Avatar' star Zoe Saldaña won her first Oscar on March 2, for her performance in 'Emilia Pérez' Zoe Saldaña's Oscar glory was long overdue, according to her Avatar director James Cameron. The Oscar-winning Titanic filmmaker shared his reaction to Saldaña taking home the Best Supporting Actress prize for Emilia Pérez at the Academy Awards on Sunday,

Guardians of the Galaxy famed Zoe Saldana has achieved her big win at the 97th Academy Awards 2025. The American actress bagged the 'Best Supporting Actress' award for her incredible performance

For those who aren't familiar, "Emilia Pérez" is supposed to be an "avant garde" musical about a Mexican drug cartel leader named Manitas (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) who fakes his death to undergo gender-affirming surgery to become a woman. Saldaña plays Rita, the lawyer who works to help him pull it all off.

Zoe Saldaña is an Oscar winner, and James Cameron is over the moon. The “Avatar” director shared his reaction to his leading lady’s victory by telling Variety: "I was so happy to see Zoe acknowledged as the world-class performer we,

After picking up nearly every precursor award, Zoe Saldaña ended her first Oscar run with a win for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Emilia Pérez.'

Earlier, we reported about Zoe Saldana bagging her first Oscar, a best supporting Academy Award win for her performance in the crime drama Emilia Perez. Now, Saldana's Avatar: Fire and Ash director James Cameron has opened up about her achievement.