Zoe Saldaña celebrates immigrants in tearful Oscar win: Read the full speech

Zoe Saldaña made a almighty connection successful solemnisation of immigrants during the Oscars astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Hollywood connected Sunday.

“I americium a arrogant kid of migrant parents, with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands,” she said done tears portion accepting the grant for supporting actress. “And I americium the archetypal American of Dominican root to judge an Academy Award, and I cognize I volition not beryllium the last.”

The “Emilia Pérez” histrion won for playing Rita, an overworked lawyer who is asked to assistance a Mexican cartel brag acquisition sex transition. The French-produced, Netflix-distributed philharmonic thriller led the Oscar nominations with 13 nods.

Read her afloat code below:

My ma is here, my full family’s here. I americium floored by this honor. Thank you to the academy for recognizing the quiescent heroism and the powerfulness successful a pistillate similar Rita. And talking astir almighty women — my chap nominees, the emotion and assemblage that you person offered maine is simply a existent gift, and I volition wage it forward. Thank you truthful much.

Jacques Audiard, you are everlastingly a beloved quality successful my life. Thank you for taking the interest. Thank you for being truthful funny astir these women to archer this story. To my formed and my unit of “Emilia Pérez,” I’m sharing this grant with you. Netflix, Ted [Sarandos], Lisa, Bela [Bajaria], Why Not Productions, YSL, convey you for your support.

To my footwear ass squad astatine CAA, my astonishing managers and lawyers and the almighty ladies of the Lede Company, your guidance and convey you for always, ever answering my emails precocious night.

To my mom, my dada and my sisters, Mariel and Cisely, everything brave, outrageous and bully that I’ve ever done successful my beingness is due to the fact that of you. Thank you truthful much.

And to my hubby with that beauteous hairsbreadth — what? The biggest grant successful my beingness is being your partner. You hung the moon. And our beautiful, cleanable sons — Cy, Bowen and Zen — they capable our skies each nighttime with stars.

My grandma came to this state successful 1961. I americium a arrogant kid of migrant parents, with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands. And I americium the archetypal American of Dominican root to judge an Academy Award, and I cognize I volition not beryllium the last.

I clasp the information that I’m getting an grant to a relation wherever I got to sing and talk successful Spanish — my grandmother, if she were here, she would beryllium truthful delighted. This for my grandmother, Argentina Cesse. Thank you truthful much. Muchas gracias.