Paper Heart
2025 · Movie
as Maestra Paola
Stefania Rocca
1971-04-24
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Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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.
Filmography
I'm a little bit crazy... and you?
2024 · Movie
La primavera della mia vita
2023 · Movie
as Manager
The Man Who Drew God
2023 · Movie
as Pola
Dietro la notte
2021 · Movie
as Marta Colombi
Cops - Una banda di poliziotti
2020 · TV Show
as Margherita Nardelli
While I Was Away
2019 · TV Show
as Caterina
I'm Back
2018 · Movie
as Katia Bellini
Hochzeit in Rom
2017 · Movie
as Gioia D’Arcadia
Mom or Dad?
2017 · Movie
as Sonia
Di Padre in Figlia
2017 · TV Show
as Franca Franza
Abbraccialo per me
2016 · Movie
as Caterina
Infinitesimal calculus
2016 · Movie
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
2016 · Movie
as Daniela Russo
L'amore rubato
2016 · Movie
as Marina
A Fairy Tale Wedding
2014 · Movie
as Luciana
Gli anni spezzati
2014 · Movie
as Grazia Sossi
Do You See Me?
2014 · Movie
as Maria
Il terzo tempo
2013 · Movie
as Teresa
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno
2013 · Movie
as Karen Bates
Other Times
2013 · TV Show
as Duchessa
Adriano Olivetti
2013 · TV Show
as Karen Bates
Gli anni spezzati
2013 · TV Show
as Grazia Sossi (Il Giudice)
Little Lady
2012 · Movie
as Malvina Farelli
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Never for Love
2012 · TV Show
as Laura
Love Hurts
2011 · Movie
as Germana
The Invader
2011 · Movie
as Agnès de Yael
Edda Ciano e il comunista
2011 · Movie
as Edda Ciano
Resurrection
2011 · TV Show
as Katiuscia Maslova
A Woman
2010 · Movie
as Natalie
Go Go Tales
2008 · Movie
as Debby
Tutti pazzi per amore
2008 · TV Show
as Laura Del Fiore
Voce del verbo amore
2007 · Movie
as Francesca
The Candidate
2007 · Movie
as Laura Dedieu
La cura del gorilla
2006 · Movie
as Vera
Commediasexi
2006 · Movie
as Pia
Don't Tell
2006 · Movie
as Emilia
Mafalda of Savoy
2006 · TV Show
as Mafalda di Savoia
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005 · Movie
as Anne D'Autriche
Mary
2005 · Movie
as Brenda Sax
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005 · TV Show
as Anne D'Autriche
Operation Valkyrie
2004 · Movie
as Margarethe v. Oven
L'amore è eterno finché dura
2004 · Movie
as Carlotta
The Card Player
2004 · Movie
as Anna Mari
Five Moons Plaza
2003 · Movie
as Fernanda
Kiss Me First
2003 · Movie
as Adele
Life as It Is
2003 · Movie
as Giorgia
Heaven
2002 · Movie
as Regina
Casomai
2002 · Movie
as Stefania
Dracula
2002 · Movie
as Mina
Dracula's Kiss
2002 · TV Show
as Mina
Hotel
2001 · Movie
as Sophie
Resurrection
2001 · Movie
as Katiuscia Maslova
Love's Labour's Lost
2000 · Movie
as Jacquanetta
Rosa and Cornelia
2000 · Movie
as Rosa
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Movie
as Silvana
In principio erano le mutande
1999 · Movie
as Teresa
Ombre
1999 · Movie
as Elena
Jesus
1999 · Movie
as Mary of Bethany
Ombre
1999 · TV Show
as Elena Serpieri
Viol@
1998 · Movie
as Marta / Viola
Amiche davvero!!
1998 · Movie
as claudia
Inside/Out
1998 · Movie
as Grace Patterson
Giochi d'equilibrio
1998 · Movie
as Francesca
Nirvana
1997 · Movie
as Naima
Solomon
1997 · Movie
as Anna
L'amico di Wang
1997 · Movie
as Simonetta
Palermo – Milan One Way
1996 · Movie
as Maria Pia Di Meo
I virtuali
1996 · Movie
as La ragazza
Running Against
1996 · Movie
as Chiara
Poliziotti
1995 · Movie
as Valeria
Diary of a Rapist
1995 · Movie
Heartless
1995 · Movie
Night Voices
1995 · TV Show
as Carla
Italian Restaurant
1994 · TV Show
