Zoe Saldaña Says Her Oscar Trophy For ‘Emilia Pérez’ Is “Trans” & “Goes By They/Them”
- Zoe Saldaña won the 2025 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Pérez and discussed her statuette's identity in June 2025 in Los Angeles.
- Saldaña revealed her Oscar statuette is transgender and uses they/them pronouns, following Jamie Lee Curtis who made a similar statement in 2023.
- She played Rita, an attorney aiding a cartel leader's sex change, earning multiple awards during the 2025 season while promoting themes of powerful women and immigrant heritage.
- During the June 10, 2025 premiere of Elio, Saldaña shared that her Oscar statuette, which she keeps in her office, identifies as gender fluid and uses they/them pronouns.
- Her announcement highlights growing visibility for non-binary identities in Hollywood awards and connects to Curtis's support of her transgender daughter, suggesting evolving norms around gender and representation.
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Zoe Saldaña (Passaic, New Jersey, 46) was one of the favorites to get up with the Oscar for best cast actress. And the forecasts were fulfilled: her performance in Emilia Pérez as Rita served to rise with the statuette in a gala that was marked by the controversy with her casting partner, Karla Sofía Gascón. Even she was splashed in some way by all the controversies that surrounded the film for weeks, which started as a favorite with 13 nominati…
Zoe Saldaña: My ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar award is 'gender‑fluid,' uses they/them pronouns
US actress Zoe Saldana attends the world premiere of Disney and Pixar’s “Elio” at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. (Photo by LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff James Meyers10:52 AM – Thursday, June 12, 2025 Left-wing actress Zoe Saldaña made a peculiar new claim regarding her “Best Supporting Actress”... The post Zoe Saldaña: My ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar award is ‘gender‑fluid,’ uses they/them pronouns appeared first…
Zoe Saldaña, winner of the Academy Award for Best Cast Actress for Musical Drama Emilia Pérez, has declared that her Oscar statuette is identified as “trans”.
Zoe Saldaña Calls Her Oscar Statue 'Trans' with 'They/Them' Pronouns
Actress Zoe Saldaña won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this year for her performance in "Emilia Pérez" and the statue apparently went transgender in the process. The post Zoe Saldaña Calls Her Oscar Statue ‘Trans’ with ‘They/Them’ Pronouns appeared first on Breitbart.
Zoe Saldaña says her Emilia Pérez Oscar is 'trans'
Zoe Saldaña, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in trans musical drama Emilia Pérez, has said that her Oscar statue identifies as ‘trans’. Zoe Saldaña appeared in the 2024 crime/ musical drama alongside Selena Gomez and controversial star Karla Sofia Gascón, beating out Monica Barbaro, Isabella Rossellini, Felicity Jones and Ariana Grande in the Best Supporting Actress category at this year’s Oscars. She portrayed attorney Rit…
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