Stefania Rocca (born 24 April 1971) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Nirvana (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Dracula (2002). Rocca was also 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.
Background and personal life 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.
Career 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.
Filmography Film Year Title Role1995PolicemenValeria1995Palermo - Milan One WayMaria Pia1997NirvanaNaima1997Inside/OutGrace Patterson1997L'amico di WangSimonetta1998Voglio una donnaaa!Marta1998Viol@Marta / Viola1998Giochi d'equilibrioFrancesca (1977)1999In the Beginning There Was UnderwearTeresa1999Silvana2000Love's Labour's LostJacquanetta2000Rosa and CorneliaRosa2001HotelSophie2002HeavenRegina2002CasomaiStefania2003Life as It ComesGiorgia2003Five Moons SquareFernanda2003Kiss Me FirstAdele2004Anna Mari2004Love Is Eternal While It LastsCarlotta2005MaryBrenda Sax2005Emilia2005Aspects of LoveGiulietta Trapani2006Vera Mezza2006CommediasexiPia Roncaldi2007Laura Dedieu2007Voce del verbo amoreFrancesca2007Go Go TalesDebby2010Natalie2011Agnès de Yael2011L'amore fa maleGermana2013Teresa2014A Fairy-Tale WeddingLuciana2014Do You See Me?Maria2015One More DayGiulia2016Abbraccialo per meCaterina2016Calcolo infinitesimaleValeria / Betta / Madre di Betta2016Non si ruba a casa dei ladriDaniela Russo2017Mom or Dad?Sonia2018I'm BackKatia Bellini2022The Man Who Drew God
Television Year Title Role Notes1994Italian RestaurantAttrice SpotEpisode: "Nuova gestione"1995Voci notturneCarlaTV miniseries1996Running AgainstChiaraTV film1996DonnaVeronicaEpisode: "1.6"1996I ragazzi del murettoBarbaraEpisode: "Nepal"1997Nei secoli dei secoliPiaSegment: "Il mappamondo"1997SolomonHannahTV miniseries1998Amiche davvero!!ClaudiaTV film1999ElenaTV film1999JesusMary of BethanyTV miniseries2000Nathalie GuillaumetTV film2001ResurrectionKatiuscia MaslovaTV film2002DraculaMinaTV miniseries2004StauffenbergMargarethe von OvenTV film2005Anne D'AutricheEpisodes: "1.1", "1.2"2006Mafalda of SavoyPrincess Mafalda of SavoyTV film2007Candidat libreSusanTV film2008–09Tutti pazzi per amoreLaura Del FioreMain role (series 1)2009BakhitaAurora MarinTV film2011Edda Ciano e il comunistaEdda CianoTV film2012Never for LoveLauraEpisode: "La fuga di Teresa"2012Malvina FarelliTV film2012–2015ChiaraTV series2013Altri tempiDuchessaTV film2013Adriano Olivetti: La forza di un sognoKaren BatesTV film2014Gli anni spezzatiGrazia SossiEpisode: "Il giudice"2017Di padre in figliaFranca FranzaTV miniseries2017Wedding in RomeGioiaTV film
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