Riva Lombardi

Riva Di Paola was born in Toronto, Canada. Riva became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 was making her television debut when she was simultaneously cast in CBCs Street Cents and Cable 10s Lets Talk Sex Talk. She attended Etobicoke School of the Arts and Theatre Ontario's Summer Youth Training Program. She studied Acting at Circle In The Square Theatre School in New York City. After playing the title role of TINA in Second City's Tony n' Tina's Wedding and starring in 2 seasons of Crimes of Fashion for STARtv and The Fashion Television Network, she was cast as the voice of Rebecca Chambers in Resident Evil 0. She has performed in dozens of Off-Broadway plays and her voice can be heard on hundreds of National Commercials, Promos, Video Games, Radio Plays and Animations. She co-wrote, produced and starred in, 'The Dessert Club' in which she won the Women In Film & Television development grant to create an original sitcom series. In 2005, at a radio interview, she met her now husband, John Vincent Lombardi. They married in 2010 and live in Los Angeles, CA. In 2012, with a group of actors from the top theatre schools in the country, she founded FRESH PRODUCE'd, a monthly theatre series that helps promote new works by fledgling writers and workshops 3 new plays by 3 new writers every month. Performing in New York City and Los Angeles.