The feminine ensemble of Jacques Audiard’s crime musical Emilia Pérez — Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz — acquired the very best actress honor on the prestigious 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant gala ceremony Saturday evening (Might 25).
“Girls collectively — that’s one thing we wished to honor after we made this award,” Cannes jury president and Barbie director Greta Gerwig mentioned of the shared win, in response to The Hollywood Reporter. “Every of them is a standout, however collectively transcendent.”
In a groundbreaking second for the trans neighborhood, Emilia Pérez star Gascón, who accepted the ensemble forged’s award with a tearful speech, is the primary transgender actress to win at Cannes. The Spanish-language musical/crime pic a couple of Mexican drug lord (Gascón) embracing her true id as a girl additionally acquired the jury prize at this 12 months’s competition.
Gomez was in Cannes for the movie‘s premiere, press and picture calls earlier within the week, however not in attendance at Saturday’s gala. She portrays the spouse of Gascón’s character within the movie.
The singer-actress bought the information of the win by a cellphone name from co-star Saldaña. “When @zoesaldana instructed me all of us gained finest actress!!” Gomez captioned an Instagram Story response video, wherein she’s seen sitting outside, and wherein her pleasure is palpable.
The Palme d’Or, the festivals’s prime honor, was given to Sean Baker’s Anora. The Grand Prix went to Payal Kapadia’s All We Think about As Gentle. Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig acquired a particular award from the jury, and Jesse Plemmons gained finest actor for his work in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Sorts of Kindness.
George Lucas was introduced with an honorary Palme d’Or on Saturday, for his contribution to cinema since 1971, when his directorial debut, THX-1138, acquired a nod within the Administrators’ Fortnight part at Cannes.
Cannes 2024 Winners Checklist:
Palme d’Or
Sean Baker, Anora
Grand Prix
All We Think about As Gentle
Jury Prize
Emilia Pérez
Greatest Director
Miguel Gomez, Grand Tour
Greatest Screenplay
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Greatest Actress
Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Greatest Actor
Jesse Plemons, Sorts of Kindness
Honorary Palme d’Or
George Lucas
Particular Award
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Digicam d’Or for Greatest First Movie
Halfdan Ullman Tondel, Armand
Palme d’Or for Greatest Brief Movie
Nebojsa Slijepcevic, The Man Who May Not Stay Silent
