Stefania Rocca

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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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Birthday: April 24, 1971

Adult: No

Gender: Female

Popularity:

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Known For:

The Talented Mr. Ripley
La primavera della mia vita
Heaven
Operation Valkyrie
Five Moons Plaza
L'amore è eterno finché dura
Nirvana
Viol@
La cura del gorilla
The Card Player
Commediasexi
Prima dammi un bacio
Casomai
Don't Tell
Solomon
Love Hurts
Little Lady
Voce del verbo amore
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Hotel
In principio erano le mutande
A Fairy Tale Wedding
Amiche davvero!!
Gli anni spezzati
Mary
Mafalda of Savoy
The Invader
Resurrection
Il terzo tempo
Go Go Tales
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno
Love's Labour's Lost
Abbraccialo per me
A Woman
Infinitesimal calculus
L'amico di Wang
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
Rosa and Cornelia
L'amore rubato
Hochzeit in Rom
Mom or Dad?
Palermo – Milan One Way
Poliziotti
I'm Back
Do You See Me?
Ombre
Diary of a Rapist
I virtuali
Edda Ciano e il comunista
Heartless
Dietro la notte
Jesus
Inside/Out
The Man Who Drew God
Io sono un po' matto... e tu?
The Candidate