Ivory Aquino
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Ivory Aquino is a Filipina-American actress. She is known for playing transgender activist Cecilia Chung in the 2017 miniseries When We Rise.[1][2] She was going to play Alysia Yeoh in the cancelled DC Extended Universe HBO Max movie Batgirl.[3]
Aquino was born in the Philippines, but spent most of her life in California.[4] She is transgender.[5] She is the niece of former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Luhar, Monica (March 28, 2017). "Actress Ivory Aquino Wants to Put a Face to the Transgender Community". NBC News. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Gomez, Patrick (January 10, 2017). "When We Rise Star Ivory Aquino Reveals She Is Transgender". People. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (January 24, 2022). "'Batgirl': Ivory Aquino To Play Alysia Yeoh In HBO Max Movie". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Ivory Aquino". When We Rise. ABC. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gomez, Patrick (February 22, 2017). "Transgender When We Rise Star Ivory Aquino: I Was Willing to Die to Become the Woman I Knew I Was Inside". People. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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