INTERNATIONAL: The 35-year-old star was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Friday as she was named best actress for 2021 for her performance in House of Gucci. In her big-screen follow up to 2018's “A Star Is Born,” which gave her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Gaga plays the real-life Patrizia Reggiani who was convicted of plotting the assassination of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci.

The story was irresistible, calling it "bold, and brazen and blingy, Italian” by Jeremy Irons who plays patriarch Rodolfo Gucci. Gucci heirs says "House of Gucci" portrays family as 'thugs.’The heirs of Aldo Gucci, the man who transformed the Florentine label into a global phenomenon, are not happy at the way their family is portrayed in Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci" film, starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Al Pacino.

The film, which opened in worldwide theatres last week, centres on the murder of family scion Maurizio Gucci, who was gunned down in 1995 in the hall of his elegant Milan office by a hitman hired by his estranged wife, Patrizia Reggiani, played by Lady Gaga.

Despite the controversy of the film, “House of Gucci” reviews saw Gaga praised as a standout, with critics calling her performance "tremendous fun and ultimately touching" as well as noting that she "has a born actress's gift for letting you read her emotions while holding a nugget of mystery in check.”

Gaga has shared her experience working with director Ridley Scott on House of Gucci was unparalleled, praising the director for his collaborative approach to filmmaking.