KArla Sofia Gascon It is the First translator for the Oscar. Protagonist of the film Emilia Perezwho obtained well 13 applications, is running for the title of best actress. Spanish, 52 years old, the actress faced one gender transition six years ago, at the age of 46, then telling about his experience in the book Karsia. An extraordinary story. KArla Sofia Gascon lives in Mexico, she is married to Marisa Gutiérrez and has a daughterVictoria Elena, born before her transition.
Who is Karla Sofia Gascon
Born in Madrid on March 31, 1972 with the name of Juan Carlos, already As a teenager Karla Sofia Gascon started acting However, obtaining only marginal roles, especially in the commercial sector. On the advice of a director’s friend, therefore transferred to Mexico, where he achieved the first successes acting in different famous telenovelas such as El señor de los cielos And Hasta el fin del Mundo.
Karla Sofia Gascon, the first transgender woman candidate for the Oscar 2025
Karla Sofia Gascon at the press conference of ‘Emilia Perez’ (ANSA)
In the meantime, Karla Sofia Gascon has also obtained parts in films such as Nosotros Los Nobles of 2013 A period during which Juan Carlos, already an actor with a discreet career behind him, could no longer recognize himself in his own body. A path that he then told in his book, released in 2018.
“I was known as the Telenovelas actress. A few years ago, at 46, I became a trans woman. Before I was Carlos», Said Karla Sofia Gascon a few weeks ago in an interview with Corriere della Sera. Explaining that “I wondered if I would work again. I waited for a while to get out, I was afraid to do a bad end. I fought ». And now «At 52, I played a trans»In the film Emilia Perez that the candidacy for the Oscar earned her.
I represent all the people who want to be free
“I feel responsibility, not only for the film but social, for the civil movement that spontaneously created around meExplained Karla Sofia Gascon at the Corriere della Sera. “I represent a minority, of course, but also all the people who want to be free.”
And a Rolling Stone he confided that, During the period of gender transition “I remained alone … it was such a dark experience that brought me to the verge of suicide”. But he kept hard: “I am a very strong person and I have always known that I would have gone on,” he clarified in the interview, admitting, however, that “I understand the people who are intimidated and decide to kill themselves. It is unbearable. I believe that no one else would be able to face the hatred I received and that I continue to receive». But that hatred is for her “the petrol that allows me to go on”.
A candidacy that made history
And his way brought it to success: In 2019 a new film, Prelude, And in 2024 the leading role in Emilia Perez (in Italian it is voiced by Vladimir Luxuria) with which he won the premium for the female interpretation in Cannes (ex aequo with Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana and the European Oscars of the EFA.
And now, after the candidacy for the Bafta and the Golden Globe, the one like Best Oscar actress. A candidacy that has already made history.
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