Karla Sofía Gascón

Karla Sofía Gascón
Karla Sofía Gascón
Born	31 March 1972 (age 52); Alcobendas, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

Karla Sofía Gascón (born 31 March 1972) is a Spanish actress.^[1] She appeared in a number of telenovelas and films including El Señor de los Cielos (2013) and The Noble Family (2013). In 2024, she became the first openly trans actor to win a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival when she shared the Best Actress Award with her co-stars from Emilia Pérez, in which she played the title character.

Career

Born in Alcobendas in 1972, Gascón appeared in Spanish daily soap opera El súper.^[2] She appeared in a number of telenovelas and films including El Señor de los Cielos^[3] and The Noble Family.^[1]

In 2024, she starred as the title character in Jacques Audiard's musical crime comedy film Emilia Pérez, which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Gascón went on to win the festival's Best Actress prize, shared jointly with her costars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña, making her the first openly trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Destiempo	Padre	Short film
1999	Se buscan fulmontis	Gigolo del club
2002	La caja 507	Gafitas
2004	Di que sí	Álex
2008	El menú	Vigilante de seguridad
2009	Cíclope	Riggs	Short film
2010	Cambio de sentido	Cantante
2011	Mentiras	Luis	Short film
2011	Interés variable	Interventor
2013	The Noble Family	Peter / Pedro Pintado
2013	El cura y el veneno	Felipe
2014	Cambio de sentido	Cantante
2016	El Cazarrecompensas	El Alemán	Short film
2024	Emilia Pérez	Emilia Pérez
2024	Uomini e altri inconvenienti	Jaime

Television
Year	Title	Role
2009–2010	Corazón salvaje
2010–2011	Llena de amor
2014	El Señor de los Cielos	Iñaki Izarrieta
2014–2015	Hasta el fin del mundo
2022	Rebelde	Lourdes

Accolades

Year	Ceremony / festival	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2024	Cannes Film Festival	Best Actress	Emilia Pérez	Won	^[4]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Actor transgénero de "Nosotros los Nobles" sigue viviendo con su esposa". Telemundo (in Spanish). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
^ "Quién es Karla Sofía Gascón, la actriz española premiada en Cannes: su trayectoria, su transición y madre de una niña". ABC. 25 May 2024.
^ "Carlos Gascón, estrella de 'El señor de los cielos', emite grave denuncia". La República (in Spanish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sean Baker's "Anora" wins Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top honor". CBS News. 25 May 2024. Gascón, who accepted the award, is the first trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes.

External links

Karla Sofía Gascón at IMDb

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[tel-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Actor transgénero de "Nosotros los Nobles" sigue viviendo con su esposa". Telemundo (in Spanish). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-12.

[2] "Quién es Karla Sofía Gascón, la actriz española premiada en Cannes: su trayectoria, su transición y madre de una niña". ABC. 25 May 2024.

[rep-3] "Carlos Gascón, estrella de 'El señor de los cielos', emite grave denuncia". La República (in Spanish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-12.

[cannes-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sean Baker's "Anora" wins Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top honor". CBS News. 25 May 2024. Gascón, who accepted the award, is the first trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes.

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v t e Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1946–1975	Michèle Morgan (1946) Isa Miranda (1949) Bette Davis (1951) Lee Grant (1952) Iya Arepina / Elena Dobronravova / Larisa Kronberg / Vera Kuznetsova / Klara Luchko / Ekaterina Savinova (1955) Susan Hayward (1956) Giulietta Masina (1957) Bibi Andersson / Eva Dahlbeck / Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita Tushingham (1962) Marina Vlady (1963) Anne Bancroft / Barbara Barrie (1964) Samantha Eggar (1965) Vanessa Redgrave (1966) Pia Degermark (1967) Vanessa Redgrave (1969) Ottavia Piccolo (1970) Kitty Winn (1971) Susannah York (1972) Joanne Woodward (1973) Marie-José Nat (1974) Valerie Perrine (1975)
1976–2000	Dominique Sanda / Mari Törőcsik (1976) Shelley Duvall / Monique Mercure (1977) Jill Clayburgh / Isabelle Huppert (1978) Sally Field / Eva Mattes (1979) Anouk Aimée / Milena Dravić / Carla Gravina (1980) Isabelle Adjani / Elena Solovey (1981) Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (1982) Hanna Schygulla (1983) Helen Mirren (1984) Norma Aleandro / Cher (1985) Barbara Sukowa / Fernanda Torres (1986) Barbara Hershey (1987) Barbara Hershey / Jodhi May / Linda Mvusi (1988) Meryl Streep (1989) Krystyna Janda (1990) Irène Jacob (1991) Pernilla August (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Virna Lisi (1994) Helen Mirren (1995) Brenda Blethyn (1996) Kathy Burke (1997) Élodie Bouchez / Natacha Régnier (1998) Séverine Caneele / Émilie Dequenne (1999) Björk (2000)
2001–present	Isabelle Huppert (2001) Kati Outinen (2002) Marie-Josée Croze (2003) Maggie Cheung (2004) Hana Laszlo (2005) Yohana Cobo / Penélope Cruz / Lola Dueñas / Chus Lampreave / Carmen Maura / Blanca Portillo (2006) Jeon Do-yeon (2007) Sandra Corveloni (2008) Charlotte Gainsbourg (2009) Juliette Binoche (2010) Kirsten Dunst (2011) Cristina Flutur / Cosmina Stratan (2012) Bérénice Bejo (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Emmanuelle Bercot / Rooney Mara (2015) Jaclyn Jose (2016) Diane Kruger (2017) Samal Yeslyamova (2018) Emily Beecham (2019) Renate Reinsve (2021) Zar Amir Ebrahimi (2022) Merve Dizdar (2023) Karla Sofía Gascón / Selena Gomez / Adriana Paz / Zoe Saldaña (2024)