Naya Marie Rivera Dorsey or simply Naya Rivera is an American and she is a singer and actress and she rose to fame when she played Santana Lopez at the Fox Broadcasting and musical comedy drama Glee. Her first song was Sorry where Big Sean featured. Naya Rivera was born in California and she has lived in Los Angeles most of her life. She is half African American and Puerto Rican. She was born to a former model Yolanda with George Rivera. Her brother is Mychal Rivera and she plays in NFL. Her sister is the runway model called Nickayla Rivera. She worked under the talent manager of her mother since the time that she was only 9 months old.
She started to play when she was still a baby in Kmart commercials and she played as Hillary Winston in The Royal Family sitcom during the year 1991. The show got many positive reviews with high ratings but it was cancelled when Redd Foxx got a heart attack while on set. Rivera was nominated for Young Artist Award because of her performance in these series. She played in many movies The Master of Disguise, Even Stevens, House Blend, The Jersey, Smart Guy, Baywatch, Live Shot, Family Matters and Fresh of Prince of Bel-Air. She was seen in the movie called Why I Love You. She has been hired for a Single episode in The Bernie Mac Show during the year 2002.
Naya Rivera played as a school cheerleader at the Fox comedy Series under the name of Santana Lopez in Glee series. She played the character of a cold-hearted with vicious cheerleader who often shown her softer side to other cheerleader Brittany.
Her first boyfriend is Mark Sailing and she got accused of egging his car even if she denied this. She started to date Big Sean in 2013 and they said that they were going to get married in October, but the marriage did not take place since the engagement was called off. After the breakup, she started to date Ryan Dorsey for whom they were friends before for four years. Dorsey became her husband in 2014 and the marriage took place in Mexico: Cabo San Lucas.
However, this surprise wedding shocked many people and it is believed that it was revenge against Big Sean. It is said that she just got married to spite Sean since she wanted to show him what he had lost. She is believed that when she is mad, she does not think in the straightway. However, Big Sean was heard saying that she dodged a bullet when he refused to marry her and that she is not losing his sleep over her marriage.
Naya Rivera is believed to have more than 5 million dollar as a net worth and most of it was made from the salary she got in appearing in many movies. She hosted GLAAD Media Award that took place in San Francisco and she signed a deal with the Columbia Record so that she can produce a solo album. She was nominated for 2 different ALMA for Favorite Female Music Artist and for Favorite TV actress because of her leading role in a comedy.
| Birth Date: | 12 Jan, 1987 |
| Age: | 33 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Santa Clarita |
| residence: | Los Angeles |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress and singer |
| Twitter Id: | NayaRivera |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
