
Stefania Rocca
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-04-24
Place of Birth
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Cast
The Talented Mr. Ripley
19997.2 / 10
La primavera della mia vita
20236.5 / 10
Heaven
20026.4 / 10
Operation Valkyrie
20045.9 / 10
Five Moons Plaza
20035.5 / 10
L'amore è eterno finché dura
20046.2 / 10
Nirvana
19976.5 / 10
Viol@
19985.3 / 10
La cura del gorilla
20065.4 / 10
The Card Player
20044.4 / 10
Commediasexi
20064.2 / 10
Prima dammi un bacio
20037.1 / 10
Casomai
20025.8 / 10
Don't Tell
20056.1 / 10
Solomon
19976.6 / 10
Love Hurts
20115.7 / 10
Little Lady
20126.2 / 10
Voce del verbo amore
20074.7 / 10
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
20055.2 / 10
Hotel
20013.3 / 10
In principio erano le mutande
19991.0 / 10
A Fairy Tale Wedding
20145.6 / 10
Amiche davvero!!
19986.0 / 10
Gli anni spezzati
20142.3 / 10
Mary
20055.7 / 10
Mafalda of Savoy
20067.0 / 10
The Invader
20115.6 / 10
Resurrection
20016.6 / 10
Il terzo tempo
20134.4 / 10
Go Go Tales
20075.7 / 10
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno
20136.8 / 10
Love's Labour's Lost
20005.6 / 10
Abbraccialo per me
20166.6 / 10
A Woman
20104.0 / 10
Infinitesimal calculus
20160.0 / 10
L'amico di Wang
19970.0 / 10
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
20165.7 / 10
Rosa and Cornelia
20004.1 / 10
L'amore rubato
20167.0 / 10
Hochzeit in Rom
20173.8 / 10
Mom or Dad?
20175.8 / 10
Palermo – Milan One Way
19966.3 / 10
Poliziotti
19955.6 / 10
I'm Back
20185.9 / 10
Do You See Me?
20146.4 / 10
Ombre
19990.0 / 10
Diary of a Rapist
19954.8 / 10
I virtuali
19960.0 / 10
Edda Ciano e il comunista
20116.0 / 10
Heartless
19956.9 / 10
Dietro la notte
20215.7 / 10
Jesus
19996.7 / 10
Inside/Out
19977.5 / 10
The Man Who Drew God
20234.9 / 10
Io sono un po' matto... e tu?
202410.0 / 10
The Candidate
20075.4 / 10
Giochi d'equilibrio
19980.0 / 10
Crew
L'ora di tutti
TBA0.0 / 10