Stefania Rocca
ActingStefania 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 — Acting
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Silvana
Jesus
Mary of Bethany
Solomon
Anna
Heaven
Regina
Love's Labour's Lost
Jacquanetta
Hotel
Sophie
Nirvana
Naima
Go Go Tales
Debby
Mary
Brenda Sax
Operation Valkyrie
Margarethe v. Oven
Don't Tell
Emilia
The Man Who Drew God
Pola
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Anne D'Autriche
The Card Player
Anna Mari
The Invader
Agnès de Yael
Viol@
Marta / Viola
Do You See Me?
Maria
A Woman
Natalie
I'm a little bit crazy... and you?
The Candidate
Laura Dedieu
L'amore è eterno finché dura
Carlotta
Palermo – Milan One Way
Maria Pia Di Meo
Diary of a Rapist
A Fairy Tale Wedding
Luciana
I'm Back
Katia Bellini
Commediasexi
Pia
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
Daniela Russo
Resurrection
Katiuscia Maslova
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno
Karen Bates
Five Moons Plaza
Fernanda
Casomai
Stefania
Il terzo tempo
Teresa
Poliziotti
Valeria
Dietro la notte
Marta Colombi
L'amico di Wang
Simonetta
Running Against
Chiara
Rosa and Cornelia
Rosa
Ombre
Elena
La cura del gorilla
Vera
Mom or Dad?
Sonia
Voce del verbo amore
Francesca
Little Lady
Malvina Farelli
L'amore rubato
Marina
Life as It Is
Giorgia
Heartless
La primavera della mia vita
Manager
Love Hurts
Germana
Hochzeit in Rom
Gioia D’Arcadia
Kiss Me First
Adele
Inside/Out
Grace Patterson
In principio erano le mutande
Teresa
Dracula
Mina
Gli anni spezzati
Grazia Sossi
Abbraccialo per me
Caterina
Amiche davvero!!
claudia
I virtuali
La ragazza
Infinitesimal calculus
Edda Ciano e il comunista
Edda Ciano
Giochi d'equilibrio
Francesca