Iyah Mina | |
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Born | July 10, 1976 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, stand up comic |
Years active | 1999–present |
Iyah Mina is a Filipino actress.
In 2009, Mina started working as a stand-up comic in Punchline, where she would eventually meet Vice Ganda. Vice Ganda would later on cast Mina as one of her jesters/sidekicks in the late-night comedy talk show Gandang Gabi, Vice! . [1]
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 she awarded Best Actress 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 Actress award in the Philippines. [2] [3] [4] [1] [5] [6]
The following year, Mina appeared in Wagas Presents: Throwback Pag-ibig .
In 2020, she 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 .
Mina came out to her family as a transgender woman when she was 20 years old while she was still attending college. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Channel/Streaming platform | Notes | Source |
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2019 | Throwback Pag-ibig | Mama Ru | GMA News TV | ||
2020 | My Single Lady | iWantTFC | [7] [8] | ||
2021 | Love Beneath The Stars | Baby R | |||
2022 | Sino'ng Manok Mo | Herself/Referee | PIE Channel | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2018 | Mamu; And a Mother Too | Mamu | [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 | ||||
Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Source |
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2018 | Mamu; And a Mother Too | Cinema One Originals Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | [3] [2] [5] |
2019 | FAMAS Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | [10] [11] | |
Gawad Urian Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [12] | ||
PMPC Star Awards for Movies | New Movie Actor of the Year | Nominated | [13] | ||
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