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Filipina-American actress Ivory Aquino is making history in Hollywood as she gets cast as trans woman hero Alysia Yeoh in Batgirl.

Alysia Yeoh is the first transgender character to appear in a DC Comics feature film.

Fans guessed Ivory will be appearing in Batgirl when actress Leslie Grace, who will be playing Barbara Gordon or Batgirl in the film, posted a photo on social media and captioned it with "Barbara and Alysia," a bat emoji, and tagged Ivory in the post.

Barbara Gordon and Alysia Yeoh are heroine best friends in the action fantasy flick

Ivory also took to Instagram to announce her new role.

"Aah the bat's out of the bag," she wrote.

"THANK YOU for the outpouring of love from dear friends [and] beloved fans of #Batgirl and her #bff #AlysiaYeoh. Been busy at work with the rest of the Batgirl fam to bring you a story that's both heartwarming & exciting," she added.

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Ivory Aquino has been confirmed by @lesliegrace via Instagram to be playing Alysia Yeoh!!! 🦇 #Batgirl https://t.co/1Chkg7JOAB pic.twitter.com/Pg5LfH1d5X

-- Batgirl Film News 🦇 (@BatgirlFilm) January 19, 2022

Ivory is also starring in Batgirl alongside J.K. Simmons, Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, and Jacob Scipio.

She has previously appeared in Tales in the City, When They See Us, and Isabel Sandoval's film Lingua Franca.

The Filipina-American actress publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2017 after landing a role in When We Rise, a miniseries that shows the gay rights movement in America.

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