Jasmine Curtis Bags 1st Acting Award via Her Cinemalaya Film ‘Transit’
According to Perci Intalan, TV5 head for entertainment productions, Jasmine’s triumph in the recently held Cinemalaya Film Festival shows how “she has matured as an actress and has strengthened her craft”. It will be recalled that Jasmine started her showbiz career in TV5. The network is proud of her and has always believed in her talent.
The Kapatid young actress starred in TV5’s remake of the hit action-romance film Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum. She also played the role of Epifania “Anya” Dionisio in Nandito Ako where she co-starred with Eula Caballero and American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta.
The young actress is part of TV5’s primetime action series “Undercover.” She plays the role of Claire, the IT expert/gadgets girl in Derek Ramsay’s team of undercover vigilantes. Undercover airs weeknights, 7:30 pm at TV5.
During the recently held Cinemalaya Festival Awards Night last Sunday, Jasmine won the Best Supporting Actress award for the New Breed Category. In the film, she played the role of Yael, a daughter of an OFW who is not familiar with the Filipino culture because was born and raised in Israel. Yael insists that she is not a Filipino but an Israeli, which causes a conflict between her and her mother, Janet (Ms. Irma Adlawan).
Playing the role of Yael is Jasmine’s first role in the big screen. The Kapatid young actress had to learn to speak Hebrew fluently – as her character cannot understand nor speak in Filipino.
“It was very difficult to learn how to speak Hebrew but at the end of the day, I think I have done my part well.” says the young Curtis.
The role of Yael was not handed to Jasmine in a silver platter. Just like the others, she went in lines and auditioned for the film when its organizers held casting calls for the roles.
Jasmine welcomes the idea of doing a mainstream movie, but admits that she want to do another indie in the future.
“Parang mas bagay kasi ako sa indie ‘no?” she says.
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