Zoe Saldaña looks radiant wearing Saint Laurent to the 2025 Oscars, where she is up for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Rita Mora Castro in 'Emilia Pérez.'

Zoe Saldaña has earned her first Academy Award for best supporting actress. The win Sunday night for her performance in “Emilia Pérez” adds to a collection of successes for the star this awards season.

Zoe Saldaña’s facialist used the Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream on the star ahead of the 2025 Oscars. Face masks, oil cleansers, eye patches, and more were also used to prep her skin. She also got a

Zoe Saldana found herself apologizing about “Emilia Perez” — just minutes after she won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the drama. In the press interview room, a journalist told Saldana, 46, that the movie had been “hurtful for us Mexicans.”

Toward the end of her Oscars acceptance speech, Saldaña choked up while acknowledging that her grandmother came to the U.S. in 1961, and knew she would be proud her granddaughter won an award for singing and speaking in Spanish.

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At the Oscars 2025, Saldaña won the best supporting actress award for (the controversy-laden) Emilia Perez, in which she played Rita, an overworked lawyer who helps Emilia, a former cartel boss, with her transition. Years later, Rita and Emilia meet again in London and they become friends and partners.

I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award. And I know I will not be the last,” the first-time winner said in her speech.

Dominicans are celebrating Zoe Saldaña’s Oscar win for best supporting actress for her role in “Emilia Pérez,” marking a moment of immense national pride.

Zoe Saldaña made history at the Oscars when she won best supporting actress for her role as Mexican lawyer Rita Castro in "Emilia Pérez."

James Bond, who was not nominated for an Oscar, gets a starry tribute with Lisa from Blackpink, Doja Cat and Raye singing three of the franchise’s theme songs.

While a murderer’s row of celebrities met up at the Oscars, a beautiful moment between winners Zoë Saldaña and Mikey Madison is giving me all of these feels. Look at the two Oscar winners, nestling their heads together with a proud look on each other’s faces.