'Pose' star Mj Rodriguez 1st trans woman nominated for lead actress Emmy

MJ Rodriguez plays house mother and nurse Blanca in the FX show about ballroom culture in the 1980s and 1990s. Photo: Handout

Learning of her historic Emmy nomination, Mj Rodriguez of Pose had one overwhelming feeling: "I felt so seen.”

"I felt represented and I felt seen,” said Rodriguez, who scored the first major acting Emmy nod for a trans performer. "And... more accepted than I have felt in a long time. I felt like my colleagues now see me, my acting colleagues see me, and the people who are surrounded by the arts see me, and how much I want to give the world the love to my craft and my art.”