Ivory Aquino Joins 'Batgirl' as DC Films' First Transgender Star

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Batgirl movie.Aquino will portray the first ever transgender character in a live-action DC Comics film, Alysia Yeoh, the best friend of Batgirl.Yeoh is a groundbreaking character, having been the first major trans character in a comic book at the time of her debut in 2011, Daily Beast reports.Leslie Grace, who will star as Barbara Gordon — aka Batgirl — in the film, previously teased Aquino’s casting on her Instagram story earlier this month.Sharing a photo of the characters crossing a street and holding hands, Grace wrote: “Barbara and Alysia

“Batgirl” is breaking new ground for the comic book movie.

HBO Max’s feature film “Batgirl” announced that it casted Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, a bartender and the best friend of on-screen heroine Gordon.Both Yeoh and Aquino are transgender, marking a historical step for LGBTQIA+ representation as the first live-action feature film for DC Comics franchise that will feature a trans character.She’s slated to perform on-screen along with Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, J.K. Simmons and Jacob Scipio for the upcoming film adaptation, based on the comic created by Gail Simone with art by Ardian Syaf.While details of the movie are still hushed, Deadline reported that the movie will focus on Batgirl’s battle with the villain Firefly, played by Fraser.

DC film has been cast.Ivory Aquino, known for her TV roles in Tales Of The City and When We Rise, has been cast as Alysia Yeoh in HBO Max‘s forthcoming feature film Batgirl. Yeoh is the best friend of the titular superhero, aka Barbara Gordon, portrayed by Leslie Grace.Both Aquino and Yeoh are transgender, which marks the first time that a live action film adaptation of a DC Comics title will feature an openly trans character.

Aquino will play Alysia Yeoh, a trans woman and roommate of Barbara Gordon who was introduced in the “Batgirl” comics by writer Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf in 2011. Leslie Grace, who will play Batgirl in the film, leaked Aquino’s casting via a set photo on Instagram with the actress tagged in the picture, which was titled “Barbara and Alysia.” Born in the Philippines, Aquino first rose to prominence in 2017 with her performance as transgender activist Cecelia Chung in the ABC miniseries “When We Rise.” Though she is the first trans actress to play an openly trans role in a DC feature film, a trans character was previously introduced in the fourth season of the DC TV series “Supergirl” with Nia Nal, a superhero played by trans activist and actress Nicole Maines.

Ivory Aquino has joined the cast of Batgirl.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterBarbara Gordon has officially found her roommate.Ivory Aquino (“Tales of the City,” “When We Rise”) has been cast in the HBO Max feature film “Batgirl” as Alysia Yeoh, the best friend of the titular superhero, a.k.a.

EXCLUSIVE: Ivory Aquino (When They See Us, Tales of the City) has joined the cast of Batgirl, the upcoming superhero film that Bad Boys for Life‘s Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing for HBO Max.

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