Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

This transgender musical gangster epic (with subtitles!) is a wildly unique piece of storytelling, a soapy melodrama set against the criminal underworld, like if Baz Luhrmann took a crack at "Sicario." And its themes go back to prove that old "Magnolia" adage: We may be through the with past, but the past ain't through with us.

Jacques Audiard’s operatic musical stars Zoe Saldaña's, Karla Sofia Gascon, and Selena Gomez in an act of radical imagination.

Trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón is a revelation starring opposite Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña in Netflix's ambitious new movie "Emilia Pérez."