Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly transgender woman nominated for a Golden Globe for best actress, shares her journey from telenovelas to Cannes.
Ten years before Karla Sofía Gascón won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival—an award she shared with her costars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz—she was a staple in Mexico’s telenovela industry. But when Gascón announced her transition, in 2018, she was unsure if she’d ever work again. Landing the leading role in was far from easy.
She not only auditioned for director Jacques Audiard multiple times to prove her acting and singing skills for the Spanish-language musical, but she also petitioned to play her character, a drug kingpin, both before and after her transition. Initially, Audiard was looking to cast two different actors for the part. “When I know that I can do something, I fight,” Gascón tells’s editor at large, Lynn Hirschberg. The rising star has already made history as the first openly transgender woman to receive a Golden Globe nomination for best actress, and may very well do the same at the Oscars. In the meantime, Gascón is just enjoying the journey.I live on planes. I started my career when I was 16 years old, and I am 52 now. I love my profession. I love to act in every medium: The theater is for respect, TV is for fame, and the cinema is a combination. It gives you history. You play your character throughout her transition from a gang lord to the woman she becomes. Director Jacques Audiard was not sure if you’d want to play both roles. For me, it was important to do both Beauty and the Beast, because I am an actress. I don’t want to give the beginning of my character to another actor. I fought to do this. And in the end, we are here.For me, it's amazing to win or get any kind of recognition. The most important recognition for me is the audience. It's also the first time in my life that I saw my own work on-screen and I can say nothing bad about my work.Yes, they are all my friends now: Nicole, Demi, Quentin, Steven! But I am in complete balance. Nobody can move me out of my real lif
TRANSGENDER ACTING CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN GLOBE MEXICO
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