Josey Dorsey to make screen debut in Burning Valley
Josey Dorsey, the 11-year-old son of the late Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey, has landed his first film role in The Burning Valley, starring alongside his father and marking director Evan Curry’s feature debut. The project, filming in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt, centers on a deindustrializing steelworker and adds to Josey’s growing acting path after an earlier stage role in Seussical Jr. and six years after Rivera’s 2020 drowning.
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About Naya Rivera
Naya Marie Rivera was an American actress, singer, and model recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. She began her career as a child actress and model, first appearing in national television commercials. At the age of four, she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991–1992), earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at age five. After a series of recurring television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, she got her breakthrough role in 2009 as Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee. For the role, she received critical acclaim and various awards, including a SAG Award and ALMA Award, as well as earning nominations with the rest of the cast for a Grammy Award and a Brit Award.
Everything about Naya Rivera →- Occupation
- singer, actor, model, television actor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 12, 1987
- Died
- July 8, 2020, July 8, 2020
- Website
- https://nayarivera.com/