Karla Sofía Gascón is a Spanish actress. She became the first transgender star to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She also became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated by the Academy for Best Actress. Gascón was born in Alcobendas, Spain, and decided to pursue an acting career at 16 years old.

Karla Sofía Gascón has addressed her withdrawal from the Emilia Pérez Oscar campaign following backlash over resurfaced social media posts. The controversy erupted after writer Sarah Hagi published screenshots of offensive posts from Gascón’s now-deactivated X account.

Karla Sofía Gascón was one of three "Emilia Pérez" women to win the Critics Choice Award for best song following a series of controversial posts.

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón has vowed to keep quiet to help the film's awards campaign following controversy over her offensive tweets. "Following Jacques interview that I understand, I decided,

The movie Emilia Pérez leads in Oscar nominations, including one for star Karla Sofía Gascón. But the Spanish actress has recently faced backlash for past tweets.

Medios y Media/Getty Images Best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón is vowing to stay silent. The Spanish actress, who has come under fire for offensive comments she wrote on the social platform X,