Zoe Saldaña earned her first Academy Award for best supporting actress in “Emilia Pérez,” capping an already accomplished awards season Sunday. “Mami! Mami!” a tearful Saldaña said. “My mom is here. My whole family is here.

Zoe Saldaña won the Oscar for supporting actress for her role as an attorney for a cartel leader in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” and paid tribute to the cast and her own family in an emotional speech. Saldaña shouted out the “Emilia Pérez” cast in her Oscar acceptance speech, saying “Thank you to the Academy, …

The actress of Dominican origin won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 2025 Oscars and gave an emotional acceptance speech mentioning her kids and