Bruce and I are beyond ecstatic that Filipina actress, Ivory Aquino, is confirmed to play a leading role in our new project, Legacy Breed, shooting later this month.
Ivory Aquino: TV and Film
Ivory Aquino at NY Fashion Week. Photo Credit: @MsIvoryAquino
Ivory was part of the main cast of the Dustin Lance Black ABC miniseries “When We Rise,” winner of the 2018 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Limited Series. Her portrayal of Cecilia Chung earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 2017 POZ Awards (POZ spotlights the best representation of HIV/AIDS in media and culture). She was last seen on HBO’s “High Maintenance” and the feature film The Fever and the Fret.
Upcoming projects include Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” and the revival of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City,” both on Netflix, as well as the upcoming feature film, “Lingua Franca”.
Ivory Aquino: Theatre
Ivory has portrayed a number of Shakespeare roles. She played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Isabella in Measure for Measure with The Drilling Company for Bryant Park Shakespeare. Other Drilling Company credits include: Othello (Desdemona), Julius Caesar (Marc Antony), Henry V (Katherine), Over the Line (Amanda) and Faith: On the Possibilities of Endings (Edna). With Leviathan Lab’s Shakespeare Quartet Project, she played Rosalind in As You Like It and as a company member of The Bats at The Flea Theater, she appeared in Offending the Audience and Waiter, Waiter.
Ivory’s off-Broadway credits include: Ma-Yi Theatre Company’s 365 Days/365 Plays at The Public Theater, and developmental readings of Ms. Oriental at Lincoln Center and The Butterfly Club at Playwrights Horizons and for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Ivory is a member of The Actors Center.
Ivory Aquino: Personal
As a first-generation immigrant, Ivory dedicates her work to those who follow their dreams wherever it takes them…and “to anyone who feels different and out-of-place, but is truly special and one-of-a-kind.”
Follow Ivory on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram: MsIvoryAquino
