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Zoë Saldaña Fights Tears During Oscar Win: ‘I Am a Proud Child of Immigrant Parents… and the First American of Dominican Descent’
Zoe Saldaña won the Oscar for supporting actress for "Emilia Pérez," tearing up during the speech.
Zoe Saldaña has won the Oscar for supporting actress for her role as an attorney for a cartel leader in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez.” French filmmaker Audiard was criticized for saying Spanish was the language of “poor people and migrants,” and for failing to grasp the nuances of Mexican culture and of trans depictions. At the Oscars, Saldaña faced off against Monica Barbaro, who played Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown,” Isabella Rossellini for “Conclave,” Felicity Jones for “The Brutalist” and Ariana Grande for “Wicked.”
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