“Emilia Perez” Star Karla Sofía Gascón Wins Best Actress at European Film Awards

Karla Sofía Gascón is celebrating a special European award..

The 52-year-old Spanish actress was named Best Actress at this year’s European Film Awards, which were held Saturday in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Karla Sofía Gascón,Gascon won the award for her performance in Emilia Pérez, which was named Best Film at the awards show.

The other nominees were Renate Reinsve in Armand, Trine Dyrholm in The Girl With the Needle, Vic Carmen Sonne in The Girl With the Needle and Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door.

Here’s a look at all the award winners:

2024 European Film Awards Winners
European Film: EMILIA PÉREZ by Jacques Audiard
European Director: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
European Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
European Actress: Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
European Actor: Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE’S STORY
Best Documentary: NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway) – documentary film, directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI: Armand, directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Young Audience Award: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske
European Animated Feature Film: FLOW directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium)
European Cinematography: The Substance (Benjamin Kračun)
European Editing: Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)
European Production Design: The Girl With the Needle (Jagna Dobesz)
European Costume Design: The Devil’s Bath (Tanja Hausner)
European Make-up & Hair: When the Light Breaks (Evalotte Oosterop)
European Original Score: The Girl With the Needle (Frederikke Hoffmeier)
European Sound: Souleymane’s Story (Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun, Rodrigo Diaz)
European Visual Effects: THE SUBSTANCE (Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi, Guillaume Le Gouez)
European Short Film: THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT directed by Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia)
European Achievement in World Cinema: Isabella Rossellini