Gascón

The nominations for Oscars 2025 They have already been made known. And as expected, the Spanish Karla Sofia Gascónprotagonist of Emilia Perezis up for the Best Actress statuette. A historic candidacy that makes her the second Spanish performer to opt for the most important award on the planet after Penelope Cruz. With this news, Gascon It puts the finishing touch to an unbeatable career for her and for the film. The actress of Emilia PerezIn addition, he has made history twice. Not only is she the second Spaniard to compete for the statuette, but she also becomes the first transgender actress nominated in the entire history of the Oscars. Along with her, the performers compete for the Best Actress award. Fernanda Torres (I’m still here), Mikey Madison (Anora), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) and the favorite, Demi Moore (The substance). The gala will take place on March 2. It all started at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious in the world, where the cast of Emilia Perez won the award for Best Female Performance. In this way, Karla Sofia Gascón raised recognition alongside Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. At that moment, a dizzying career began that had the goal of reaching the 2025 Oscar Awards. Actors, screenwriters and comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang have been in charge of announcing the nominations, delayed on up to two occasions due to the terrible fires that happened a few weeks ago in Los Angeles. Uncertainty was maximum in a year that was much more open than usual. But there was little doubt that Gascon managed to make a place for himself. He has finally achieved it. A dream with your feet on the Earth Karla Sofia Gascón He has been working in the industry for decades in small productions in Spain and Mexico. But it has not been until now, with Emilia Perezwhen it has received the love of all the spotlights worldwide. His nomination for the 2025 Oscar Awards is the great final recognition, but he has experienced these months of change with great naturalness and humility. “In the end, we are all people who work and who are in this game, which is very beautiful and very interesting, but which is still a fantasy in the eyes of others,” he told us. to Hipertextual in an exclusive interview. “On a personal level, like any recognition I get for my work, I would be lying if I said I didn’t give a damn. Well no, I don’t give a damn, I’m cool that you shit yourself,” he also noted, laughing about his time at the time. dream nomination for the 2025 Oscars. “In the end, you do this work, even sometimes just for applause. I have come to give performances for just one person in the theater. And that person’s applause when I finished the play is worth as much to me as any recognition they give me.” in this world. Because in the end we live off of that. An Oscar, a European award or an award of whatever is an applause for your work,” he said. Gascon. Without more Spanish representation Apart from the nomination of Karla Sofia Gascón, Spain has not achieved greater representation at the 2025 Oscars. The short films Paris 70 of Dani Freixas and The great work of Alex Lora They opted to sneak into the gala after entering the final shortlist a few weeks ago. But academics have finally opted for other alternatives. For its part, The next room of Pedro Almodovar He also aspired to have a place in the ceremony after winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Her main assets were the actress Tilda Swinton and the composer Alberto Iglesias. But the new film by the genius from La Mancha is left with honey on its lips by not getting any nomination at the 2025 Oscar Awards. From now on, all hopes remain that Karla Sofia Gascón can surprise and put the icing on the cake. In total, Emilia Perez It has 13 nominations for the 2025 Oscar Awards, an absolute record for an international film.