Stacey Roca
{{short description|English actress}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
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| birth_name = Nicola Stacey Roca
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| birth_place = Southport, Merseyside, England
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2001–2021
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Stacey Roca (born 12 September 1978 in Southport) is an English actress, known for portraying Rachel in The Office, Claudie Stephenson in Strictly Confidential and Nancy Tench in Netflix drama Mindhunter.
Background
Born in Southport, Roca spent her childhood in Johannesburg, South Africa, and then moved back to England. She attended Formby High School and did her A levels at King George V College in Southport, after which she moved to London.{{cite web |title=Stacey's on her way to Tinseltown|url= http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0300whatson/newandreviews/content_objectid=13894295_method=full_siteid=50061_headline=-Stacey-s-on-her-way-to-Tinseltown-name_page.html |archive-date= 2011-06-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614135356/http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0300whatson/newandreviews/content_objectid=13894295_method=full_siteid=50061_headline=-Stacey-s-on-her-way-to-Tinseltown-name_page.html| author=Stratton, Gillian|publisher=Crosby Herald |date=29 January 2004 |accessdate=2009-09-01}}
Roca trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/profile_rachel.shtml The Office character profile], BBC website. Retrieved on 2008-10-10. and studied the Meisner technique with Bill Esper at the Esper Studio in New York.
Career
Roca's first professional role was a lead in the Pet Shop Boys' West End musical Closer to Heaven.
Roca made her television debut playing Rachel in The Office. Her other television credits include Murder City, Burn It, Wild at Heart, Lie with Me and Strictly Confidential. She appeared in series eight of the BBC drama Waking the Dead playing Constable, later DS, Katrina 'Kat' Howard.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk37/mon.shtml#mon_waking2 BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 37] Retrieved on 2009-09-01.
Roca's film credits include Things to Do Before You're 30 (2004) and the short films The Sound of Silence and The Connoisseurs. She played a teacher in Tim Smith's short film Schoolboy, which dealt with teenagers' use of weapons.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/04/16/schoolboy_film_tim_smith_feature.shtml Actor's 'Schoolboy' film], BBC Nottingham. Retrieved on 2008-10-10. Having relocated to the United States, Roca appeared in the season finale of CBS drama Bull, which aired May 2017. She was a series regular on the Netflix show Mindhunter, of which season 1 premiered October 2017.
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Show ! Role ! Note |
|---|
| rowspan="1"| 2002
| Rachel | Comedy |
| rowspan="1"| 2003
| Burn It | Sue | Drama |
| rowspan="5"| 2004
| Helen |
| Murder City
| Dr Megan Finch |
| Sex & Lies
| Office worker |
| Swiss Toni
| |
| Lie with Me
| Joanna McCourt |
| rowspan="4"| 2005
| M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team | Mags Alderton |
| Doctors
| Kelly Brookson |
| Walk Away and I Stumble
| Sammi |
| Holby City
| Jackie Riley |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Claudie Stephenson | Drama |
| Wild at Heart
| Ruby Robson | Drama |
| rowspan="1"| 2009
| DS Katrina 'Kat' Howard |
| rowspan="1"| 2010
| Lesley Crabtree | Comedy |
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| Susan | Comedy |
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| Alayha Marsh |
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| Bull | Cecilia Novak |
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| Nancy Tench | Drama |
| rowspan="1"| 2019
| Hannah Hayes |
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| The Expanse[https://screenrant.com/expanse-season-5-cast-guide-new-returning-characters/ The Expanse Season 5 Cast Guide: New & Returning Characters], SCREENRANT. Retrieved on 2020-12-16. | Lydia | Science fiction drama |
| rowspan="1"| 2021
| Bull | Tracey Brennan |
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| Things To Do Before You're 30 | Gina Moncur |
| The Sound of Silence
| Woman Upstairs |
| rowspan="1"| 2007
| Schoolboy | Teacher |
| rowspan="1"| 2009
| The Connoisseurs | Letty |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1306344}}
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Category:English television actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:People educated at King George V College
Category:Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art