Zoe Saldaña wins best supporting actress Oscar for Emilia Pérez

The actor – who has starred in four of the six highest-grossing films of all time – plays a high-powered defence attorney in the musical crime film

Zoe Saldaña has won the best supporting actress Oscar at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, for her role in Emilia Pérez.

Saldaña was the frontrunner for the prize for her performance as a high-powered defence attorney in Jacques Audiard’s musical crime film. She had won a clean sweep of supporting actress awards in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta and Sag award.

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