Movies

‘Batgirl’ Casts First Openly Trans Character in DC Feature Film History

CAPE & COWL

Ivory Aquino, a transgender actor, will play Alysia Yeoh, who first appeared in a 2011 comic book issue of “Batgirl.”

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

GettyImages-643935856_mjc52l
Jamie McCarthy/Getty
AJ McDougall

AJ McDougall

Breaking News Reporter

oldmcdougall

amanda.mcdougall@thedailybeast.com

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
U.S. NewsBezos to Tie the Knot With Lauren Sanchez in $600 Million Wedding Next Weekend
Tom Sykes
MediaColin Jost Scolds ‘SNL’ Audience Cheering for Luigi Mangione
Matt Wilstein
PoliticsTrump Picks Fight With Pope With New Vatican Ambassador
Amethyst Martinez
OpinionIcarus 2.0: Did Kimberly Guilfoyle Fly Too Close to the Son?
Nell Scovell
BeautyThis Clinically-Backed K-Beauty Night Cream Is the Ultimate Winter Skin Antidote
Mia Maguire