Acting

Marina Rocco

Born 14 January 1979 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy · 47

Marina Rocco (born 14 January 1979, Milan, Italy) is an Italian actress and director. She studied acting at the Teatro della Quattordicesima in Milan and began her career in television, appearing in the children's show La Melevisione on Rai 3 (2001–2005) as Nina Corteccia. Her breakthrough came with the TV series Tutti pazzi per amore (2008–2010, dir. Riccardo Milani) (Stefania Rocca, Neri Marcorè), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Roma Fiction Fest in 2010. She has also worked extensively in theatre since 1999, notably with director Filippo Timi in Amleto² (2012) and Don Giovanni (2013), and with Paolo Virzì in Se non ci sono altre domande (2011) alongside Silvio Orlando. In 2024 she made her directorial debut with Katabasis. Her filmography includes: La giusta distanza (2007, dir. Carlo Mazzacurati); Sanguepazzo (2008, dir. Marco Tullio Giordana) (Monica Bellucci, Luca Zingaretti); Manuale d'amore 3 (2011, dir. Giovanni Veronesi) (Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci); To Rome with Love (2012, dir. Woody Allen) (Roberto Benigni, Marion Cotillard); Studio illegale (2013, dir. Umberto Carteni) (Fabio Volo, Zoé Félix); Nessuno si salva da solo (2015, dir. Sergio Castellitto) (Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca); Metti la nonna in freezer (2018, dir. Giancarlo Fontana & Giuseppe Stasi) (Fabio De Luigi, Miriam Leone); Notti magiche (2018, dir. Paolo Virzì) (Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti); Genitori quasi perfetti (2019, dir. Laura Chiossone); The Land of Dreams (2022, dir. Nicola Abbatangelo); Tre di troppo (2023, dir. Fabio De Luigi) (Virginia Raffaele, Fabio Balsamo). Upcoming: Brianza (2026, dir. Simone Catania) and Blame It on Rome (2025, dir. Francesco Carrozzini, Prime Video).