Karla Sofia Gascón Named Best Actress at France’s Lumière Awards

Karla Sofia Gascón is celebrating an illuminating win…

The winners of the 30th edition of France’s Lumière Awards were announced Monday evening, with the 52-year-old Spanish actress winning Best Actress for her work in Netflix’s Emilia Perez.

Karla Sofia GascónThe Spanish-language musical film, directed by Jacques Audiard, swept the Lumière Awards, winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Music in addition to Gascon’s prize.

The wins add further steam to the Cannes Jury Prize winner’s awards season run following its quadruple Golden Globes triumph and European Film Awards victory, where it also clinched Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Actress for Gascón.

The film is currently on six of the 10 announced category shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards and nominated in 11 categories for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards.

The Lumière awards, which are regarded as France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes, were voted on by members of the international press hailing from 38 countries this year.

Here’s the full list of winners i:

Best Film
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

Best Director
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez

Best Documentary
Dahomey by Mati Diop

Best Animation
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis

Best Actress
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez

Best Actor
Abou Sangare for Souleymane’s Story

Female Revelation
Maïwène Barthélemy for Holy Cow
Ghjuvanna Benedetti for The Kingdom
Malou Khebizi for Wild Diamond
Clara-Maria Laredo for In His Image
Megan Northam for Rabia

Male Revelation
Clément Faveau for Holy Cow

Best First Film
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier

Best International Co-Production
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

Best Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Josée Deshaies for The Beast
Tristan Galand for Souleymane’s Story
Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez
Claire Mathon for Misericordia

Best Music
Camille et Clément Ducol for Emilia Pérez

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