Naya Rivera was an American actress, singer, and model who was born on January 12, 1987. She was born in Valencia, California and raised in Valencia. She lived in Los Angeles for most part of her life. Naya Rivera was of African-American, German, and Puerto Rican descent born to Yolanda Previtire (née White) and George Rivera.
Her father, George Rivera worked at Disney and Universal Music whereas Yolanda Previtire (née White) was a real estate agent and former model. Naya Rivera was well-known for playing the role of Santana Lopez in the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee from 2009 to 2015.
It must also be noted that over the years she was active, she was nominated for several awards and won some of them. Naya Rivera’s career started off as her being a child actress and model and made appearances in national television commercials.
At age 4, she got the opportunity to play the role Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991–1992), earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at age five.
She had her breakthrough when she played the role of lesbian cheerleader Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015). It needs to be mentioned that with respect to Glee (2009–2015), she won a SAG Award and ALMA Award, and also received some nominations.
She got signed to Columbia Records as a solo musical artist in 2011. She did not release any album but released the single “Sorry”, in 2013 and won two ALMA Awards as a music artist. With respect to the big screen, Naya Rivera made her debut with the horror film At the Devil’s Door (2014).
She also played a role in the comedy Mad Families (2017) and she is one person noted for her involvement in charitable causes, particularly for LGBT rights, immigrants’ rights, and women’s rights.
Naya Rivera Cause of Death
Naya Rivera was declared missing on July 8, 2020. This was after her four-year-old son, Josey, was found alone in her rented boat at Lake Piru, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, California.
Naya Rivera was known to be a good and strong swimmer but so far as she could not be found, a search for her began. Per the report by Josey, her mother asked him to get onto the boat but she was not able to climb back onto the boat.
She disappeared underwater and it was indicated that she was not wearing a life jacket.
A day after, Naya Rivera was presumed dead by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office to NBC and that there would be a shift in focus from rescue efforts to recovery efforts.
The body of Naya Rivera was subsequently found on July 13, 2020. The cause of her death was an accidental drowning. She was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naya_Rivera
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