![]() ![]() He knew I was in Australia and got in touch. How did you get the part of Maria? Director Aaron Wilson saw me in Vampire Killers. I could speak English but it was my second language it’s hard to be yourself using the second language, I had to learn that – it took time and effort. As a grown-up, which comes with its own set of challenges. ![]() I had to start again and make connections that are important in life, like building new friendships. But I did leave my family and friends behind. She’s also just signed a deal with a record label, will launch a new season of her cooking show this month, and is enjoying all her planets aligning.ĭoes playing Maria in Little Tornadoes remind you of your own experience of moving to Australia? My history of immigration is not comparable to those brave families that endured exhausting trips from Italy, on ships for months, and had to leave everything they had ever known to find new life in a country where they didn’t speak the language. The 47-year-old mother of three stars in a new Australian film, Little Tornadoes, playing the role of an Italian migrant, Maria, who uses food as way of expressing love and affection. When actor, cookbook author and presenter Silvia Colloca migrated from Italy to Australia 13 years ago with her actor husband Richard Roxburgh, she never anticipated her career would take off in the way that it has. This story is part of the May 1 edition of Sunday Life.
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