Diana Silvers (born November 3, 1997) is an American actress and model, best known for playing Erin Naird in the comedy series Space Force (2020–2022).

Diana Silvers
South by Southwest 2019 by Danny B Photos
Born (1997-11-03) November 3, 1997 (age 27)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2018–present
Websitedianasilvers.format.com

Early life

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Silvers was born in Los Angeles on November 3, 1997.[1][better source needed] Her mother is Swiss and her father is of Romanian Jewish descent.[2] She has four older siblings and one younger sibling.[3] She began attending theatre camps at age 12 after watching the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape and decided to pursue a career in acting. By 2014, she was attending the Palisades Charter High School, where she played tennis.[4] She attended New York University to study acting, but changed her major to history with a minor in film and later dropped out during her junior year.[5][6]

Career

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Silvers started modeling in her teens. She was scouted by IMG Models in 2015 in her senior year of high school, and continued modeling through her time at NYU to pay for her studies.[5][7] In 2019, she closed Stella McCartney's Autumn show.[8]

Silvers made her acting debut in a 2018 episode of the Hulu thriller series Into the Dark and proceeded to appear in M. Night Shyamalan's film Glass (2019).[9] She auditioned for the horror film Ma (2019) while in college, and got the role despite believing she had botched her audition. In Ma, she portrays Maggie, whose friends befriend the main character who soon begins terrorizing them. Silvers got the script for Booksmart (2019) while filming Ma and was initially asked to audition for the main character's crush, but auditioned for the character of Hope instead.[6] In October 2018, it was reported that Silvers had been cast in the action movie Eve, later re-titled Ava.[10] In September 2019, it was announced that Silvers was cast as Erin Naird in the Netflix comedy series Space Force (2020–2022).[11] She also starred in Sarah Adina Smith's 2021 film Birds of Paradise for Amazon.[12]

Filmography

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Key
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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Glass Cheerleading Girl
2019 Booksmart Hope
2019 Ma Maggie Thompson
2020 Ava Camille
2021 Birds of Paradise Kate Sanders
2024 The Killer Jenn Clark
2024 Lonely Planet Lily Kemp
TBA Billy Knight Emily[13] Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Into the Dark Kimberly Tooms Episode: "Flesh & Blood"
2020–22 Space Force Erin Naird Main role
TBA The Abandons Dahlia Teller[14] Main role

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2020 "Vampire" Dominic Fike

References

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  1. ^ "Meet Diana Silvers: Everything about Space Force Star". The Teal Mango. February 19, 2022. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Frick, Evelyn (February 11, 2022). "18 Things to Know About Diana Silvers". Hey Alma. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Fretts, Bruce (June 2, 2019). "From Instagram to 5,000 Theaters: Diana Silvers on 'Ma' and 'Booksmart'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Diana Silvers". Palisadian-Post. August 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Reilly, Kaitlin (May 30, 2019). "Started From A Hashtag Now She's Here: Diana Silvers Has Arrived Via "Booksmart" and "Ma"". Refinery29. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Handler, Rachel (May 24, 2019). "Diana Silvers on Booksmart's Groundbreaking Sex Scene". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Hobbs, Julia (May 28, 2019). "Meet Booksmart's Diana Silvers, the actress leading Hollywood's new Gen-Z lineup". Vogue. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  8. ^ McCarthy, Lauren (May 24, 2019). "Meet Diana Silvers, a New Scream Queen in Blumhouse's 'Ma'". W. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  9. ^ Gomez, Jasmine (May 7, 2019). "10 Facts About Diana Silvers That Might Make Her Your Newest Obsession". Seventeen. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (October 17, 2018). "Film News Roundup: Diana Silvers Joins Jessica Chastain's Actioner 'Eve'". Variety. Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. ^ Porter, Rick (September 26, 2019). "John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz Join Steve Carell in Netflix's 'Space Force'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  12. ^ Donnelly, Matt (February 11, 2020). "Ballet Drama 'Birds of Paradise' Underway at Amazon Studios From Director Sarah Adina Smith". Variety. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Hipes, Patrick (September 28, 2022). "Al Pacino To Star In 'Billy Knight' Movie Alongside Charlie Heaton And Diana Silvers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  14. ^ Grobar, Matt (March 1, 2024). "Lucas Till, Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lamar Johnson, Aisling Franciosi & Natalia Del Riego Join Kurt Sutter's Netflix Series 'The Abandons'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
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