Iza Calzado

Acting

Iza Calzado

Born 1982-08-12 · Quezon City, Philippines

Iza Calzado (born Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado on 12 August 1982) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Milan (2004), Sigaw (2004), Moments of Love (2006), The Echo (2008), Barber's Tales (2013), Starting Over Again (2014), Etiquette for Mistresses (2015), and Bliss (2017). She is the 2005 Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actress winner for The Echo and a five-time FAMAS Award nominee.

Acting credits

Quezon poster
8.5

A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.

Quezon

2025

Bliss poster
5.1

After she gets into a film-production accident that leaves her crippled, successful actress Jane Ciego slowly transitions into madness after experiencing horrors and torture in her own home.

Bliss

2017

No artwork available
NR

Upcoming biographical film based on the life and body of work of Philippine National Artist and acclaimed filmmaker Ishmael Bernal.

Bernal

The Echo poster
6.1

An ex-prisoner moves to an old apartment, where one gets to see in the middle of a domestic problem between a police officer, his wife and his daughter. When he tries to intervene, he will be caught in a mysterious curse.

The Echo

2008

Desperadas poster
NR

The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.

Desperadas

2007

Glitch poster
NR

A non-traditional family discovers the existence of the insidious creature on the night it merges its lair into their home.

Glitch

2023

Dark Is the Night poster
NR

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.

Dark Is the Night

2018

Hand of God poster
NR

In a remote village scarred by years of conflict, a young army lieutenant introduces football to children. As the game begins to heal wounds and rebuild trust, he forms a fragile bond with a child soldier — forcing both to choose between the innocence they’ve lost and the violent realities of war.

Hand of God

2026

Etiquette For Mistresses poster
4.8

A story and friendship of five wealthy and successful women Georgia, Chloe, Stella, Charley, and the newest in the group Ina. The four older women take Ina under their wing as they teach her the "rules" in their "secret" world. Most importantly, they teach Ina on how to go about their secrets.

Etiquette For Mistresses

2015

Lolo and the Kid poster
7.8

A hustler and the child he took in routinely con the wealthy — but a life-changing opportunity could end their inseparable bond.

Lolo and the Kid

2024

Mystified poster
NR

Four witches Althea, Kathalina, Helena and Adela find themselves in a new world trying to fit in a world where no one believes in magic anymore. How can this Coven of 4 defend the modern world from evil forces when their supernatural being and powers have been reduced to near extinction?

Mystified

2019

The Harbinger poster
3.5

Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.

The Harbinger

2009

Milan poster
6.4

Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.

Milan

2004

Scaregivers poster
NR

Two bumbling crooks are caught stealing a couple of diamond rings. Rather than get sent to jail, they convince the judge to send them to a mental institution instead. But the asylum turns out to be a haunted place, and the two are left to uncover the secret behind the paranormal mysteries that lead to the deaths of the staff.

Scaregivers

2008

Mulawin: The Movie poster
7.7

After resolving to live peaceful lives as mortals, enchanted warriors Aguiluz and Alwina are caught in a violent storm and washed away to separate shores, where they struggle to survive without their memories. Meanwhile, the fire maiden Pirena resurrects Ravenum to wreak havoc on the Mulawin race.

Mulawin: The Movie

2005

The Kingdom poster
10.0

In an alternate, contemporary Philippines where the islands were never colonized, the Kingdom of Kalayaan sees a ruler’s favored child kidnapped, leading to a failed rescue and a deadly duel.

The Kingdom

2024

One True Love poster
7.0

Finally after three years of courtship, Migs, a medical intern, marries simple and unassuming Joy, a nurse in the hospital of Migs' residency. Several days before the wedding, his first love and childhood best friend Bela, a sophisticated woman, returns from Canada, still single and in love with Migs. The young couple meets an unfortunate incident turning their newly-found bliss into a tragic existence. Living with Migs turns out to be an agonizing experience as his new state of mind gets more complicated as days pass. A creature of serenity, Joy refuses to name her pains and secretly vows to make Migs remember their love that was inexplicably lost and waiting to be rekindled; faithful that along the way, his heart will remember what his mind forgets.

One True Love

2008

Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme poster
3.8

A series of vignettes include: a neglected and gadget addicted 6 year old who befriends a malevolent entity from a defunct children’s show, causing deadly events at home; a group of influencers gathering for a collab in a luxurious mansion; and a bunch of thrill-seekers who go on a trip to watch a meteor shower.

Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme

2023

Green Bones poster
7.5

A soon-to-be released criminal and a corrections officer is still grieving over the death of his sister opposing the prisoner's release.

Green Bones

2024

Maria, Leonora, Teresa poster
6.0

After a tragic incident, a psychiatrist offered Faith, Julio, and Stella life-sized dolls to look after to help cope from the loss of their respective daughters: Maria, Leonora, and Teresa. But the toys appears to be controlled by sinister.

Maria, Leonora, Teresa

2014

Deadma Walking poster
8.2

A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.

Deadma Walking

2017

Barber's Tales poster
7.8

In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and in the process discovers freedom and liberation.

Barber's Tales

2013

Starting Over Again poster
6.5

A whirlwind romance blossoms between Ginny, an architecture student, and Marco, a professor at her university. Over the course of a decade, dreams get bigger and circumstance brings them apart… yet against all odds, they find each other again—will they make the most of this second chance?

Starting Over Again

2014

Die Beautiful poster
6.3

Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.

Die Beautiful

2016