Iza Calzado Biography
Born as Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado, she was named in part after the legendary dancer, Isadora Duncan. Her father is choreographer and TV director Lito Calzado and her mother was the late Irish-Spanish-Filipina, Mary Ann Ussher. Iza’s brother, Dash, is a member of Legit Misfitz, a Pinoy rap group.
In the late 1990s, she finished her high school in Miriam College and then completed her undergraduate education in the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Fine Arts.
Screen Name: Iza Calzado
Nick Name: Iza
Real Name: Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado
Birthday: August 12, 1982
Birth Place: Quezon City
Showbiz Anniversary: May 1, 2002
Hobbies: Dancing
Sports: Swimming
Unforgettable moment: Iza still remembers her Tokyo Disneyland trip with her mom and dad.
Iza’s Favorites:
Local Celebs: Cesar Montano, Cherry Pie Picache, Eddie Garcia, Hilda Koronel, Judy Ann Santos, Rita Gomez, Mylene Dizon.
Hollywood Celebs: Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp.
Movies: Hihintayin Kita sa Langit, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sabrina, and 50 First Dates.
Singer: Beyonce
Fashion Icon: Sienna Miller
Before entering show business, she worked as a dubber. Iza started out as a guest teen star in the now defunct show, Click, which led to further roles. Her inclusion in the drama Kung Mawawala ka made everyone notice her acting skills thus making GMA decide that she should be given lead roles. Iza won her first heroine role on the soap opera Te Amo (I Love You) with the Argentine actor Segundo Cernadas.
Amihan the Queen of goddesses in Encantadia was the hit character she marked in 2005 for the fantasy-driven market. In that tele-fantasy she worked with other Kapuso stars Diana Zubiri, Jennylyn Mercado, Yasmien Kurdi, Mark Herras, Karylle, Dingdong Dantes, and with Cogie Domingo and Sunshine Dizon in Kung Mawawala Ka. The success of her film partnership with Dingdong Dantes was realized in Moments of Love.
When it comes to preferred roles, Iza looks for offbeat ones such as a madwoman or a drug addict. In her first two 2008 movies she played a drug user (Blackout) and a prostitute (Mona in Singapore).
For local counterpart she’s looking forward to working again with Piolo Pascual. They played an estranged couple in Milan.
Calzado will be the leading lady of F4 member Ken Zhu in the movie to be filmed in Philippines, “Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan” of Ignite Media Films, with director, Adolf Alix. Iza just finished Impostora and returned to the country on September 23, 2008.
On January 18, 2008, Iza Calzado won the Model Star Award from the Korea Asia Model Award Festival. Freddie Aguilar received the Asia Star Award. Model Robby Mananquil got the Male Model Star Award.
Iza Calzado bagged her original role in The Echo, the English-language remake of Filipino director Yam Laranas’ horror film Sigaw. Calzado will be sharing the screen with Hollywood actor Jesse Bradford, who was last seen in Clint Eastwood’s World War II epic Flags of Our Fathers. Bradford will portray an ex-convict who is entangled in the troubles of a battered wife (Calzado). Although she will be reprising a role that won her an Urian Best Supporting Actress award in 2005, she still had to audition. [4] One of her co-stars, Carlos de Leon, asked her if she is Hispanic because of her facial features.
Iza is also working on a movie with Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera entitled One True Love. Shooting started the first week of September. Iza Calzado wants to take time off from TV projects to concentrate on movies.
| Awards and Nominations | ||
| Year | Film Award/Critics | |
| 2008 | FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women in the World | Rank #40 ‘ |
| 2008 | 5th Golden Screen Awards | Best Supprting Actress for Blackout ‘ |
| 2008 | 24th PMPC for Movies | Movie Supporting Actress of the Year for Ouija(nom) |
| 2008 | Asian Model Festival | Model Star Award Winner |
| 2007 | FHM Philippines Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World | Rank #55 |
| 2006 | FHM Philippines Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World | Rank #40 |
| 2006 | Nickelodeon’s 2006 Kids’ Choice Awards | Pinoy Wannabe Awardee Nomination |
| 2006 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Actress Nominee |
| 2005 | 2nd USTv Thomasian Students’ Choice Awards | Students’ Choice for Best Actress |
| 2005 | Golden Screen Awards | Breakthrough Performance by an Actress for Milan |
| 2004 | 28th Gawad Urian | Pinakamahusya na Pangalawang Aktres (Best Supporting Actress) |
| 2004 | Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Awards | Most Promising Female Actress |
| 2004 | FHM Philippines Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World | Rank #65 |
| 2004 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress Nomination for the movie Sigaw |
| 2004 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress Nomination for the movie Sabel |
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