About
Italian Australian actress, opera singer, cookbook author, and television host known for sharing authentic Italian cooking through television series, cookbooks, and digital media. She is especially known for hosting cooking programs such as Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca, Silvia's Italian Table, and Cook Like an Italian on Australian television along with having written several cookbooks including Silvia's Cucina Made in Italy, La Dolce Vita, and Love, Laugh, Bake!
Before fame
She developed an early love for music, theatre, and cooking. She trained in acting and opera during her youth and studied theatre for several years at performing arts schools in Milan. She also trained as a classical singer at the Scuola Musicale di Milano. She developed a mezzo-soprano voice and performed in stage productions and musical theatre before entering film and television. Her earliest screen roles came in the early 2000s including the Italian film Casomai in 2002. Her international breakthrough came in 2004 when she appeared in the Hollywood fantasy film Van Helsing. She moved to Australia after the film's release and her career then expanded into food media, television presenting, and cookbook writing. She released her first cookbook Silvia's Cucina in 2013. She appeared in and hosted her first television cooking series Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca in 2014. She began sharing content on Instagram in the mid-2010s and expanded onto TIkTok in the early 2020s.
Trivia
She is also a trained mezzo-soprano opera singer and released her debut classical album Sing Like an Italian in 2022, which reached No. 1 on the ARIA Core Classical and Classical/Crossover charts in Australia. She was nominated for a TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent in 2015 for her SBS cooking series Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca. She has contributed recipes and food writing to publications such as Delicious magazine and other Australian food outlets.
Family life
She was born and raised in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was born to Mario Colloca and Loredana Colloca. She married Australian actor Richard Roxburgh in September 2004, and they have three children together named Raphael, Miro, and Luna.
Associated with
She appeared alongside Hugh Jackman in the fantasy film Van Helsing in 2004. She performed with Andrea Bocelli in Sydney after releasing her classical album Sing Like an Italian in 2022.
