Selena Gomez reached a major milestone in her career at Cannes when she won the Best Actress award along with the female cast of the film Emilia Pérez - Photo: Getty Images
Emilia Pérez won a double prize with the Jury Prize and the Collective Prize for Best Actress. Among them, Selena Gomez was the name that most excited the audience. She played the wife of a drug lord.
Co-stars who shared the Best Actress award included Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldana and Adriana Paz.
Top name but still underrated talent
At 31, Selena Gomez has had an incredibly long entertainment career: 22 years. She was once Disney's top child star, dubbed "the little witch" for her famous role in Wizards of Waverly Place.
Growing up, Selena Gomez was one of the young stars loved by American and international audiences. Her Instagram account was among the most followed in the world for many years.
Selena Gomez is charming on the beach in Cannes - Photo:
Selena was active in both music and film, but in later years her music was more prominent when she had many hits such as Calm Down, Good For You, Same Old Love, Lose You to Love Me, Come & Get it, It Ain't Me, We Don't Talk Anymore (duet with Charlie Puth)...
Selena's songs all have unique, catchy and addictive melodies, very familiar in Vietnam.
She has always had successful collaborations with other producers, DJs and singers.
But what Selena lacked was recognition for her singing talent and big-time tours.
Her voice, although very popular and attractive, is not excellent. Her live singing ability has been controversial and criticized many times.
The song Lose You to Love Me (2019) is the most famous song of her career, but is also said to be inspired by her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber - a love affair that has attracted a lot of discussion over the years even though Justin got married in 2018.
In 2021, Selena Gomez announced that she would retire from her music career after her fourth album.
At Cannes, Selena Gomez said she wanted to focus on promoting the film Emilia Perez and avoid talking about her personal life - Photo: Getty Images
In early 2024, when Selena confirmed her relationship with Benny Blanco - her first public boyfriend in the past 5 years, he was also emphasized as a music producer who had collaborated with Justin Bieber.
This shows that until recently, every activity of Selena was easily dissected as if it had something to do with Justin Bieber, even though their lives were far apart.
Debunking stereotypes about Selena Gomez
With movies, Selena Gomez's acting role has recently stepped back to make way for the position of executive producer.
She invested in successful film projects such as 13 Reasons Why, Only Murders in the Building but also some not-so-famous films, before returning to acting in Emilia Pérez.
Karla Sofía Gascón, director Jacques Audiard, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez during a photoshoot for the film Emilia Perez in Cannes - Photo: Getty Images
Before that, Selena's name was not associated with art films at film festivals - let alone a film competing for the Palme d'Or.
The film received a nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes, bringing the cast to tears. Selena Gomez said she put her all into winning the role.
"I was very nervous because this project was completely different from anything I've ever done before. Even though my role was small, this was such a big and special project. I felt very lucky to be a part of it," she told the Hollywood Reporter.
During the casting, Selena said she gave herself completely, acting like a madwoman at the director's request. She wanted to make sure she gave it her all whether she was cast or not.
Selena Gomez wants to break people's stereotypes about her - Photo: People
The role in Emilia Pérez helped Selena Gomez escape the prejudices about her.
“I have spent most of my life trying to break stereotypes and people's perceptions of me,” she said.
Director Jacques Audiard, who really didn't know anything about me, took a chance and trusted me simply based on what I could do. That was really special for me."
Selena Gomez did not attend the closing ceremony of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival to receive her award in person. She is in the US and learned the news online.
She posted the happy moment of winning the award on the story of her Instagram account with 427 million followers, and shared the joy with co-star Zoe Saldana.
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