Naya Rivera

 Naya Marie (/'naI@/rI've@r 5][6] January 12 1986 - July 8 20th, 2020) was an American actress and singer. She is most famous for her performance on Glee, a musical comedy-drama that she wrote. At the age of four she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991-1992) which earned her a nomination for the Young Artist Award at age five. After a series of regular television roles, and later guest appearances as a teenager She landed her first major performance in 2009 when she played the gay cheerleader Santana Lopez on the Fox television show Glee (2009-2015). In the course of her role, she received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including a SAG Award and ALMA Award, as well as earning nominations along with the rest of the cast for two Grammy Awards and one Brit Award.