The 79th Golden Globe ceremony, organized this Sunday, January 9, 2022, rewarded Mj Rodriguez for the “Pose” series. She becomes the first transgender actress to be honored in the history of the ceremony.
A historic reward for a fiction and a role that are just as important. Mj Rodriguez, star of the Pose program, won, this Sunday, January 9, 2022, the Golden Globe for best actress in a dramatic series. She therefore becomes the first transgender performer to receive this honor in the history of the ceremony.
Created by Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals, the drama Pose – broadcast on CANAL + in France – already acted as a small television revolution from its launch. The reason ? Recounting the emergence of ball culture in 1980s New York, the series brings together the largest number of transgender people on screen. Here again, a first.
The victory of Mj Rodriguez, who started his career on the stage, is the glorious end of this program which changed the rules of representation. On his official Instagram account, the actress lets her joy and pride explode: “This is the door that will open that of many talented young artists. They will see that it is more than possible. ”
She continues: “They will see that a young black and Latina woman from Newark, New Jersey, who dreams of changing the minds of others, will achieve it with love. Love wins. For my young LGBTQAI babies, we’re here! The door is open, now reach for the stars!”
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Mj Rodriguez (left) alongside Indya Moore and Angel Bismark Curiel in the third and final season of “Pose.”
In 2014, it was actress Laverne Cox who started to shake things up with her role as Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black. Her Emmy nomination made her the first transgender actress to be considered by the ceremony. An honor that had allowed him to make the cover of Time magazine.
For Mj Rodriguez, there is Pose, but not only. She is featured in another film awarded during these 79th Golden Globes, Tick, Tick… Boom! by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with Andrew Garfield. Soon, she will share the screen with Maya Rudolph in a comedy series for the Apple TV + platform.
Pose is available on myCANAL.