Sofía Rocha

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 Lima, Peru
Died	25 March 2019(2019-03-25) (aged 51) San Miguel, Lima, Peru
Occupation	Actress

Biography

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]