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.

Karla Sofía Gascón has been married to her wife for nearly 30 years. They met when the Oscar-nominated actor was only 19 years old.

Now there’s even more controversy afoot as a series of old racist and Islamophobic tweets by Emilia Pérez’s trans star Karla Sofía Gascón recently resurfaced. Gascón, a Spanish actress whose performance in Emilia Pérez has garnered acclaim,