Who is controversial Oscar nominee Karla Sofa Gascn?

Karla Sofía Gascón has made headlines in recent weeks after her racist and Islamophobic social media posts resurfaced.Several of the 52-year-old Academy Award nominee’s tweets were posted between 2020 and 2023 and came to light by writer and X user Sarah Hagi earlier this month.In one 2020 tweet posted in Spanish and translated by USA Today, Gascón wrote: “Sorry, is it just me or are there more Muslims in Spain? Every time I pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels.Next year instead of English, we’ll have to teach Arabic.”The exposed posts come amid Gascón’s film “Emilia Pérez” being one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2024.“Emilia Pérez” led the Oscar race this year with 13 nominations, coming up only one nod shy of tying the record for most-ever nominations for a movie.

The film also marked the most-ever noms for a project predominantly in a non-English language.Gascón is up for Best Actress — making her the first openly transgender acting Oscar nominee.Her co-star Zoe Saldaña was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.The Netflix musical thriller follows a Mexican drug cartel leader (Gascón) who transitions into a woman.Gascón’s cast and crew have distanced themselves from her amid the controversy, and she will no longer be involved in awards campaigning for the movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The movie’s director, Jacques Audiard, called her posts, which also included criticisms of Muslim culture and George Floyd’s death, “inexcusable.” “It’s very hard for me to think back to the work I did with Karla Sofía,” said Audiard.

“The exceptional atmosphere that we had on the set was indeed based on trust.”He added, “And when you have that kind of relationship and suddenly you read something that that person has said, things that are absolutely hateful and worthy of being hated, of course that relationship is affe...