Zoe Saldana says her 'Emilia Perez' Oscar is 'trans' and 'goes by they/them' pronouns

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Earlier this year, Zoe Sandana won her first Academy Award for her supporting role in Emilia Perez.

While the statue is an inanimate object, the actress has since revealed her Oscar is “gender fluid.”

“We have it in my office and my Oscar is gender fluid,” Saldana told People magazine when asked where she keeps the award.

The Guardians of the Galaxy star elaborated, telling the outlet her Oscar is “trans” and “goes by they/them” pronouns.

In the Spanish-language musical, Saldana portrays Rita, who helps the titular character, played by Karla Sofia Gascon, with her gender transition to escape her life as a cartel boss.

Now, the actress is apparently doing the same thing in real life with her Academy Award.

Gascon made history at the 2025 Oscars, becoming the first out transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award.

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Saldana’s Oscar joins Jamie Lee Curtis’ statue after the Everything Everywhere All At Once actress told Today co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in 2023 that her Oscar is also trans, in honour of her daughter who came out as transgender in 2020.

When asked if her Oscar had been named, Curtis replied that in support of her daughter, Ruby, “I’m having them be a they/them. I’m going to just call them ‘them,’ ‘they/them.’”

Curtis added during her post-Oscars media tour victory lap: “They are doing great, they’re settling in, and I just, in my life, I never saw it in a million years that I’d have this couple days, and I’m very moved by the whole thing.”

Saldana recently revealed that she was so sick at the Oscars ceremony this past March that she fell over moments after winning.

“I collapsed right after,” she said during an appearance on Live With Kelly & Mark.

“I lost my voice within an hour after I won the award,” she continued.

“I couldn’t stand on those heels that I had. All I wanted to do was crawl in bed and maybe cry. I don’t know why, I needed to cry.”