Silvana Arias

Silvana Arias (born Silvana Arias Emmanuel; April 7, 1977) 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. 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.

Career
Arias was cast as Susana "Susanita" Peña on the Peruvian telenovela María Emilia: Querida in 1999. She appeared on Pobre Diabla in 2000. Arias played Lucía Reyes on the telenovela Soledad from 2001 to 2002. 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.

She played Constanza "Coni" Valdez on Amor Descarado in 2003. Arias also made a guest appearance on Karen Sisco. In 2004, she was cast on the NBC soap opera Passions, playing the role of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald. She received a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Female Newcomer in 2005 for her role as Paloma. 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.

In 2007, Arias appeared in the short film The Trip. In 2008, she was cast in Starting Under, a comedy pilot starring Bernie Mac that wasn't picked up. Arias guest starred on an episode of Cold Case in 2009. She played Lilián Martínez on Encrucijada, a telenovela about health care. In 2010, Arias played Violeta on Pecadora.

In 2010, she had a regular role as Veronica Jessica Murillo 'La Vero' on the Telemundo series Perro amor. She also appeared in the independent film Las Angeles. In 2011, Arias announced that she would be joining the cast of the Nickelodeon series Grachi, playing the role of Ivis. In 2013, she appeared on 11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra.

In 2014, Arias had a regular role as Mayte Carvajal on the Telemundo series Part of Me. She starred as Kayden Zwicky in the film The Zwickys. Arias played Silvia Arteaga in the mini-series Villa Paraíso. In 2015, she had a regular role as Raquel on Tómame o déjame. From 2015 to 2016, she played Socorro "Coco" Sanchez on ¿Quién es quién?. In 2017, Arias had a regular role as Bárbara Blanco on La Fan. She also produced and starred in a short film, Mismatch Made in Heaven.

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.

She continues to work in design. She has a podcast for Latin women, Neo Mujer USA.