- An actress, host, model and VJ in the Philippines.
- Endorses Bench, a popular clothing company.
- Iya is fondly called different ways. "Bubba" and "Len" to her family, "Rae" to her friends, and "Iya" to her fans.
- Currently taking up AB Psychology at De La Salle University.
- Former girlfriend of Drew Arellano.
- Born of Filipino parents in Camperdown, she grew up in Sydney, Australia.
- With her Aussie twang she unintentionally morphed the simple word, "hello", into the now famous "haller" as she casually says it on national TV in the Philippines.
- In 2006, she had to give up her hosting job for noontime Wowowee (2005) to accommodate her two new ventures; a lifestyle show, Us Girls, for Studio 23 and a reality-dance show, U Can Dance.
- Villania's first TV appearance was via IBC-13's Game Channel, an interactive texting game show. While hosting for the show, she was offered to join the cast of GMA 7's youth-oriented hit program "Click".
- She learned to play the piano at age 8. Influenced by her dad's fondness for karaoke, Villania began to sing at an early age. By age 13, she has fronted for Filipino acts like Pops Fernandez, Martin Nievera, the APO Hiking Society and Jaya in her hometown in Australia.
- The youngest of three siblings, she has two elder sisters named Rhoda and Sheila.
- Parents, Ray and Elena Villania, are of Filipino descent.
- Is of Filipino-Australian descent.
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