Naya Rivera

 Naya Marie Rivera , born January 12, 1987, is a 26-year-old American actress, singer, model, and is known for her role as Santana Lopez on Glee.

In 2009, Rivera was cast as Cheerios cheerleading squad member Santana Lopez on Fox's musical comedy series Glee, about a high school glee club. Rivera's character comes off as a cold-hearted and vicious cheerleader. Rivera auditioned for the opportunity "to sing, dance and act all in the same show," and because she was a fan of co-creator Ryan Murphy's previous work on Nip/Tuck. Rivera drew on her own high school experience of unpopularity to prepare for the role, as well as watching films such as Mean Girls to "really get in the zone and feel like a bitchy Sophomore."
She received a great amount of critical praise for both her acting and her singing performances in the latter part of Season Two and the beginning of Season Three. As 2011 ended, she or her character were on many "Best Of" lists, including HitFix.com's 25 Breakout Stars of 2011, TV Guide's Best Performances of 2011, MTV's Best TV Characters of 2011, Yahoo!'s Television Without Pity 2011 TV's Most Valuable Performers, as well as others.

Rivera is also a model and has appeared on many magazine covers. She was on the Cover of 2011 November issue of FHM magazine in US, UK and Australia. She is also cover girl of the Latina Magazine May 2012 and September 2013 Issue and Glow Summer 2013 Cover. She is currently the Spokesperson of Proactive Solution and the popular beer, Bud Light.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Frankenhood	Hottie	Credited erroneously[citation needed] as Naya Maria Rivera
2011	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Santana Lopez	3D Concert Film
2013	Home	Vera

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–92	The Royal Family	Hillary Winston	Regular role
1992–93	Family Matters	Gwendolyn	Episodes: "Just One Date", "Heart Strings", "Mama's Wedding"
1993	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Cindy	Episode: "Bundle of Joy"
1993	The Sinbad Show	Party Guest	Episode: "It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To"
1995	Live Shot	Ann	Episode: "Another Day, Another Story"
1996	Baywatch	Willa	Episode: "Scorcher"
1997–99	Smart Guy	Kelly Tanya	Episodes: "Baby, It's You and You and You", "Never Too Young"
1999	The Jersey	Girl #2	Episode: "Be True to You"
2002	House Blend	Chloe	Television pilot
2002	Even Stevens	Charlene	Episode: "Short Story"
2002–04	Pajama Rama	Herself	Host
2002–06	The Bernie Mac Show	Donna	Recurring role (Seasons 2-5): 11 episodes
2003	Soul Food	Lauryn	Episodes: "Truth's Consequences", "Nobody's Child"
2004	8 Simple Rules	Nice Girl	Episode: "Halloween"
2008	Girlfriends	Young Lady	Episode: "Stand and Deliver"
2008	CSI: Miami	Rachel Calvado	Episode: "Power Trip"
2009–present	Glee	Santana Lopez	Season 1: recurring cast member Seasons 2–present: main cast member
2010	When I Was 17	Herself	Episode 28, with Carmelo Anthony and Taye Diggs
2012	The Glee Project	Herself (Guest Star)	Season 2, Episode 4: "Sexuality"
2012	This Is How I Made It	Herself	Episode 3, with Chris Brown
2013	Fashion Police	Herself