‘This Is More Than Possible’: Mj Rodriguez Makes Emmy History On Tuesday the “Pose” star became the first trans performer to earn an Emmy nomination in a lead acting category. Mj Rodriguez, center, received an Emmy nomination for best lead actress in a drama.Credit...Eric Liebowitz/FX July 13, 2021Updated 7:39 p.m. ET Somewhere in the south of France, the wine was waiting. Four hours after the 73rd Emmy nominations were announced — and Mj Rodriguez became the first trans performer to earn a nomination in a lead acting category — she still hadn’t even sipped it. Her cheeks had been hurting too much from smiling, she said in a phone interview. She’d been running around taking calls and hadn’t had a chance to sit down. But she might go out on the town later, she added, and look out at the water.