Stefania Rocca
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 24, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- Credits
- 74
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.
Known for
Filmography
Paper Heart
2025Movie
Maestra Paola
I'm a little bit crazy... and you?
2024Movie
The Man Who Drew God
2023Movie
Pola
La primavera della mia vita
2023Movie
Manager
Dietro la notte
2021Movie
Marta Colombi
Cops - Una banda di poliziotti
2020TV
Margherita Nardelli
While I Was Away
2019TV
Caterina
I'm Back
2018Movie
Katia Bellini
Hochzeit in Rom
2017Movie
Gioia D’Arcadia
Di Padre in Figlia
2017TV
Franca Franza
Mom or Dad?
2017Movie
Sonia
L'amore rubato
2016Movie
Marina
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
2016Movie
Daniela Russo
Infinitesimal calculus
2016Movie
Abbraccialo per me
2016Movie
Caterina
Do You See Me?
2014Movie
Maria
A Fairy Tale Wedding
2014Movie
Luciana
Gli anni spezzati
2014Movie
Grazia Sossi
Il terzo tempo
2013Movie
Teresa
Adriano Olivetti
2013TV
Karen Bates
Other Times
2013TV
Duchessa
Gli anni spezzati
2013TV
Grazia Sossi (Il Giudice)
Little Lady
2012Movie
Malvina Farelli
Never for Love
2012TV
Laura
Resurrection
2011TV
Katiuscia Maslova
The Invader
2011Movie
Agnès de Yael
Love Hurts
2011Movie
Germana
Edda Ciano e il comunista
2011Movie
Edda Ciano
A Woman
2010Movie
Natalie
Everyone's Crazy About Love
2008TV
Laura Del Fiore
Go Go Tales
2008Movie
Debby
Voce del verbo amore
2007Movie
Francesca
The Candidate
2007Movie
Laura Dedieu
Commediasexi
2006Movie
Pia
Mafalda of Savoy
2006TV
Mafalda di Savoia
La cura del gorilla
2006Movie
Vera
Don't Tell
2006Movie
Emilia
Mary
2005Movie
Brenda Sax
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005TV
Anne D'Autriche
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005Movie
Anne D'Autriche
Operation Valkyrie
2004Movie
Margarethe v. Oven
L'amore è eterno finché dura
2004Movie
Carlotta
The Card Player
2004Movie
Anna Mari
Kiss Me First
2003Movie
Adele
Five Moons Plaza
2003Movie
Fernanda
Life as It Is
2003Movie
Giorgia
Dracula
2002Movie
Mina
Dracula's Kiss
2002TV
Mina
Casomai
2002Movie
Stefania
Heaven
2002Movie
Regina
Resurrection
2001Movie
Katiuscia Maslova
Hotel
2001Movie
Sophie
Rosa and Cornelia
2000Movie
Rosa
Love's Labour's Lost
2000Movie
Jacquanetta
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999Movie
Silvana
Jesus
1999Movie
Mary of Bethany
Ombre
1999TV
Elena Serpieri
In principio erano le mutande
1999Movie
Teresa
Inside/Out
1998Movie
Grace Patterson
Viol@
1998Movie
Marta / Viola
Amiche davvero!!
1998Movie
claudia
Voglio una donnaaa!
1998Movie
Marta
Giochi d'equilibrio
1998Movie
Francesca
Solomon
1997Movie
Anna
L'amico di Wang
1997Movie
Simonetta
Nirvana
1997Movie
Naima
I virtuali
1996Movie
La ragazza
Running Against
1996Movie
Chiara
Palermo - Milan One Way
1996Movie
Maria Pia Di Meo
Night Voices
1995TV
Carla
Heartless
1995Movie
Diary of a Rapist
1995Movie
Poliziotti
1995Movie
Valeria
Italian Restaurant
1994TV