Aileen Quimapo Iwamoto (born August 29, 1988), popularly known by her screen name Iwa Moto, is a Filipina actress of Japanese descent. She is well known for playing Rita on Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap which was played before by the award winning actress Amy Austria in the original film.
She was linked to other alumni of the reality show like Chuck Allie, Benj Pacia, Gian Carlos, Marky Cielo and Mark Herras. In early 2007, Katya Santos named her as the "Worst Actress" with Mark Herras as the "Worst Actor" but Iwa chose to be quiet about the issue.
She was the ex-girlfriend of Yexel Sebastian. Yexel Sebastian was also the ex-boyfriend of Rochelle Pangilinan that according to rumors, was the cause of the fight of Iwa and Rochelle, but after her break-up with Yexel, they are already friends. After her break-up with Yexel, Iwa said that she is not yet ready for a new relationship and she wants to focus on her career. Lately, Yexel Sebastian was involved in a pyramiding scam. Iwa said Yexel approached her to join, but she refused.
In 2006, Iwa was voted as FHM's sixteenth sexiest woman in the Philippines. In 2007, she garnered the 10th place as the sexiest woman in the Philippines in the said publication.In 2008, she is voted seventh sexiest woman in the Philippines.
In 2008, Iwa became the image model of the FHM Philippine standee. She is the third Filipina to hold that title after Asia Agcaoili and Katrina Halili. In September of the same year, Iwa graced the cover of FHM Philippines for the second time. She was a previous covergirl of FHM Singapore.
Actor Prince Stefan said on Balakubak (a segment on Nuts Entertainment) that he had a crush on Iwa. Iwa and actor Edgar Allan Guzman had a short-lived relationship before but they broke-up after a month after Iwa discovered that the actor had a girlfriend.
Her father was diagnosed with liver cancer and was released from prison in Japan. Unfortunately, her father died last March 8, 2009.
After StarStruck, she was premiered in the show SOP Gigsters, Love to Love: Young At Heart, Nuts Entertainment on GMA Network and POSH on QTV.
She was suspended for 6 weeks, along with Jackie Rice. After the suspension, she came back to Nuts Entertainment and joined in the cast of Bakekang, her first primetime show where she played Jenny, the best friend of Kristal (played by Lovi Poe) and also on the last season of Love to Love which is Jazz Got Lucky. She also portrayed her own life story in Magpakailanman.
In 2006, she appeared in two films. The first one was "White Lady as Mimi and in "Pitong Dalagita" as Tisha.
From mid-2006, she changed her manager to Rommel Gacho, the same manager of fellow-StarStruck survivor Katrina Halili.
She played Rita (Amy Austria in the original film) on Sine Novela's third installment "Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap". As she plays the role of Rita, she gets a favorable response from the viewers of "Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap".
She played as the black amazona in Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan which became her third villain role.
Straight after Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, she is given a bida-role in Robin Padilla's Joaquin Bordado, as Diane but her character was killed off for Iwa to focus on Sine Novela's eighth installment "Magdusa Ka" with Katrina Halili and Dennis Trillo.
She was included on the cast of Luna Mystika as Donita, the bad cousin of Luna.She's known for her villainess roles with the like of Katrina Halili, Nadine Samonte, Jean Garcia and among others.
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