The star of Sean Bakers Tangerine,a former sex worker, is now tipped to be the first transgender actor ever nominated for an OscarFor actor Mya Taylor, or 2015 has been a whirlwind. The preceding year,film-maker Sean Baker had plucked her from obscurity in Los Angeles to star in his transgender comedy Tangerine. Taylor now finds herself at the center of an Oscar campaign mounted by the film’s distribution company, Magnolia Pictures. whether successful, and it will make Taylor the first transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy award.
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Source: theguardian.com