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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Karla Sofía Gascón to play psychiatrist who ‘embodies God and the devil’ in next film

Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez.
‘No one has to forgive me’ … Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez. Photograph: Shanna Besson/Netflix via AP

Karla Sofía Gascón, the actor who made history earlier this year as the first trans performer to be nominated for an acting Oscar, has signalled her next project.

Gascón, whose hopes of securing the leading actress award (which eventually went to Anora’s Mikey Madison) were dashed after offensive social media posts were unearthed, will star as a psychiatrist who “embodies God and the devil” in Italian drama The Life Lift, reports Variety.

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