shared her sweet reaction to learning she won the Best Actress Award at Film Festival. “I’m so excited!” she said into her phone on Saturday, May 25. Gomez, 31, received a call from , who informed her that the women of were all awarded the Best Actress honor together.
Gomez and Saldaña, 45, share the award with and . The “Single Soon” singer learned the news while in New York City. She was in Central Park having a picnic with pals when she got the call.
Gascón was still in France to accept the honor at the closing ceremony, where also won the coveted Jury Prize. “Thank you SO much [Cannes Film Festival] and the whole board,” Gomez wrote via Instagram Story on Saturday. director served as the Cannes 2024 jury president and explained that the voters couldn’t single out one star from , a musical about a drug lord (Gascón) who seeks out a lawyer (Saldaña) to help get gender confirmation surgery.
“It was such a film that felt like it belonged to ...
this interplay between these sisters — who are so different, but they are playing with each other the whole time,” Gerwig said when asked about giving Best Actress to all four women. “It almost felt like everyone was shining and they were all a unit. To separate them felt like it undermined the magic of what they created together.
” Gerwig added that the Cannes jury “really wanted to honor” how they worked to gather as a group. “I think that each of them is a standout, but together they’re trans.
