Sentences with phrase «of gender reassignment surgery»

The Danish Girl is based on David Ebershoff's fictionalised account of the life story of Lili Elbe, born Einar Wegener, who was one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery in 1930.

A look at this groundbreaking doc on trans individuals in Iran and the rise of the gender reassignment surgery industry in that country.

EDDIE REDMAYNE, «THE DANISH GIRL» Less than a year after Redmayne took home an Oscar for playing Stephen Hawking in «The Theory of Everything,» he turns in another powerhouse performance as Lili Elbe, a pioneering recipient of gender reassignment surgery.

But it would ultimately be her emotionally hefty supporting part in The Danish Girl — the story of Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe, one of the world's first recipients of gender reassignment surgery, in which she played Gerda Wegener, wife of Einar / Lili — that would earn her serious attention from the Academy.

Actor Matthias Schoenaerts is confident his THE DANISH GIRL co-star Eddie Redmayne will be a frontrunner once again at the 2016 Oscars for his portrayal of transsexual Einar Wegener, one of the world's first - known recipients of gender reassignment surgery.