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Emotional Iza waited 16 years for Best Actress award

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Shiela Reyes, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- Iza Calzado was unable to control her emotions when she received her Best Actress trophy at the Star Awards for Movies awards night on Sunday for her critically acclaimed performance in “Bliss.”</p><p>Speaking to ABS-CBN News after the event, Calzado explained that she waited 16 long years for the Philippine Movie Press Club to recognize her since she grew up watching Star Awards.</p><p>When her father was still alive, Calzado shared that he would always be part of the event as the backstage director.</p><p>“I was emotional because it’s my dad’s turf. Actually, for the longest time, lagi kong iniisip na kung saan pa naman pinakamaraming trabaho &#x27;yung tatay ko, wala akong natatanggap. But you know, of course, that’s the way it is and I have to accept that. So I always tease them na kailan kaya ako magkaka-award,” she said.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BeKqq7qHE64/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.455830388692576% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BeKqq7qHE64/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by 🌟 DREAM BIG 🌟 (@missizacalzado)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-01-20T09:43:20+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 20, 2018 at 1:43am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Calzado, however, believes that all good things come at the right time.</p><p>“Talagang hinintay [ko ito]. Perhaps, this is my best project to date. I don’t know. Perhaps this is my best performance to date so I feel very, very grateful,” she said.</p><p>What makes the award more special, Calzado said, is the fact that it was given to her in her home country.</p><p>“I may have won in another country but siyempre I was really hoping that I could also possibly win here in our own country kasi iba kapag pinarangalan ka ng mga kasama mo sa industriya, lalo na ng press. Your relationship with the press people, it’s really a lot of personal relationships. You give love, you hope they give love in return. They have been very supportive of my career. I feel good of course,” she said.</p><p>&quot;Bliss&quot; has its premiere in March last year at the 2017 Osaka Asian Film Festival, where Calzado was awarded the prestigious Yakushi Pearl Award for her performance. </p><p>Meanwhile, Calzado said she will soon be returning to the big screen and on television with a new series. Her last show with ABS-CBN was “A Love to Last” where she played the first wife of Ian Veneracion.</p><p>“I’m supposed to do a soap with Joshua (Garcia) and Julia (Barretto). And there’s a movie which I still can’t say what it is. Pero may pelikula po with Star Cinema at may mga iba pa,” she said.</p><p>Would she want to do another film that’s offbeat like “Bliss”?</p><p>“I would love to. &#x27;Bliss&#x27; is the kind of movie I really like. I like offbeat characters and films. But for me, as long as it’s interesting and it challenges me, especially if it’s something I’ve never done, siyempre mae-excite akong gawin,” she said.</p>

<p>Iza Calzado was unable to stop herself from being emotional when she received her Best Actress award from Star Awards for Movies on Sunday for her stunning performance in the film “Bliss.”</p>

Iza Calzado was unable to stop herself from being emotional when she received her Best Actress award from Star Awards for Movies on Sunday for her stunning performance in the film “Bliss.”

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Emotional Iza waited 16 years for Best Actress award

Shiela Reyes,

ABS-CBN News

Published Feb 19, 2018 11:37 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 27, 2018 12:32 AM PHT

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