Naya rivera is an American actress and singer. She began her career as an actress and child model before taking on the role of Hillary Winston in the short series of the CBS sitcom The Royal Family at the age of 4, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. . Rivera has received her innovative role as an adult as Santana Lopez in the television series Fox, Glee, for which she has been nominated for many praise. She signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist in 2011 and released a single in 2013, Sorry, with rapper Big Sean. In 2016, she published a memoir with TarcherPerigee, Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes and Growing Up.
Birth name
Naya Marie Rivera
Nickname
Veiled Fairy, N'Nay, Abeille, Nay Nay, Nay Nay River, Nougat, Snix, Ni Ni, Smoochy
Profession
Singer, actress, model
Kind
Pop, R & B
instruments
The voices
labels
Columbia Records
Nationality
American
Private life
Anniversary / Date of birth
Naya Rivera was born on January 12, 1987 in Valencia, California, USA.
Age
She is currently 32 years old.
Sign of the sun
Capricorn
Ethnicity
Multiracial
She is of Puerto Rican, African-American and German descent.
Religion
Education
Rivera attended High School of Valencia, Santa Clarita, California.
Family details
- Father – George Rivera
- Mother – Yolanda Rivera
- Brothers and sisters – Mychal Rivera (younger brother) (soccer player), Nickayla Rivera (sister) (model)
Civil status
Divorced
Boyfriend / spouse
Naya Rivera dated –
- Mark Salling (2007-2010) – Actors Mark Salling and Naya Rivera started dating in 2007. However, this off-screen relationship was denied by Mark's representative and they decided to break off their relationship in 2010.
- Matthew Hodgson (2011-2013) – Matthew Hodgson, screenwriter for the Glee TV show, dated 2 years ago for Naya from April 2011 to April 2013.
- Big Sean (2013-2014) – Rapper Big Sean and Naya started dating in February 2013 after meeting via Twitter. The love song of the couple Is Hello by Lionel Richie. They committed themselves in October 2013. They decided to quit in April 2014 after staying together for a year.
- Ryan Dorsey (2014-2016) – The actors began dating in July 2014. She had already met 4 years ago. On July 19, 2014, the lovebirds were married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In September 2015, the couple welcomed their child, his son Josey. After 2 years of marriage together, Naya filed for divorce in November 2016. Later, in October 2017, the divorce was canceled by her. In December 2017, she filed a new divorce petition, which was finalized in June 2018.
- David Spade (2017) – In the summer of 2017, for about three months until June 2017, Naya met with actor David Spade.
Physical statistics
size
- In feet – 5 feet 5 inches
- In centimeters – 165 cm
- In meters – 1.65 meters
Weight
- In kilograms – 53 kg
- In pounds – 117 lbs
Body measurements
- Measurements – 35-25-34
- Chest – 35 inches
- Cut – 25 inches
- hip – 34 inches
- Bra size – 32C
bodybuilding
Slender
Eye colour
Dark brown
Hair color
Black
Shoe size
She is wearing a shoe size 8 (US).
The size of the dress
Her dress size is 5 (US).
Sexuality
Straight ahead
Professional statistics
Famous for
She plays Santana Lopez, a high school cheerleader, in the teen drama Fox, Glee, since 2009.
Movie start
She debuted with the 2009 movie Frankenhood for his role of Hottie. By mistake, his role was assigned to Naya Maria Rivera.
Singing start
On September 17, 2013, she released her first single Sorry with Big Sean in digital form.
TV debut
In 1992, she appeared in the American sitcom The Royal Family for her role as Hillary Winston. Naya was 4 years old at that time.
Support brand
As a child, she appeared in the Kmart commercials. She became the face of Proactive Solution in December 2011.
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1992 | Young artist award | Outstanding performance of a young actress under ten years old | Appointed |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild | Exceptional performance of a set in a humorous series (with Glee Cast) | Won |
TV Land Awards | Future Classics (Glee Cast) | Won | |
Imagen Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Television | Appointed | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Music: Group (Glee Cast) | Appointed | |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild | Exceptional performance of a set in a humorous series (Glee Cast) | Appointed |
Grammy Awards | Best pop performance by a duo or band with vocals (Glee Cast; "Do not Stop Believin's") | Appointed | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Music: Group (Glee Cast) | Appointed | |
ALMA Award | Favorite music artist | Won | |
2012 | Screen Actors Guild | Exceptional performance of a set in a humorous series (Glee Cast) | Appointed |
My TV rewards | Ridiculously pretty woman | Won | |
Actress in a comedy | Won | ||
NewNowNext Award | Because you're hot | Won | |
ALMA Award | Best female artist | Won | |
Favorite TV Actress – Comedy | Won | ||
Gold Derby | Best acting actress in a supporting role | Won | |
2013 | Screen Actors Guild | Exceptional performance of a set in a humorous series (Glee Cast) | Appointed |
Giffoni Film Festival | Giffoni Award | Won | |
2014 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite TV Gal Breads (with Lea Michele) | Won |
Teen Choice Awards | Female stage stealer | Appointed |
Naya Rivera Favorites
- Favorite show – Boy Meets World (1993-2000), Doug (1991-1994)
- Favorite animal – Penguin
- Favourite book – The benefits of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Favorite song of all time – A song for you by Donny Hathaway
- Preferred accessory – Watch
- Favorite color – Pink
- Preferred group – Cold game
Naya Rivera Net worth
Naya Rivera has an estimated net worth to $ 5 million dollars from 2019.
Social media profiles
Some lesser known facts about Naya Rivera
- It is linked to various organizations such as GLAAD, the fight against cancer, the Elephant project, the Trevor project and the Sunshine Foundation.
- She auditioned for American Idol in 2002, but did not succeed.
- In 2002, Rivera appeared in the video clip of Why I Love You of B2K.
- In 2009, Rivera played Santana Lopez, a high school cheerleader, in Fox's musicals series, Glee, on a high school glee club.
- In May 2011, Rivera signed an agreement with Columbia Records for the production of a solo album.
- In 2012, she was ranked # 1 in the AfterEllen Hot 100 list.
- In April 2012, Rivera made the front page of Latina magazine.
- In May 2012, Rivera was number 39 on the FHM's list of the 100 sexiest women.
- For the third consecutive year, she was ranked in the list of Maxim Hot 100, from sixteen places to number 27.
- In October 2012, Rivera was featured in the third episode of MTV's series This Is How I Made It.
- In December 2012, Rivera participated in the annual Trevor Live! event, where she performed a cover of the song Silent Night.
- In May 2013, Rivera posed nude in an issue of Allure magazine.
- Rivera was ranked number 37 in the 2014 edition of Men's Health Hottest Women magazine.
- In 2014, she shared Favorite TV Gal with Lea Michele at the People's Choice Awards.
- In 2015, Rivera played the recurring role of Blanca Alvarez in the third season of Lifetime's drama series Devious Maids.
- In January 2015, when appearing as a guest guest at The View, Rivera alluded to his possible bisexuality.
- In 2018, it was announced that she would assume the role of school administrator Collette Jones in the Red Up YouTube series titled Step Up: High Water.
- Visit his official website @ nayarivera.com.