'a Fantastic Woman' Could Lead To Trans History At Oscars

By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Thu, 09/14/2017 - 12:57pm

TORONTO (AP) — A transgender Chilean actress has turned in one of the most buzzed-about performances of the year and some are hoping she could be the first trans actor to land an Oscar nomination. Daniela Vega, 28, stars in Sebastian Lelio's "A Fantastic Woman." She plays Marina, a transgender woman whose partner (Francisco Reyes) dies, after which Marina is subjected to harsh treatment by the family of her deceased lover and by police investing the death. Chile has selected the film as its Academy Awards submission this year.

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