Daniela Vega made history Sunday at the Academy Awards when she stepped out to introduce the performance of “Remember Me” from Pixar’s “Coco” — making Vega the first transgender actress to present at an Oscar ceremony.
That moment came not long after Vega’s film “A Fantastic Woman” became the first Chilean movie to win the Academy Award for Foreign-Language Film — something director Sebastián Lelio’s bold and moving drama certainly deserves.
Vega plays Marina, a waitress with dreams of becoming a singer. She loves to sing for her boyfriend, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), the owner of a printing company.