Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Academy Award nominations are here, and they’re already shaping up to be a historic moment for the film industry. Leading the pack is Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical crime comedy that scored an impressive 13 nominations.

Karla Sofía Gascón was nominated for best actress for her performance in the Netflix musical/crime drama about a drug lord seeking gender reassignment surgery. As trans rights have become a highly politicized issue in the US,