Iyah Mina
Acting
Biography
Iyah Mina is a Filipina actress and comedienne at the Laffline Comedy Bar in Quezon City, Philippines. In 2018, she won the Cinema One Best Actress Award for her debut role in Mamu; And A Mother Too. She was also nominated for FAMAS and Gawad Urian for the same role. She is the first transgender woman to receive the Best Actress award in the history of Philippine cinema.
Born: July 10, 1976
Known For
Love Beneath the Stars
After that kiss in the field, Dominic and Luke are now entering a new stage in their relationship. But being in a same-sex relationship in an all-boys catholic school is never meant to be easy. The pressure from their friends, their parents, and the school prove to be insurmountable obstacles for a relationship destined by the stars. Despite all that life throws at them, Dominic and Luke try to be strong and keep their love going.
Call Me Mother
Twinkle is a single queer mother whose dream of officially adopting her son gets shaken when the boy's biological mother, Mara, unexpectedly reappears.
Story Of My Life
After his feelings of being taken for granted by his family are compounded by a crushing heartbreak, middle child Rex (Zaijian Jaranilla) decides to make a rash decision out of hopelessness. Now, his friends and loved ones are forced to look deep into themselves in a fumbling effort to prevent duplicating their mistakes.
The Boy Foretold By the Stars
The Boy Foretold By The Stars is a romantic comedy movie about two senior high school boys who, through the help of a fortune-teller, find each other at an optional school retreat called Journey with the Lord.
Third World Romance
An outspoken cashier and laidback grocery bagger navigate the path to being happy despite the challenges of their blue-collared living in a world where nothing comes for free.
Here Comes the Groom
Rodrigo Sr., his wife Salve, their children Rodrigo Jr and Blesilda are on their way to Junior's wedding in the midst of a solar eclipse and cruising on a magnetic field when their vehicle hits the van of a family of gay pageant konteseras Mama Wendy, Wanda, Winona, Whilhelmina and their trainee, Whitney when a soul swapping happens. How long will they need to stay in their swapped bodies before the next solar eclipse?
Limited Edition
Mamu (and a Mother Too)
A transgender sex worker in her late 40s along Fields Avenue whose only aspiration is to have breast implants for her profession unexpectedly assumes the role of a mother to her orphaned niece, a transgender youth who is only beginning to discover her own sexuality. As she works more shifts to save for her implants, troubles arise when she begins to feel the weight of her struggles – being an aging sex worker in fast-evolving society, a partner to her young fiancé, and a parent to a teenager she just met. Her difficult confrontations eventually lead her to a new attitude towards life, and a unique recipe to a famous Kapampangan dish, Sisig.
Ayuda Babes
A hilarious look at the altered lifestyles of people in quarantine in need of doleouts.
Broken Hearts Trip
Five brokenhearted LGBTQ individuals will be given a chance to heal in the most beautiful places, and there’s a million-peso prize at the end. Can they stay single and prove to everyone that their lives will still go on? Or will their hearts open up to loving once more?
Filmography
as Ms./Mr. J
as Mama Guada
as Self - Contestant
as Bernie Varga
as Inang Reyna
as Mama Wendy
as Cierra
as Sister Magda
as Ivory
as Baby R
as Baby R
as Mommy Sugar
as Mamu