Silvia Colloca (born 23 July 1977) is an Italian-Australian actress, opera singer, cookbook author, and television series presenter. She played Verona in the 2004 vampire film Van Helsing, where she met her husband, Australian actor Richard Roxburgh.
From 1997 to 2000, Colloca studied acting at Centro Teatro Attivo in Milan.
Career
A mezzo-soprano singer, Colloca began her stage and musical theatre career in Milan, also performing at London Palladium, Berlin’s Tempodrom and Milan’s Teatro Nazionale. The series earned her a Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer in 2015.
In 2017, Colloca played the recurring role of Lucy Berger in ABC medical drama series Pulse. which premiered on SBS Food. A second season went to air in April 2021 and then a third in May 2022. During this time, Colloca also co-starred with Mark Leonard Winter in 2021 period drama film Little Tornadoes. and was the second biggest album in that genre in Australia in 2022, topping the Classical Charts for over 20 weeks. A third season began airing in October 2025.
Colloca launched her own cookware line Per Silvia, in collaboration with Essteele Cookware. She has also been an Ambassador for the Italian Film Festival for several years. Colloca recalls: "I was totally enamoured the second I saw him." On 25 September 2004, they were married at the medieval castle of Montalto in Tuscany, Italy.
The couple have two sons and a daughter, the latter of whom was born in 2017. Their boys attended school in Italy for a few months in 2017 and are bilingual.
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| 2021 || Simple Italian || Booktopia FAB Awards || || ||
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Filmography
Film
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| 2002 || Casomai || Cannes award hostess || Uncredited ||
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| rowspan="2"|2004 || Van Helsing || Verona || ||
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| L'apocalisse delle scimmie || Tossica || ||
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| 2006 || The Detonator || Nadia Cominski || Direct-to-video film ||
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| 2007 || Virgin Territory || Sister Lisabetta || ||
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| 2009 || Lesbian Vampire Killers || Carmilla || ||
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| rowspan="2"|2013 || Nerve || Elena || ||
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| La Finca || The Woman || Short film ||
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| rowspan="3"|2015 || The Tender Dark || Mother || Short film ||
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| Ariadne || Rie Lazic || Short film ||
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| Dante's Hell Animated (aka Inferno Dantesco Animato) || Beatrice (voice) || Animated short film (Italian version) ||
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| 2021 || Little Tornadoes || Maria || ||
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| 2023 || The Italian Vacation || Dilvia Kolloca || Short film ||
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| 2024 || Sting || Maria || ||
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| 2026 || Dante's Inferni – The Descent into the Underworld || Beatrice (voice) || Post-production ||
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| || L'Inferno (Remastered) || Beatrice (voice) || Post-production ||
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Television
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| 2003 || L'avvocato || Tania || 6 episodes ||
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| 2009 || Packed to the Rafters || Verna || 2 episodes ||
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| rowspan="2"|2010 || Cops L.A.C. || Gabriella Harrison || 1 episode ||
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| Rake || Sonia Dana || 1 episode ||
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| 2014 || Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca || Presenter || 10 episodes ||
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| 2020–2022 || Cook Like an Italian || Presenter || Seasons 1-3, 20 episodes ||
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| rowspan="2"|2023 || Wellmania || Gianna || 1 episode ||
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| C*A*U*G*H*T || Princess Depinder || 2 episodes ||
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| 2024–2025 || Silvia's Italian Masterclass || Presenter || Seasons 1-3, 27 episodes ||
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| 2013 || The Bull, The Moon and the Coronet of Stars || Marion || Stables Theatre, Sydney, Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Griffin Theatre Co, Merrigong Theatre Co & HotHouse Theatre ||
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| 2018 || Love, Laugh, Bake! || Pan Macmillan ||
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| 2021 || Simple Italian: The essentials of Italian home cooking || Pan Macmillan ||
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| 2022 || The Italian Home Cook || Pan Macmillan ||
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| 2024 || Italian Family Food: Simple Italian food to feed your loved ones || Pan Macmillan ||
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