Iyah Mina

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Iyah Mina
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Born (1976-07-10) July 10, 1976 (age 49)
Occupation(s)Actor, stand up comic
Years active1999–present

Iyah Mina is a Filipino actor

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Career

In 2009, Mina started working as a stand-up comic in Punchline, where he would eventually meet Vice Ganda. Vice Ganda would later on cast Mina as one of his jesters/sidekicks in the late-night comedy talk show Gandang Gabi, Vice! . [1]

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In 2018, Mina appeared in the 2018 Cinema One Originals entry Mamu; And a Mother Too , playing an aging transgender sex worker forced to take the responsibility of being a mother to her sister's orphaned transgender daughter, for which he awarded Best Actor in the Cinema One Originals Film Festival and became the first transgender to win such award in the said festival and the first transgender to win a Best Actor award in the Philippines. [2] [3] [4] [1] [5] [6]

The following year, Mina appeared in Wagas Presents: Throwback Pag-ibig .

In 2020, he appeared in the iWant miniseries My Single Lady [7] [8] and appeared in the coming-of-age romantic drama The Boy Foretold by the Stars .

In 2024 and 2025, h e appeared in the ABS-CBN Studios' game show Rainbow Rumble on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, All TV and TV5.

Personal life

Mina came out to her family as a transgender woman when he was 20 years old while she was still attending college. [9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleChannel/Streaming platformNotesSource
2019 Throwback Pag-ibig Mama Ru GMA News TV
2020My Single Lady iWantTFC [7] [8]
2021Love Beneath The StarsBaby R
2022Sino'ng Manok MoHerself/Referee PIE Channel
2024; 2025 Rainbow Rumble Herself/Contestant Kapamilya Channel/A2Z/ALLTV/TV5
2025 It's Showtime Herself/Guest Hurado Kapamilya Channel/A2Z/ALLTV/GMA Network

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2018Mamu; And a Mother TooMamu [2] [5]
2020 The Boy Foretold by the Stars Baby R
2021 Ayuda Babes Pinky
2023 Here Comes the Groom Mama Wendy
Third World Romance Inang Reyna
2025 Flower Girl Cameo
Call Me Mother (film)

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultSource
2018 Mamu; And a Mother Too Cinema One Originals Film Festival Best ActressWon [10] [2] [5]
2019 FAMAS Awards Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleNominated [11] [12]
Gawad Urian Awards Best ActressNominated [13]
PMPC Star Awards for Movies New Movie Actor of the YearNominated [14]

References

  1. 1 2 Nuevo, Renee (June 25, 2019). "he Is A Woman, Hear Her Roar: Meet Iyah Mina, The First Transgender Woman To Be Named Best Actress In The Philippines". Metro Style. ABS-CBN Corporation . Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Paglisan, Never Tear Us Apart Take Top prizes at Cinema One Originals". BusinessWorld. October 23, 2018. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Singca, Arlnie Colleene Talain (October 22, 2018). "Iyah Mina Makes a Mark in Philippine Cinema". Philippine Canadian Inquirer . Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Guno, Niña V. (October 22, 2018). "'Monumental': Iyah Mina is Cinema One Originals' First Transgender Best Actress". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Film Formerly Known as 'Fisting' Takes Home 6 Awards at the C1 Originals Festival". Esquire. October 22, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Jodi is a Single Mom Torn Between Ian and Zanjoe in iWant's "My Single Lady"". ABS-CBN Corporation. January 14, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Jodi Sta. Maria, Ian Veneracion and Zanjoe Marudo Stars in iWant Original Series' "My Single Lady"". Orange Magazine. January 13, 2020. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Santiago, Ervin (January 10, 2021). "Unang kinatakutan sa buhay ni Iyah Mina: Yung maging open ako sa family ko na tanggapin ako..." [First thing feated by Iyah Mina on life: To be open for my family to accept me...]. Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Iyah Mina Becomes First Transwoman to Win Cinema One Best Actress". CNN Philippines. October 21, 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ↑ Embudo, Franz Lewin (March 18, 2019). "FAMAS Unveils Nominees for its 67th Edition". GMA News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ Aguila, Zo (March 20, 2019). "The Famas 2019 List Of Nominees Is Out". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  13. ↑ Valiente, Tito Genova (May 9, 2019). "Presenting the 42nd Gawad Urian Nominees". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  14. ↑ Bukas, Leo (May 18, 2019). "Mga Nominado sa 35th PMPC Star Awards For Movies Inilabas Na". Push. ABS-CBN Corporation . Retrieved April 20, 2020.[ dead link ]
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