Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of “Emilia Pérez,” is staying in the race for best actress despite controversy over offensive social media posts. In an interview with CNN’s ...

Gascón is the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for an Oscar in an acting category. CNN en Español anchor Juan Carlos Arciniegas struggled to interrupt Gascón, whose outpouring ...

Karla Sofía Gascón played the villain in "Nosotros los Nobles". She brought the character Peter to life in the hit Mexican movie directed by Gary Alazraki, before her gender transition.

That same day, she appeared on CNN en Español for a 50-minute interview with Juan Carlos Arciniegas. Before she deactivated her X account, Gascón had posts aimed at Muslim people and diversity ...

Gascón rose to stardom between 2009 and 2014, when she was still known as Juan Carlos Gascón Ruiz. Her debut in 'Corazón Salvaje' as Branko, a charismatic Romani woman, proved to be a turning ...

In an interview that jumped around topics considerably, with interviewer Juan Carlos Arciniegas often unable to get a word in, Gascón discussed her “marvelous daughter” who she said has ...

The 52-year-old actor appeared in Mexican television shows and the 2013 movie “Nosotros los Nobles” under the name Juan Carlos Gascon before deciding to transition from male to female at the ...

Prior to coming out as a trans woman, she was credited as either Carlos Gascón or Juan Carlos Gascón. Karla met her wife Marisa Gutiérrez at a nightclub in Spain when they were both teenagers.

In an interview with CNN’s Juan Carlos Arciniegas, Gascón, who made history last month as the first openly transgender actress nominated for an Oscar in an acting category, once again offered ...

Gascón is the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for an Oscar in an acting category. CNN en Español anchor Juan Carlos Arciniegas struggled to interrupt Gascón, whose outpouring ...