The feminine ensemble of Jacques Audiard’s crime musical Emilia Pérez — Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz — obtained the very best actress honor on the prestigious 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant gala ceremony Saturday evening (Might 25).

“Ladies collectively — that’s one thing we wished to honor once we made this award,” Cannes jury president and Barbie director Greta Gerwig stated of the shared win, in line with The Hollywood Reporter. “Every of them is a standout, however collectively transcendent.”

In a groundbreaking second for the trans group, Emilia Pérez star Gascón, who accepted the ensemble solid’s award with a tearful speech, is the primary transgender actress to win at Cannes. The Spanish-language musical/crime pic a couple of Mexican drug lord (Gascón) embracing her true id as a lady additionally obtained the jury prize at this yr’s competition.

Gomez was in Cannes for the movie‘s premiere, press and photograph calls earlier within the week, however not in attendance at Saturday’s gala. She portrays the spouse of Gascón’s character within the movie.

The singer-actress acquired the information of the win by means of a cellphone name from co-star Saldaña. “When @zoesaldana instructed me all of us gained finest actress!!” Gomez captioned an Instagram Story response video, by which she’s seen sitting outdoor, and by which her pleasure is palpable.

The Palme d’Or, the festivals’s high honor, was given to Sean Baker’s Anora. The Grand Prix went to Payal Kapadia’s All We Think about As Mild. Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig obtained a particular award from the jury, and Jesse Plemmons gained finest actor for his work in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Sorts of Kindness.

George Lucas was introduced with an honorary Palme d’Or on Saturday, for his contribution to cinema since 1971, when his directorial debut, THX-1138, obtained a nod within the Administrators’ Fortnight part at Cannes.

Cannes 2024 Winners Checklist:

Palme d’Or

Sean Baker, Anora

Grand Prix

All We Think about As Mild

Jury Prize

Emilia Pérez

Greatest Director

Miguel Gomez, Grand Tour

Greatest Screenplay

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Greatest Actress

Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez

Greatest Actor

Jesse Plemons, Sorts of Kindness

Honorary Palme d’Or

George Lucas

Particular Award

Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Digicam d’Or for Greatest First Movie

Halfdan Ullman Tondel, Armand

Palme d’Or for Greatest Brief Movie

Nebojsa Slijepcevic, The Man Who May Not Stay Silent