Iza Calzado is a Filipino actress and television personality who has received multiple awards and nominations throughout her career, including an Osaka Asian Film Festival, an Asian Television Award, a Gawad Urian Award, a Luna Award, three Metro Manila Film Festival Awards, three Golden Screen Awards, an Ani ng Dangal Award, two Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and three Box Office Entertainment Awards, in addition to nominations for five FAMAS Awards and six PMPC Star Awards for Television. In 2011, she was inducted into the Eastwood City Walk of Fame for her contributions to Philippine entertainment industry.
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Calzado initially played bit roles in two motion pictures as a child actress. After taking a long break from the show business, she returned in 2002 through the drama Kung Mawawala Ka. For her film debut Milan (2004), she won a Box Office Entertainment Awards for Most Promising Female Star and a Golden Screen Award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actress. For the supernatural horror Sigaw (2004), she received a Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2008, she earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Star Awards for Movies for Ouija and Best Actress at the Metro Manila Film Festival for Ang Panday the following year. For the film Dukot (2009), Calzado received her first FAMAS Award for Best Actress nomination, including nominations for a Gawad Urian and Star Awards for Movies. In 2011, she won her first Luna Award for her performance in One True Love (2008). The same year, Calzado won Best New Wave Actress at the Metro Manila Film Festival for her role in HIV: Si Heidi, si Ivy at si V.
For Jose Javier Reyes' Mga Mumunting Lihim, Calzado received two major awards at the 8th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. She scored her second FAMAS Award nomination in 2012 for the sequel Ang Panday 2. The same year, she won Best Female Emcee at the Aliw Awards and received the coveted Dekada Award at the Golden Screen Awards the following year. In 2014, she received a nomination for Best Reality Show Host for her stint in the program The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition: Doubles at the Star Awards for TV. In 2015, Calzado received acclaim for her role in Starting Over Again (2014) where she won Film Actress of the Year at the Box Office Entertainment Awards and Best Supporting Actress at the Gawad Pasado Awards, in addition to nominations for a FAMAS and Gawad Urian.
For her role in Haunted Mansion (2015), she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Metro Manila Film Festival. Her performance in Etiquette for Mistresses also earned a nomination for Movie Actress of the Year at the Star Awards for Movies while her portrayal in A Love to Last also received a nomination for Best Drama Supporting Actress at the Star Awards for TV. In 2017, Calzado received widespread acclaim in the thriller Bliss. For her performance, she won the coveted Yakushi Pearl for Best Performance at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, Movie Actress of the Year at the Star Awards for Movies and her second Film Actress of the Year win at the Box Office Entertainment Awards. Her portrayal in the drama Ngayon at Kailanman (2018) earned Calzado a Best Actress win at the Gawad Tanglaw Awards.
In 2019, Calzado won the Jury Award for Best Performance for her performances in the films Culion and Pandanggo sa Hukay. Calzado reunited with Sunshine Dizon, Karylle and Diana Zubiri for the fantasy Mystified (2019). The film won Best Single Drama or Telemovie at the Asian Television Awards. In 2020, her performance in Tagpuan earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Metro Manila Film Festival.