- First transgender woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for the film, Emilia Pérez (2024).
- For her performance in Emilia Pérez (2024), she became the first out trans performer nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy), for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in a solo category (Best Female Actor in a Leading Role), for the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress, and for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actress.
- Grew up in the town of Alcobendas (Madrid) where actress and fellow Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz also grew up. They are the only two Spanish actresses to have ever been nominated in the best actress category.
- First out trans performer to win an acting award at the Cannes Film Festival. Gascón shared the Best Actress award with all of her female co-stars from Emilia Pérez (2024) in 2024.
- First trans actress nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (for Emilia Pérez (2024)). Gascón was also the first actress nominated for the SAG Awards for a non-English language film since Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone (2012) in 2013, which was also directed by Emilia Pérez's director, Jacques Audiard. Although Gascón had never worked in a U.S. production (Emilia Pérez is a 100% French production) and only actors who are members of SAG can be nominated, but it was never explained if she ever became a member before the nomination.
- One of only four actresses to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role for a non-English language film (for her Spanish-language performance in Emilia Pérez (2024)). The others are Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace (2004) (Spanish), Penélope Cruz for Volver (2006) (Spanish), and Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007) and Rust and Bone (2012) (French).
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