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