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She 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. In 2009, Rivera was cast as Santana Lopez, a high school cheerleader, on Fox's musical comedy series Glee, about a high school glee club. Rivera appeared in commercials for Kmart as a baby, but her first significant acting job was at the age of four when she appeared as Hillary Winston on the CBS sitcom The Royal Family in 1991.Īs a child and teen actor between 19, Rivera was part of the golden age of black sitcoms, and had roles in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, The Jersey, Live Shot, Baywatch, Smart Guy, House Blend, Even Stevens and The Master of Disguise. Her parents married 1986, but divorced in 1996 and her mother Yolanda married Charles Previtire in 1999 Rivera was close to her stepfather.Īt 8 or 9 months old, Rivera began to be represented by the same talent agent as her mother, who had moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling. She was of African American, German, and Puerto Rican descent.

Ms Rivera was raised in Valencia and lived in or around Los Angeles for most of her life.

Getting my financial disasters out of the way early-before I was married or had a family-so that the only credit score that I wrecked was my own.Įven with a successful career and a family that she loves more than anything else, Naya says, 'There's still a thirteen-year-old girl inside of me making detailed lists of how I can improve, who's never sure of my own self-worth.' Sorry Not Sorry is for that thirteen-year-old in all of us. Laughing at the gossip instead of getting upset by it. Having people not like you is a risk you have to take to be real, and I'll take that over being fake any day.

That I don't always get along with everyone. Falling in love with the idea of a person, instead of the actual person. Some things are best left to the experts, and hair dye is one of them. At-home highlights and DIY hair extensions. So many moms and teenage daughters don't get along-we just have to realize it's nothing personal on either side. All those times I scrawled 'I HATE MY MOM' in my journal. After her rise and fall from early childhood stardom, barely eking her way through high school, a brief stint as a Hooters waitress, going through thick and thin with her mom/manager, and resurrecting her acting career as Santana Lopez on Glee, Naya emerged from these experiences with some key life lessons: Whether it's with love and dating, career and ambition, friends, or gossip, Naya inspires us to follow our own destiny and step over-or plod through-all the crap along the way. Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us that we're not alone in the highs, lows, and in-betweens.

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