After repeatedly stoking backlash in the weeks leading up to the Oscars last month, Karla Sofía Gascón has snagged her next big screen role. According to Variety, the “Emilia Pérez” actor has joined the cast of “The Life Lift,

Karla Sofía Gascón’s racist and Islamaphobic tweets didn’t cast her out of the industry; instead, they elevated her to the status of “both God and the devil.” Per Variety, the controversial Oscar nominee is set to portray a psychiatrist who embodies both entities in The Life Lift,

The actress made history as the first out trans person to receive an acting Oscar nomination, though she courted scandal for past problematic social media posts.