Overview

• On June 10 at the Elio premiere, Saldaña said she keeps her Best Supporting Actress Oscar in her office and it “goes by they/them.”
• She won the award at the 2025 Academy Awards for portraying Rita, the lawyer who aids a cartel boss in gender-affirming surgery in Emilia Pérez.
• Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical crime drama starring trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, received multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture and earned Gascón a Best Actress nod.
• Saldaña likened her Oscar victory to her sons’ view of the World Cup, saying they see it as the “World Cup of acting.”
• Jamie Lee Curtis previously referred to her Oscar as they/them in support of her trans daughter, underscoring a push for gender-neutral awards categories.