Silvia Colloca

Born in Milan, Silvia Colloca works as an actress, opera singer, cookbook writer and television host, with Italian and Australian ties. She studied acting, dance and opera singing in her home city before starting out in musical theater there and singing in venues such as London's Palladium and Berlin's Tempodrom. Her first big screen role came in Van Helsing (2004), as Verona, one of Dracula's brides. Further films followed, among them The Detonator (2006), Virgin Territory (2007), Vampire Killers (2009), Little Tornadoes (2021) and Sting (2024). A family recipe blog grew into a cookbook and then into the SBS series Made in Italy, which brought her a Logie nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer in 2015. She has also hosted Silvia's Italian Table and Cook Like an Italian, released the album Sing Like an Italian in 2022, and appeared in Australian dramas such as The Twelve and Pulse.