Stefania Rocca

Stefania Rocca

Birthdate
April 24, 1971 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
April 24, 1971 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Known For
Acting

Biography

Stefania Rocca was born on April 24, 1971 in Turin. She is best known for her roles in the films Nirvana (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Dracula (2002). Rocca also was the lead in Dario Argento's The Card Player. Among her most recent appearances, she was in Alessandro D'Alatri's comedy film Commediasexi where she played the main character, Pia Roncaldi. She starred as Hannah in the 1997 film Solomon.

Rocca was born on 24 April 1971 in Turin, the daughter of a Fiat chief of security and a stylist. Beginning in her adolescence Rocca studied piano, singing, and dancing at the Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the late 1980s she moved to Milan where she started working as a model; in Milan, she enrolled in a series of acting courses. In 1993, thanks to a scholarship, she joined the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. She also studied at the Actors Studio in New York City.

Rocca is married to her long-time partner Carlo Capasa, whom she wed in a highly secretive ceremony in 2013. The couple has been together since 2005, and has two sons.

Rocca made her acting debut with a secondary role in Giulio Base's Policemen but her breakout role was the blue-haired Naima in the Gabriele Salvatores' cyberpunk film Nirvana (1997). After enrolling a course at the Actors Studio in New York, in 1998, Rocca had her first main role in the controversial erotic thriller Viol@, and for her performance she was nominated to the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress. One year later, Rocca appeared in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley as Jude Law's lover, then she appeared in other international productions, including Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost, Mike Figgis' experimental Hotel and Tom Tykwer's Heaven.

In 2003, Rocca had her main commercial success in Italy, with Alessandro D'Alatri's comedy Casomai, which also gave her a nomination for Best Actress at the Nastro d'Argento and David di Donatello Awards. In 2005, she played a blind lesbian in the Academy Award-nominated drama The Beast in the Heart, and for her performance, she was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. Since the mid-2000s, Rocca has mainly appeared on television. She is also active on stage.

Stefania Rocca's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Silvana

Acting (67)

2024
Io sono un po' matto... e tu?
2023
The Man Who Drew God
2023
La primavera della mia vita as la manager
2021
Dietro la notte as Marta
2020
Cops - Una banda di poliziotti as Margherita Nardelli (2 episodes)
2019
While I Was Away as Caterina (6 episodes)
2018
I'm Back as Katia Bellini
2017
Hochzeit in Rom as Gioia D’Arcadia
2017
Mom or Dad? as Sonia
2016
L'amore rubato
2016
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri as Daniela Russo
2016
Infinitesimal calculus
2016
Abbraccialo per me
2014
Do You See Me? as Maria
2014
A Fairy Tale Wedding as Luciana
2014
Gli anni spezzati as Grazia Sossi
2013
Il terzo tempo as Teresa
2013
Adriano Olivetti as Karen Bates (2 episodes)
2013
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno as Karen Bates
2013
Other Times as Duchessa (2 episodes)
2013
Gli anni spezzati as Grazia Sossi (Il Giudice) (6 episodes)
2012
Little Lady as Malvina Farelli
2012
Never for Love as Laura (1 episode)
2011
The Invader as Agnès de Yael
2011
Love Hurts as Germana
2011
Edda Ciano e il comunista as Edda Ciano
2010
A Woman as Natalie
2008
Tutti pazzi per amore as Laura Del Fiore (26 episodes)
2007
Go Go Tales as Debby
2007
Voce del verbo amore as Francesca
2007
The Candidate as Laura Dedieu
2006
Commediasexi as Pia
2006
Mafalda of Savoy as Mafalda di Savoia
2006
La cura del gorilla as Vera
2005
Mary as Brenda Sax
2005
Don't Tell as Emilia
2005
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as Anne D'Autriche (2 episodes)
2005
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as Anne D'Autriche
2004
Operation Valkyrie as Margarethe v. Oven
2004
L'amore è eterno finché dura as Carlotta
2004
The Card Player as Anna Mari
2003
Prima dammi un bacio as Adele
2003
Five Moons Plaza as Fernanda
2002
Dracula as Mina (2 episodes)
2002
Casomai as Stefania
2002
Heaven as Regina
2001
Resurrection as Katjuscha
2001
Hotel as Sophie
2000
Rosa and Cornelia as Rosa
2000
Love's Labour's Lost as Jacquanetta
1999
1999
Jesus as Mary of Bethany
1999
Ombre as Elena
1999
In principio erano le mutande as Teresa
1998
Viol@ as Marta / Viola
1998
Amiche davvero!! as claudia
1997
Solomon as Anna
1997
Inside/Out as Grace Patterson
1997
L'amico di Wang as Simonetta
1997
Nirvana as Naima
1996
I virtuali as La ragazza
1996
Palermo – Milan One Way as Agent Maria Pia Di Meo
1995
Night Voices as Carla (5 episodes)
1995
Heartless
1995
Diary of a Rapist
1995
Poliziotti as Valeria
1994
Italian Restaurant (1 episode)

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