The actress won the trophy for best supporting role. Jacques Audiard’s musical drama is the favorite of the ceremony with ten nominations.
Favorite of the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes with ten nominations, the musical drama by French director Jacques Audiard Emilia Perez started the evening well this Sunday in Los Angeles by winning his first trophy at the start of the ceremony. Playing the tutelary heroine’s lawyer, actress Zoe Saldaña won the trophy for best supporting role.
The star of blockbusters Guardians of the Galaxy andAvatar faced one of his partners in Jacques Audiard’s film Selena Gomez, the singer Ariana Grande (Wicked), Margaret Qualley (The Substance, Isabelle Rossellini, unfiltered nun working for the Vatican in Conclave. Felicity Jones, Holocaust survivor in The Brutalist, completed the list.
“I have little time and I’m dyslexic so I easily forget what I want to say when I’m stressed”warned a very moved Zoe Saldaña. “I feel blessed to share this moment with Jacques and my partners at Emilia Perez and my conomées. We celebrate each other. It’s magnificent. Our experience on Emilia Perez was fantastic. I admire this character so much. Jacques, you are so chic and French. You create such complex characters!”. To her partner Emilia Perez, the transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón, she launched “No one but you could have played the role Emilia”.
Considered a springboard to the Oscars, which will announce their nominations on January 17, the Golden Globes mark an essential stage of the awards season. If Emilia Perez fills up with statuettes at the Golden Globes, the musical drama will be on the rise for the Oscars.
