Italian born Silvia Colloca always wanted to be an actress and so her mother and father elected to put her into well known Italian acting school CTA at the age of 13 where she studied drama for seven years whilst training as a dancer in MIlan, at ETOILE BALLET SCHOOL
She also attended prestigious Music Academy of Milan for five years, where she developed a mezzo-soprano voice, and this lead her in turn to many notable Italian musical theatre and smaller Opera production.
She worked in this time with some outstanding talents, such as Maestro Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Italy's best loved Massimo Ranieri among others.
Her major brake through happened in 2003 when she was offered to play the role of Verona, Dracula's Queen Bride, in Stephen Sommer's VAN HELSING.
Following her role in Van Helsing, Silvia starred as a junkie single mother in the indipendent Italian Movie L'APOCALISSE DELLE SCIMMIE, directed by 'Romano Scavolini',
She also co-starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the film THE DETONATOR, which marked Silvia Colloca's debut in a lead role in an American film.
In 2007, Colloca appeared in David Leland film ' Virgin Territory', alongside Hayden Christensen, Tim Roth and Misha Barton.
as Sister Lisabetta, a rather liberated nun!
After a short maternity leave, in 2008 Silvia took on the role of Queen Carmilla in Phil Claydon's ' LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS alongside James Corden and Matthew Horne, and made her stage comeback in the Operatic Musical A NIGHT AT THE OPERA .
In 2009 Silvia appeared in the award-winning Australian series PACKED TO THE RAFTERS, playing the role of Verna and co-starred in Australian feature film TRIPLE HAPPINESS alongside Robert Menzies and Mark Leonard Winter, directed by Aaron Wilson.
She is currently filming ABC series RAKE and Channel 9 series COPS LAC.