Mj Rodriguez as Blanca Evangelista in ‘Pose’ Mj Rodriguez, the iconic Blanca Evangelista on Pose, made history this week when she was nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series at the 2021 Emmys.
She is the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy for a lead acting role. The landmark FX series, which recently finished its third and final season, was about the drag ball culture in New York in the 1980s and 1990s, showing how the LGBTQ people there came together to create their own families and care for each other when no one else would care for them.
The series made stars of Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angelica Ross and other cast members, and introduced Broadway star Billy Porter to a whole new