This morning we officially welcome Ivory Aquino to the DCU family. Overnight Deadline has confirmed that Aquino will be appearing in Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Batgirl, currently in production in Glasgow.
Aquino has been spotted on set a number of times over the last week with many speculating she would portray Barbara’s best friend, Alysia Yeoh. Now that news has officially been confirmed. Aquino joins previously announced cast members including Leslie Grace, J.K. Simmons, Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton and Jacob Scipio.
In the comics Yeoh is a bartender and best friend to Barbara when she makes the move from Cherry Hill to the Burnside suburb of Gotham. Yeoh was one of the first major transgender roles in the pages of DC Comics and will be the first to make the jump in to live-action on the big screen.
As per Deadline, Aquino is best known for turns in the Netflix series When They See Us and Tales of the City, and in ABC’s When We Rise. She’s also featured in series including Blue Bloods, FBI: Most Wanted, New Amsterdam and High Maintenance, as well as Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca and other films.
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