Karla Sofía Gascón

Karla Sofía Gascón (born 31 March 1972) is a Spanish actress. She is known for playing the main character in the musical crime movie Emilia Pérez (2024). For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award, becoming the first transgender woman nominated for these awards. She played Lourdes Buendía in the teen drama series Rebelde (2022).

She came out as trans woman in 2016, and in 2018, she began her gender transition.

Life
Karla Sofía Gascón was born 31 March 1972 in Alcobendas, Spain. She began her career after earning an acting degree from the ECAM. 

She appeared in Spanish daily soap opera El súper playing a flight attendant. Early roles also included movie appearances in Se buscan fulmontis (1999), Me da igual (2000), Box 507 (2002), and Say I Do (2004).

Gascón is married to Marisa Gutiérrez, whom she met at the age of 19 at a nightclub in her hometown. Together they have a daughter, born in 2011.

In October 2024, Gascón became a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France.

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Category:Spanish voice actors
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