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Early Life: Naya Marie Rivera (Born January 12, 1987 Disappeared July 8, 2020) Is An American

Naya Marie Rivera was an American actress, model, and singer best known for playing Santana Lopez on Glee. She began her career as a child actress appearing in commercials and television shows. Rivera received her breakthrough role on Glee from 2009-2015, for which she received several award nominations. After being reported missing during a boat trip with her son, Rivera was declared dead when her body was recovered from Lake Piru on July 13, 2020.

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Early Life: Naya Marie Rivera (Born January 12, 1987 Disappeared July 8, 2020) Is An American

Naya Marie Rivera was an American actress, model, and singer best known for playing Santana Lopez on Glee. She began her career as a child actress appearing in commercials and television shows. Rivera received her breakthrough role on Glee from 2009-2015, for which she received several award nominations. After being reported missing during a boat trip with her son, Rivera was declared dead when her body was recovered from Lake Piru on July 13, 2020.

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Naya Marie Rivera (born January 12, 1987; disappeared July 8, 2020) is an American

actress, model, and singer. She began her career as a child actress and model, appearing in
national television commercials before landing the role of Hillary Winston on the short-
lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family at the age of four (1991–1992). For the part she received
a nomination for a Young Artist Award. After a series of recurring television roles and guest
spots as a teenager, Rivera received her breakthrough role as an adult as Santana Lopez on
the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015). For the role she received nominations for
numerous awards. She was signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in 2011 and released a
single in 2013, "Sorry", featuring rapper Big Sean.
Quick Facts: Born, Disappeared ...
Rivera made her feature film debut as Vera in the horror film At the Devil's Door (2014).
Beginning in 2015, she had a recurring role as Blanca on the third season of
the Lifetime television series Devious Maids. 
On July 8, 2020, she was declared a missing person after her four-year-old son was found
alone in their rental boat at Lake Piru, near Santa Clarita, California. The following
day, Ventura County Sheriff's Office officials reported that Rivera was presumed dead and
that they would be focusing efforts on recovering her body.
Early life
Rivera was born in Santa Clarita, California, on January 12, 1987,and raised in Santa
Clarita's Valencia neighborhood. She has lived in or around Los Angeles for most of her life. She is of African-American, German, and Puerto
Rican descent. Her parents are Yolanda, a former model, and George Rivera. Her younger brother is former NFL tight
end Mychal Rivera  and her younger sister is runway model Nickayla Rivera. At 8 or 9 months old, Rivera began to be
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represented by the same talent agent  as her moth

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