Name: Iya Villana
Birthday: June 29, 1986
Occupation: Actress / Singer / Host
Status: In a Relationship with Drew Arellano
Biography:
Raelene Elaine Ebaler Villanía (born June 29, 1986, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia), better known as Iya Villania, is a Filipino-Australian actress, host, singer, dancer, and model. She has hosted on TV shows like ASAP Mania, Us Girls and as a VJ for MYX music channel.
Villania's first TV appearance was via IBC-13's Game Channel, an interactive texting game show. While hosting for the show, she was offered to join the cast of GMA 7's youth-oriented program "Click" as Syd. She appeared in the afternoon drama series "Walang Hanggan". In 2004, she transferred to GMA 7's rival network, ABS-CBN, to accept a VJ job offered by its music channel subsidiary, MYX, and an acting role for another youth-oriented show, "Seasons of Love". In 2005, she was chosen to co-host the daily noontime show, Wowowee, and the variety show, ASAP Mania. In 2006, Villania began hosting a lifestyle show, Us Girls, for Studio 23 and a reality-dance show, U Can Dance. In 2007, she again hosted for the season 2 of U Can Dance and was appeared in the fantaserye Lastikman. In between, Villania was given numerous TV guestings for shows like Komiks, Love Spell and Your Song.
She was also given the opportunity to play in Deal or No Deal and Wheel of Fortune. In 2008, she appeared in GMA-7 show Maynila she hosted for TV5's Mysmatch, a reality-dating show, and OMG!, a reality-celebrity game show. In 2009, she appeared in ABS-CBN's Korean telenovela remake, Only You, as Trixie. She also appeared on ABS-CBN's Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Kristine as Scarlet.
