Over the weekend, Jacques Audiard’s musical crime comedy film Emilia Pérez premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Selena Gomez, who starred in the Spanish movie, was awarded Best Actress for her role as a drug lord’s wife, along with her castmates Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldña, and Adriana Paz.

For the first time in Cannes history, a male actor is a recipient of the festival's best actress prize.