Zoe Saldaña and her family are overjoyed by her new title: Oscar nominee.
The actress, 46, posted rare photos of her three children — twins Cy and Bowie, 10, and son Zen, 8 — via Instagram on Thursday, January 23, after she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in Emilia Pérez.
“How today feels :-),” she captioned the carousel of exuberant snaps of her family, including her sons, husband Marco Perego-Saldaña and mom Asalia Nazario.
In the pics, Zoe can be seen smiling in birthday hats and having pillow fights with her boys, enjoying cocktails with her girlfriends, and dancing with her family. In the last photo, she beams alongside Marco, 45, and their kids in front of a cake that reads, “We are so proud.”
In another Instagram post on Thursday, Zoe thanked the Academy for the honor alongside a photo of herself and sisters Cisely and Mariel.
“I am truly honored and grateful for the nomination. Thank you so much for considering me for this award. I am thrilled to be among such talented company. Emilia Pérez was made with love. Thank you to @theacademy and its members for recognizing our work. Jacques!!!!! BINGO!”
Emilia Pérez dominated the Oscar nominations list with a total of 13, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Zoe and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Karla Sofía Gascón — who became the first openly transgender woman to be nominated in the category.
Zoe is nominated alongside Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown, Ariana Grande for Wicked, Felicity Jones for The Brutalist and Isabella Rossellini for Conclave.
Zoe, who has starred in countless films since her big screen debut in 2000’s coming-of-age dance film Center Stage, was met with congratulatory messages from friends and fans alike in the comments section of her Instagram post.
“AHHHHHHH!!!!!! OMG!!! Congrats my beautiful friend!!!! Oscar nominated actress sounds pretty f’ing incredible to me. You’re it girl. 💫,” Dave Annable wrote, with his wife, Odette Annable, adding, “Yayayayayayay!!!!!!! We are beaming with pride! Well deserved baby!! 👏👏👏👏.”
Kris Jenner also commented, seemingly writing of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, “Congratulations we are so proud of you!!!!!!! ❤️😍👏🥳🤩🙏🏼.”
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Zoe peviously won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as Rita Mora Castro, an attorney hired by a Mexican cartel leader (Gascón) who wants to fake their death to undergo gender-affirming surgery in the 2024 movie-musical.
She said it was nice to be able to tap back into her dance background with the theatrical role, telling W Magazine, “Ballet became my therapy, my medicine, my confidant, my solace during a time when I was going through a lot. My father passed away when I was 9, and my mom went through a really difficult time. There were days when she couldn’t get out of bed because she was so sad. When you’re 9, you don’t really understand that, but she knew that she needed to keep us busy. So I started ballet, and I went full throttle into it because I needed it.”
When asked if her sons are into ballet, Zoe admitted, “I’m trying. I’m not going to give up. Studies have shown that it is so therapeutic for men to take any form of dance at a very early age or throughout their lives because they carry so much tension and emotion. At least my twins are tapping. My younger one, he couldn’t give a shit who is dancing. He wants to be Cristiano Ronaldo; he wants to be Lionel Messi. But my twins are very much like, ‘Yo, girls are in there? They’re dancing hip-hop?’ And they’ll dance.”
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