BIOGRAPHY : NAYA RIVERA.

BIOGRAPHY:

NAYA RIVERA:

Naya Marie Rivera (born January 12, 1987) is an American actress and singer known for her role in the musical comedy television series Glee, as cheerleader Santana Lopez.
Early life
Rivera was raised in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California and has lived in or around Los Angeles for most of her life. Rivera is of half Puerto Rican, quarter African American, and quarter German descent. At eight or nine months old, she began to be represented by the same talent agent as her mother, who had moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling.

She began writing songs at the age of fifteen. In the hit Glee plays a cheerleader who is not exactly a good girl, Santana Lopez. It is responsible for the soloist and quarterback Finn lost his virginity, has a relationship with another member Puck, the tough guy of the band and also maintains a lesbian relationship with another cheerleader of which are rarely seen separately, the blonde Brittany (which both in the series and in real life is her best friend). She is a lesbian, while teammate Brittany  at first refuses to come out, but Brittany and ensures that you do in one chapter.

Although his role on Glee is to represent the Hispanic minority, not really speak Spanish, nevertheless, in an episode of the second season tries. Naya has also made ​​headlines for being the first of the girls from Glee to accept a report insinuating. She did for Maxim magazine. She received the award for best artist at the ALMA Awards without throwing even a solo album. Although her ​​singing career is not very long, she recently is taking a solo album to push through his musical career apart from the series Glee.