Karla Sofía Gascón (born 31 March 1972) is an award-winning Spanish actress. She has appeared in several telenovelas and films, including El Señor de los Cielos, The Noble Family and Emilia Pérez. She has received numerous awards for her breakthrough performance in Emilia Pérez, including the Best Actress award at the Cannes International Film Festival, Best International Actress at the Venice Film Festival alongside BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, and Academy Award nominations, becoming the first openly trans actress to do so.

Filmography

• 2026Scuola di seduzione — Ortensia
• 2026Trinidad
• 2025Men and Other Inconveniences — Jaime
• 2024Emilia Pérez — Emilia / Manitas, Songs
• 2024The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire — Karla
• Harina — Forense María
• Rebelde — Lourdes
• 40 y 20 — Óscar
• 2013El cura y el veneno — Felipe
• 2013We Are the Nobles — Peter Pintado
• La que se avecina — Pincha
• 2004Say I Do — Alex
• 2002Box 507 — Gafitas
• 1999Se buscan fulmontis — Gigoló
• Everything Can Happen! — Stella DeMaar
• Las Malas — Aunt Encarna
• The Life Lift

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2025Making Emilia Pérez — Self
• La Revuelta — Self - Guest
• Late Xou con Marc Giró — Self - Guest
• MasterChef Celebrity México — Self - Contestant
• Marcians — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee