Emilia Perez actor Karla Sofia Gascon became the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for the Oscars’s Best Leading Actress category. The film, a musical thriller released on Netflix, was the most nominated film of this year’s ceremony,

I cannot step down from an Oscar nomination because I have not committed any crime nor have I harmed anyone," Karla Sofía Gascón told CNN.

Karla Sofía Gascón has said she will not withdraw from the Oscars race for best actress, despite controversy over past social media posts which showed her criticising Islam. Gascón made history last month as the first transgender person to be nominated in an Oscars acting category,

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film's embattled best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascon will no longer be coming to the U.S. for any of this week's many awards activities.

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Karla Sofia Gascón, who plays the titular character in Netflix's Emilia Perez, has been removed from the movie's Oscars campaign just weeks before the ceremony.