Silvia Colloca

Silvia Colloca (born 23 July 1977) is an Italian-Australian actress, opera singer, cookbook author, and television series presenter. She played Verona in the action horror 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.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2002 Casomai Cannes award hostess Uncredited 2004 Van Helsing Verona L'apocalisse delle scimmie Tossica 2006 The Detonator Nadia Cominski Direct-to-video film 2007 Virgin Territory Sister Lisabetta 2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers Carmilla 2013 Nerve Elena La Finca The Woman Short film 2015 The Tender Dark Mother Short film Ariadne Rie Lazic Short film Dante's Hell Animated (aka Inferno Dantesco Animato) Beatrice (voice) Animated short film (Italian version) 2021 Little Tornadoes Maria 2023 The Italian Vacation Dilvia Kolloca Short film 2024 Sting Maria 2026 Dante's Inferni – The Descent into the Underworld Beatrice (voice) Post-production L'Inferno (Remastered) Beatrice (voice) Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2003 L'avvocato Tania 6 episodes 2009 Packed to the Rafters Verna 2 episodes 2010 Cops L.A.C. Gabriella Harrison 1 episode Rake Sonia Dana 1 episode 2014 Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca Presenter 10 episodes 2020–2022 Cook Like an Italian Presenter Seasons 1-3, 20 episodes 2023 Wellmania Gianna 1 episode C*A*U*G*H*T Princess Depinder 2 episodes 2024–2025 Silvia's Italian Masterclass Presenter Seasons 1-3, 27 episodes 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 2018 Love, Laugh, Bake! Pan Macmillan 2021 Simple Italian: The essentials of Italian home cooking Pan Macmillan 2022 The Italian Home Cook Pan Macmillan 2024 Italian Family Food: Simple Italian food to feed your loved ones Pan Macmillan