The fallout from Emilia Perez‘s Karla Sofía Gascón’s racist and Islamophobic social media was never expected to have any impact on the pic’s traction at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards given that the Jan.

Zoe Saldaña continued to cement her Oscar frontrunner status by winning best supporting actress honors at the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.” She stars in the musical crime drama as Rita Mora Castro,

The director of Emilia Pérez addressed the controversy surrounding the movie's star — Karla Sofía Gascón. Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Netflix, Rich Polk / Penske Media via Getty Images In an interview with Deadline, French writer-director Jacques Audiard responded to Karla's slew of resurfaced, anti-Muslim, racist, and offensive tweets.