Deadline has confirmed that Ivory Aquino has signed on to play the character of Alysia Yeoh for the HBO Max version of Batgirl. Aquino will play Barbara’s best friend, bartender Alysia Yeoh—the first major transgender character ever to appear in a live-action film adaptation of DC comics.
Plot details about the Batgirl are being kept secret, it centers on Barbara Gordon (Grace)—the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner Jim Gordon.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing the film from a script by Christina Hodson.
The actor is credited with 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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