The feminine ensemble of Jacques Audiard’s criminal offense musical Emilia Pérez — Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz — gained the finest actress honor at the prestigious 2024 Cannes Film Festival gala ceremony Saturday evening (Could 25).

“Women collectively — which is some thing we desired to honor when we produced this award,” Cannes jury president and Barbie director Greta Gerwig talked about of the shared win, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Each of them is a standout, but together transcendent.”

In a groundbreaking second for the trans neighborhood, Emilia Pérez star Gascón, who recognized the ensemble cast’s award with a tearful speech, is the very first transgender actress to win at Cannes. The Spanish-language musical/crime pic about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) embracing her correct id as a lady also received the jury prize at this year’s pageant.

Gomez was in Cannes for the film‘s premiere, push and image calls previously in the 7 days, but not in attendance at Saturday’s gala. She portrays the wife of Gascón’s character in the film.

The singer-actress received the news of the get by means of a cellular telephone telephone from co-star Saldaña. “When @zoesaldana told me we all won very best actress!!” Gomez captioned an Instagram Tale reaction on the web video, in which she’s observed sitting outdoors, and in which her excitement is palpable.

The Palme d’Or, the festivals’s prime rated honor, was supplied to Sean Baker’s Anora. The Grand Prix went to Payal Kapadia’s All We Visualize As Light. Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig gained a distinct award from the jury, and Jesse Plemmons gained quite finest actor for his operate in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Kinds of Kindness.

George Lucas was introduced with an honorary Palme d’Or on Saturday, for his contribution to cinema offered that 1971, when his directorial debut, THX-1138, gained a nod in the Directors’ Fortnight region at Cannes.

Cannes 2024 Winners List:

Palme d’Or

Sean Baker, Anora

Grand Prix

All We Picture As Mild

Jury Prize

Emilia Pérez

Most efficient Director

Miguel Gomez, Grand Tour

Finest Screenplay

Coralie Fargeat, The Compound

Ideal Actress

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

Finest Actor

Jesse Plemons, Forms of Kindness

Honorary Palme d’Or

George Lucas

Unique Award

Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Digital camera d’Or for Finest Initial Movie

Halfdan Ullman Tondel, Armand

Palme d’Or for Finest Brief Movie

Nebojsa Slijepcevic, The Guy Who Could Not Keep on getting Silent