After the Academy Awards' first ceremony in 1929 ... lady numbers," Gerwig told Variety of the voting pool in 2020. The second woman to win Best Director — and first woman of Asian descent ...

Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón has made Oscars history as the first out transgender woman to be nominated in an acting ...

Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light) was a major contender to receive an Oscar nomination this year ... it would have been the second time ever that two women made the cut with Academy voters ...

Gascón is the first openly trans person to be nominated for an acting Oscar, though Elliot Page was nominated for 2007's "Juno" before coming out as trans in 2020. After blazing a trail for LGBTQ ...