‘Emilia Perez’ Actress Insists Her Oscar Statue Is Trans, Uses They-Them Pronouns

Actress Zoe Saldaña claims the golden Oscar statue she won for Best Supporting Actress in the musical drama “Emilia Pérez” is “gender fluid.”

“We have it in my office and my Oscar is gender fluid,” the 46-year-old celeb told People during a red carpet premiere for her new movie, “Elio.”

Saldaña added that the statue is “trans” and “goes by they/them” pronouns.

“Emilia Pérez” racked up 13 Academy Award nominations this year, but wound up only winning two. The film was a frontrunner early on, but was plagued by controversy, including some controversial tweets that resurfaced from the film’s Best Actress nominee, Karla Gascon, who is a man who identifies as a woman.

Saldaña won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rita Mora Castro, a lawyer who helps a Mexican drug cartel kingpin undergo so-called “gender-affirming” surgery. 

During her BAFTA acceptance speech, Saldaña called the film a “creative challenge of a lifetime” and said it “defies categorization.”

Saldaña is not the first to declare that her Oscar statue has a gender – or lack thereof. 

In 2023, Jamie Lee Curtis announced that she was referring to her Best Supporting Actress Oscars trophy as “they/them” in honor of her 27-year-old child, who identifies as transgender. Curtis won that year for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

“I’m in support of my daughter Ruby. I’m having them be a they/them,” Curtis said while getting emotional, per Variety. “I’m going to just call them ‘them.’ They/them, and they are doing great, they’re settling in, and I just, in my life, I never saw it in a million years that I’d have this couple days, and I’m very moved by the whole thing.”

Ruby Guest is one of two children Curtis has with her husband, Christopher Guest.