Emilia Pérez‘s Karla Sofía Gascón has simply made historical past, turning into the primary brazenly trans nominee for an performing Academy Award. Gascón has earned a nomination within the Greatest Actress race for portraying the titular character in Netflix’s genre-bending (and divisive) characteristic. The movie leads the pack with 13 nods (essentially the most of any film): alongside Greatest Actress, the movie has earned nominations for Greatest Supporting Actress (for Zoe Saldaña who earned the Golden Globe), Cinematography, Directing (for Jacques Audiard), Tailored Screenplay, Worldwide Function Movie, Modifying, Sound, Make-up and Hair, Unique Rating and two nominations within the Unique Tune class for “El Mal” and “Mi Camino.”
Together with her historic accomplishment, Gascón joins a restricted variety of artists: Composer Angela Morley achieved a milestone as the primary transgender particular person to obtain Academy Award recognition. She earned nominations for her scores in 1974’s The Little Prince and 1978’s The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella. In 2015, musician Anohni obtained an Oscar nomination for her tune “Manta Ray,” featured in Racing Extinction. Yance Ford made historical past as the primary transgender man nominated for an Academy Award, incomes a nod for his 2017 movie Robust Island.
When Emilia Pérez premiered at Cannes final 12 months, Gascón made pageant historical past as the primary trans actor to safe a significant prize. Earlier this 12 months, she was the primary trans actor to earn a Golden Globe nod in a movie class (Elliot Web page earned a nomination for Juno earlier than transitioning). This 12 months’s Greatest Actress nominees embody Cynthia Erivo (Depraved), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Fernanda Torres (I am Nonetheless Right here), alongside Gascón.
The Battle of the Musicals at This Yr’s Oscars
Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez is a Spanish-language musical crime comedy that follows Gascón’s character, a former Mexican cartel chief, Juan “Manitas” Del Monte, who transitions to develop into the titular character. Regardless of its essential acclaim, Emilia Pérez has earned its share of criticism. Earlier this 12 months, Gascón spoke on among the movie’s backlash:
“Many are working a adverse, nasty marketing campaign towards the movie, so something that I say, they may use it to make their case larger. They hate distinction. They intend to manage folks’s our bodies as a result of that finally ends up being a means additionally to manage their minds. When one thing has a big effect and is favored by many, others hate it only for present.”
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Whereas Emilia Pérez took the lead with essentially the most nominations of any movie, Depraved is not trailing far behind with ten nominations (appears to be like like we’ll be in for the battle of the musicals): Gascón will face off with Erivo for Greatest Actress, whereas Ariana Grande and Saldaña compete within the Greatest Supporting Actress race. The opposite nominees within the latter race are Monica Barbaro (A Full Unknown), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave). There may be one notable omission from Emilia Pérez‘s listing of nominations: Selena Gomez, who earned Golden Globe and British Academy Movie Award nominations for her position as Jessi Del Monte.
The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC on Sunday, March 2. Conan O’Brien will host.
Emilia Perez
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November 13, 2024
- Runtime
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130 Minutes
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