Ingrid Silva was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the age of 8, she began her ballet training at Dançando Para Não Dançar, a social project in the Mangueira slum.

A few years later, Silva joined thee Escola de Dança Maria Olenewa and Centro de Movimento Debora Colker on A full scholarship. At 17, she was also an apprentice with Grupo Corpo, one of the most prestigious Brazilian dance companies.

Following High School, Silva began her studies at Centro Universitário da Cidade (Univercidade) but soon moved to New York to attend the Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer, IN 2007, ON a full school scholarship. Soon after, she was invited to join the Dance Theatre Of Harlem Professional Training Program.

Ingrid was part of the Dance Theatre Of Harlem's Dancing Through Barries Ensemble IN 2008, which led her the opportunity to join the Dance Theatre of Harlem as a professional in 2013.

She is currently on her 7th season with the company.

As a guest artist, Silva has performed with Dançando Para Não Dançar Company (Brazil), Armitage Gone! Dance (USA), and The Francesca Harper Project (USA), Perfomed Romeu & Juleit Balcony Pas by Keneth MacMillan with Thiago Soares in a Gala Thiago and Friends in Brazil 2019.

She has worked with renowned choreographers including Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, John Alleyne, Darrel Grand Moltrie, Francesca Harper, Robert Garland, David Fernandez, Carol Arrmitage, Deborah Colker, and Rodrigo Pederneiras, among others.

As a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Silva has danced principal roles in George Balanchine's Glinka pas de trios and Agon, Valse Fantaisie, Robert Garland Return, Ulysses Dove Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, and John Alleyne Far but Close, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Balamouk, Coming Together by Nacho Duato, Black Swan Variation and Coda, Dialogues by Glen Tetley, Dougla Bride Geofrey Holder.

Her soloist roles include Alvin Ailey's Lark Ascending, Donald Byrd’s Contested Space, Francesca Harper’s System, Darrel Grand’s Moultrie Vessels, and Dianne McIntyre’s Change, Pas de Dix by Raymonda Act III, Gloria by Robert Garland, New Bach by Robert Garland,The Joplin Dancers, by Robert Garland, Swan Lake; Pas de Quatre by Marius Petipa, Concerto in F by Arthur Mitchell.

Silva has also served as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. While performing and participating in community outreach initiatives in Jamaica, Honduras and Israel.

In 2014, she performed at the Brazil Foundation Gala, at Lincoln Center.

She was also featured in the movie "Maré, nossa história de amor" by Lucia Murat.

She has been featured in the media, in publications such as Vogue and Glamour, Teen vogue, Alure Magazine, Refinary29, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Dance Magazine, People Magazine, Essence, ESPN Women, Bustle, Claudia, Heatlh, BET, O Globo and many more.

She was Pointe Magazine Cover in 2017 the first african brazilian in the cover.

In 2017 worked with Alicia keys in her "She is a King" campaign.

In 2018 She was invited by United Nations to speak at Social Good Summit. She shared the stage with Padma Lakshmi and Achim Steiner to talk about "How women are leading the call to leave no one behind."

She founded podHER in 2017. The organization was created to foster the will for change within you. The platform's goal has always been to create a safe environment for people to share their history in a judgment-free zone, encouraging dialogue in an empathetic term. Generating opportunities for education and network for those aspiring to claim their own path.

She’s also the Co Founder of Blacks in Ballet with the purpose of highlighting black ballet dancers and sharing their stories. Every black ballet dancer has a different background, a different path, a different story to tell, and that's what BIB wants to share with the world.

On September 2020, Ingrid made history by having her hand-painted pointe shoes worn between 2013-14 exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington D.C.

On January 2021, Ingrid spoke at Harvard University Latina Empowerment & Development Conference and was recognized with the Latina Trailblazer Award for her accomplishments.

Forbes Brazil magazine recognized Ingrid in their 20 Successful Women in Brazil list, recently published in February 2021.

Ingrid has worked with many brands worldwide.

In 2017 Ingrid Silva became the new Activia brand ambassador. The cornerstone of the campaign was an internationally lauded online film about Ingrid’s life and how she found strength from within to achieve her goals. The broader campaign included a 360-degree video experience and editorial content. Ingrid's JOURNEY TO YOUR DREAM won a Cannes Silver Lion for Film Craft and many more international awards.

In 2020, she appeared in a Nike advertisement celebrating Black History Month, narrated by Serena Williams.

She was in Dove #MyHairMyWay | Introducing Amplified Textures in 2020 celebrating how important is diversity and curly hair.

Also in 2020 She was featured in AT&T Ccomercial.

In September 2020 she was in Facebook Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month campaign.

On March 2021, Animale Brasil also invited Ingrid as the face of their Women's International Day campaign called "Portas", alongside with Brazilian actresses Giovana Ewbank and Leticia Colin.