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.

Oscar race for Best International Film has been turned upside down. Following a wild week in which Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón delivered several apologies and broke down during interviews after her offensive social media posts from the past resurfaced,

Karla Sofía Gascón is apologizing for her racist tweets. Again. Following a whirlwind week of interviews, half-apologies, and her fellow crew members condemning her, the Academy Award–nominated actress has finally pledged to keep quiet.

Zoe Saldaña opens up on the controversy surrounding Emilia Pérez co-star Karla Sofía Gascón's past offensive comments

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón has vowed to keep quiet to help the film's awards campaign following controversy over her offensive tweets. Days after her historic Best Actress Oscar nomination,

However, this year, the buzz isn't just about the films—it's also about the controversy surrounding them. One of these controversies involves nominee and 'Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón, who has triggered a major change in the ceremony's format.

Oscar-nominated ‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón wants to "let the work talk for itself," she said in an Instagram post offering an apology "to everyone who has been hurt" by the controversies surrounding her resurfaced words on social media.