Gascón became the first trans woman to be honored with the prestigious award. She was also nominated at Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“My character in the film is this beam of hope. And personally, I feel that I carry this message, ”Gascón said. “I have a social responsibility that goes beyond the film’s creative performance. This is the type of movie that will make history, not just cinema but something that will be studied in books, which will be studied at university. “
In an increasingly counterfeit landscape for the trans community, Gascón talked about the platform she has received to give voice to the voiceless. “People commit actions of hatred, violence, even murder against people to be different and for the simple reason for existing,” she said. “I know I have been given this responsibility for a reason.”
The 97th annual Academy Awards, which are hosted by Conan O’Brien, will take place at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, March 2 and will be broadcast live coast-to-coast at. 16.00 PT/19 PM ET on ABC.
