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Naya Rivera

1987 - 2020

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Naya Marie Rivera ( NY-ə riv-AIR-ə; January 12, 1987 – July 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, and model recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. She began her career as a child actress and model, first appearing in national television commercials. At the age of four, she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991–1992), earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at age five. After a series of recurring television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, she got her breakthrough role in 2009 as Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naya Rivera is the 7,793rd most popular actor (down from 7,528th in 2019), the 12,016th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,106th in 2019) and the 3,628th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Naya Rivera ranks 7,793 out of 13,578. Before her are Ryan Potter, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Iain Armitage, Tracy Scoggins, Edward Brophy, and Lalita Pawar. After her are Renata Litvinova, Arvind Swamy, Kris Holden-Ried, Lee Soo-hyuk, Eugene, and Park Gyu-young.

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Among people born in 1987, Naya Rivera ranks 184. Before her are Ruslana Korshunova, Ken Matsumoto, Tyler Hoechlin, Yuma Asami, Zareen Khan, and Hiroshi Ichihara. After her are Kim Young-kwang, Kevin Mirallas, Snooki, Terence Crawford, Mădălina Diana Ghenea, and Park Jeong-min. Among people deceased in 2020, Naya Rivera ranks 733. Before her are Diana Serra Cary, Enrique Múgica, Haruma Miura, Karel Neffe, Danny Hodge, and Michael McClure. After her are J. I. Packer, Ivan Utrobin, Bhanu Athaiya, Dawn Wells, Sumner Redstone, and Mridula Sinha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Naya Rivera ranks 12,018 out of 20,380. Before her are Iain Armitage (2008), Tracy Scoggins (1953), Edward Brophy (1895), Eric Rudolph (1966), Kenny Garrett (1960), and Fred Ebb (1928). After her are Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Andrew Hampsten (1962), Thomas Corwin (1794), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Jack Pierce (1962), and David Draiman (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Naya Rivera ranks 3,629. Before her are Julie Sommars (1942), Adrianne Palicki (1983), Ryan Potter (1995), Iain Armitage (2008), Tracy Scoggins (1953), and Edward Brophy (1895). After her are Jim Hanks (1961), John DiMaggio (1968), Wang Leehom (1976), Jeffrey Nordling (1962), Candace Cameron Bure (1976), and Hobart Bosworth (1867).

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