Carla Sofia became the first transgender to be nominated for an Oscar

Carla Sofia became the first transgender to be nominated for an Oscar

Los Angeles. Carla Sofía Gascon became the first transgender actress to receive an Oscar nomination. Spanish actress Carla Emilia Pérez has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actress category for the film. Carla’s film Emilia Perez is currently in the news.
The film has been nominated in 13 categories at the Oscars. The actress also received the best actress award at Cannes Film Festival. She was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award 2024 for the same film.
In the film, she played the role of a drug cartel leader.

Carla played the role of a drug lord in the 2024 film Emilia Perez. In the film, she hires a woman named Rita to help her live as a woman. Selena Gomez also plays the lead role in this film.
Who is Carla Sofia Gascon?

Born on March 31, 1972 in Alcobendas, Spain, Carla has an acting degree from the Madrid Film School ECAM. In London, she worked as a voice actress for a BBC series about learning Spanish and in Milan, she voiced puppets for children’s shows.

She appeared in the Spanish daily soap opera El Superma as a flight attendant. Following this, Carla came to Mexico in 2009 at the request of Mexican film producer Julian Pastor. In Mexico, she worked on several telenovelas (a type of television program produced in Latin America).

She underwent gender change in 2018

Carla completed her full gender transition in 2018. After the gender transition, Carla wrote a book under her birth name Karsia. The actress published her autobiography, Carcia – An Extraordinary Story.

In this autobiography she also announced her new name Carla Sophia Gascon. Carla is married to Marisa Gutierrez. He met Marissa when she was 19. The two met at a nightclub. Both of them also have a daughter, who was born in 2011. Agency