Iyah Mina

Actor
OccupationActor, stand up comic
Years active1999–present

Iyah Mina is a Filipino actress.

Career

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 Throwback Pag-ibig, the first season of GMA's anthology series Wagas.

In 2020, she appeared in the iWant miniseries My Single Lady.[7][8]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Source
2019 Throwback Pag-ibig Mama Ru
2020 My Single Lady [7][8]

Film
Year Title Role Notes Source
2018 Mamu; And a Mother Too [2][5]

Awards and nominations
Year Work Award Category Result Source
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 [9][10]
Gawad Urian Awards Best Actress Nominated [11]
PMPC Star Awards for Movies New Movie Actor of the Year Nominated [12]

References
  1. Nuevo, Renee (25 June 2019). "She 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 20 April 2020.
  2. "Paglisan, Never Tear Us Apart Take Top prizes at Cinema One Originals". BusinessWorld. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Iyah Mina Becomes First Transwoman to Win Cinema One Best Actress". CNN Philippines. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. Singca, Arlnie Colleene Talain (22 October 2018). "Iyah Mina Makes a Mark in Philippine Cinema". Philippine Canadian Inquirer. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. Guno, Niña V. (22 October 2018). "'Monumental': Iyah Mina is Cinema One Originals' First Transgender Best Actress". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. "The Film Formerly Known as 'Fisting' Takes Home 6 Awards at the C1 Originals Festival". Esquire. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. "Jodi is a Single Mom Torn Between Ian and Zanjoe in iWant's "My Single Lady"". ABS-CBN Corporation. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Jodi Sta. Maria, Ian Veneracion and Zanjoe Marudo Stars in iWant Original Series' "My Single Lady"". Orange Magazine. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. Embudo, Franz Lewin (18 March 2019). "FAMAS Unveils Nominees for its 67th Edition". GMA News. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. Aguila, Zo (20 March 2019). "The Famas 2019 List Of Nominees Is Out". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. Valiente, Tito Genova (9 May 2019). "Presenting the 42nd Gawad Urian Nominees". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. Bukas, Leo (18 May 2019). "Mga Nominado sa 35th PMPC Star Awards For Movies Inilabas Na". Push. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 20 April 2020.


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