As Zoe Saldaña accepted her award for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars , she made a tearful yet extremely moving and powerful acceptance speech. The Emilia Pérez actress took to the stage to claim her award, as she proudly said she was a "proud child of immigrant parents" and said she was the first, and not the last Dominican Republic actress to receive an Oscar. As she became tearful at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Zoe was the front-runner for the prize as the down-on-her-luck lawyer