Silvana Arias (born Silvana Arias Emmanuel; April 7, 1977)[1] is a Peruvian actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Susana Peña on María Emilia: Querida (1999), Lucía Reyes on Soledad (2001 to 2002), Jimena Arismendi on Gata salvaje (2002 to 2003), and Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions (2004 to 2007).
Early life
Arias was born in Lima, Peru. She is the daughter of theater actor Nelson Arias. Her mother was a social worker. She has two sisters. Arias is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.[1] She attended Colegio San Antonio IHM in Callao, studying business administration and fashion design. Arias started taking acting roles as a way to earn money to pay for college.[2][3]
Career
Arias was cast as Susana "Susanita" Peña on the Peruvian telenovela María Emilia: Querida in 1999.[4] She appeared on Pobre Diabla in 2000.[5] Arias played Lucía Reyes on the telenovela Soledad from 2001 to 2002.[6] Arias moved with her family from Peru to Miami, Florida when she was cast as Jimena Arismendi on Gata salvaje. She played the role from 2002 to 2003.[1]
She played Constanza "Coni" Valdez on Amor Descarado in 2003. Arias also made a guest appearance on Karen Sisco.[6] In 2004, she was cast on the NBC soap opera Passions, playing the role of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald.[7][8] She received a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Female Newcomer in 2005 for her role as Paloma.[6] Arias was on contract with Passions until May 2007. She continued to appear on a recurring basis until August 2007. The role was then recast with Hannia Guillen.[9]
In 2007, Arias appeared in the short film The Trip.[5] In 2008, she was cast in Starting Under, a comedy pilot starring Bernie Mac that wasn't picked up.[10] Arias guest starred on an episode of Cold Case in 2009.[11] She played Lilián Martínez on Encrucijada, a telenovela about health care.[12] In 2010, Arias played Violeta on Pecadora.[13]
In 2010, she had a regular role as Veronica Jessica Murillo 'La Vero' on the Telemundo series Perro amor.[3] She also appeared in the independent film Las Angeles.[5] In 2011, Arias announced that she would be joining the cast of the Nickelodeon series Grachi, playing the role of Ivis.[14] In 2013, she appeared on 11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra.[15]
In 2014, Arias had a regular role as Mayte Carvajal on the Telemundo series Part of Me.[16][17] She starred as Kayden Zwicky in the film The Zwickys.[18] Arias played Silvia Arteaga in the mini-series Villa Paraíso.[19][20] In 2015, she had a regular role as Raquel on Tómame o déjame.[21] From 2015 to 2016, she played Socorro "Coco" Sanchez on ¿Quién es quién?.[22] In 2017, Arias had a regular role as Bárbara Blanco on La Fan.[16] She also produced and starred in a short film, Mismatch Made in Heaven.[23]
Personal life
Now retired from acting, Arias works in the casting department for Amazon MGM Studios. She has been involved in the casting for projects such as A Million Miles Away and The Bills.[16]
She continues to work in design. She has a podcast for Latin women, Neo Mujer USA.[16]
