Ana Sofía Verónica Rocha Azcurra (4 October 1967 – 25 March 2019) was a Peruvian actress of cinema, television and theater.

Sofía Rocha
Born
Ana Sofía Verónica Rocha Azcurra

(1967-10-04)4 October 1967
Died25 March 2019(2019-03-25) (aged 51)
San Miguel, Lima, Peru
OccupationActress

Biography

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Rocha was trained as an actress in the Teatro del Sol group, the Umbral workshop and the LAMDA workshop.[1] In 1994 she appeared in the television series Los de arriba y los de abajo. Later, she participated in the productions Los unos y los otros, Todo se vende todo se compra and Escándalo.[2]

In 2006 she acted in the work Antígona, directed by Roberto Ángeles. She recorded for the film El acuarelista, which premiered the following year.[2]

In 2007 she starred in the work A Marriage in Boston[3] and later traveled to London, England, to take body language courses at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4] Rocha returned to Peru in 2010 and then starred in the work of Greek tragedy Medea, directed by Gisela Cárdenas.[5][6]

In 2011 she starred in the children's theater play El juego de la Oca,[7] and also participated in Sangre como flores, La pasión según García Lorca, Entonces Alicia cayó and La cura en Troya.[1] On television she was in the Gamarra miniseries and Yo no me llamo Natacha 2.[8]

In 2012 she appeared in the play El lenguaje de las sirenas, under the direction of Mariana de Althaus,[9] and later participated in the work Nuestro pueblo.[10]

In 2013 she acted in Corazón normal, under the direction of Juan Carlos Fisher. She also acted in Ricardo III. Rocha participated in the film A los 40 by Bruno Ascenzo, released in 2014.

On March 25, 2019, she was found dead in the district of San Miguel, after a fall from the sixth floor of the building where she lived.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Presentación - PULC | Facultad de Artes Escénicas". facultad.pucp.edu.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sofía camina hacia su luz" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Un matrimonio de Boston, una pareja tras los velos del amor" (in Spanish). La Republica. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Sofía Rocha: Tablas en Casa" (in Spanish). Caretas. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Medea Rocha: temible e inolvidable" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "La venganza de una mujer" (in Spanish). Diario La Primera. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ "El Juego de la Oca se presenta los fines de semana" (in Spanish). La República. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Rapitest: Sofía Rocha" (in Spanish). La República. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Sofía Rocha, la recordada Fedora de "Gamarra", se confiesa con elcomercio.pe" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ ""Nuestro pueblo": una reflexión de vida" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Muere actriz peruana Sofía Rocha tras caer de un sexto piso". CNN español (in Spanish). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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