Iyah Mina

Iyah Mina is a Filipino actress.

Iyah Mina
Broken Hearts Trip
Born	(1976-07-10) July 10, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)	Actress, stand up comic
Years active	1999–present

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 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.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel/Streaming platform	Notes	Source
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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
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

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	[10][11]
		Gawad Urian Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[12]
		PMPC Star Awards for Movies	New Movie Actor of the Year	Nominated	[13]

References

1. Nuevo, Renee (June 25, 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 April 20, 2020.
2. "Paglisan, Never Tear Us Apart Take Top prizes at Cinema One Originals". BusinessWorld. October 23, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
3. "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.
4. Singca, Arlnie Colleene Talain (October 22, 2018). "Iyah Mina Makes a Mark in Philippine Cinema". Philippine Canadian Inquirer. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
5. 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. "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. "Jodi Sta. Maria, Ian Veneracion and Zanjoe Marudo Stars in iWant Original Series' "My Single Lady"". Orange Magazine. January 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. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
10. Embudo, Franz Lewin (March 18, 2019). "FAMAS Unveils Nominees for its 67th Edition". GMA News. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
11. Aguila, Zo (March 20, 2019). "The Famas 2019 List Of Nominees Is Out". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
12. Valiente, Tito Genova (May 9, 2019). "Presenting the 42nd Gawad Urian Nominees". BusinessMirror. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
13. Bukas, Leo (May 18, 2019). "Mga Nominado sa 35th PMPC Star Awards For Movies Inilabas Na". Push. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

External links

• Iyah Mina at IMDb