Award Winning Filipino Actor • Writer • Producer • Director
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Award-winning actor, producer, director, and founder of Origin Stories Productions. Theatre career spanning 22 years, performed on all of Washington, DC’s prominent stages, at the Kennedy Center, and at Lincoln Center in New York City. Nominated for multiple Helen Hayes Awards, in 2019 earned Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play for work in THE EVENTS. First Filipino to receive the distinction, one of Washingtonian Magazine’s "10 Biggest Theater Stars of DC.” Founded Origin Stories Productions to create Filipino forward art with multiple film/TV projects in development. First feature documentary, FAITH HEALERS, selected to World Premiere at the Manila International Film Festival at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in March 2025.
Stand Up, Fight Back
Regina was a keynote speaker at the 2021 Solidarity Against Asian Hate on the National Mall. Watch her rallying speech and follow @solidarityagainstasianhate on Instagram.
Regina Becomes the First Filipin to Win Best Lead Performer Helen Hayes Award
Watch Regina’s Helen Hayes Award acceptance speech. In 2019, she won the HHA for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play for her work in THE EVENTS at Theater Alliance. She used her 2 minutes to call the community to action while giving thanks to her Filipino family.
Reels
“…Regina Aquino's Meiko… truly stands out in this performance. Meiko's descent from self-assuredness to guilt and doubt is heartbreaking to watch, and even Aquino's background moments (such as when she decides to eat one of the scones Carina brings to a meeting) are genuinely funny and enjoyable to watch.”
– BWW Review of EUREKA DAY
“Jen (is) played by the brilliantly changeable Regina Aquino who transforms from a sobbing mess to bossy know-it-all in a single beat”