Stacey Roca

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.

Roca trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. 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.

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. 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 Year Show Role Note 2002 The Office Rachel – 6 episodes (2002) Comedy 2003 Burn It Sue – "Episode 1.1" (2003), "Episode 1.4" (2003) Drama 2004 Merseybeat Helen – "Distant Vices" (2004) Police procedural Murder City Dr Megan Finch – "Nothing Sacred" (2004) Police procedural Sex & Lies Office worker Television film Swiss Toni Cable Show (2004) Situation comedy Lie with Me Joanna McCourt Television film 2005 M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team Mags Alderton – "Episode 2.1" (2005) Police procedural Doctors Kelly Brookson – "A Night to Remember" (2005) Soap opera Walk Away and I Stumble Sammi Television film Holby City Jackie Riley – "The Long Goodbye" (2005) Medical drama 2006 Strictly Confidential Claudie Stephenson Drama Wild at Heart Ruby Robson – "Episode 1.3" (2006) Drama 2009 Waking the Dead DS Katrina "Kat" Howard Police procedural 2010 Ladies of Letters Lesley Crabtree – 7 episodes (2010) Comedy 2011 White Van Man Susan Comedy 2011 Shameless Alayha Marsh Comedy drama 2017 Bull Cecilia Novak Legal drama 2017 Mindhunter Nancy Tench Drama 2019 The Blacklist Hannah Hayes – "Hannah Hayes (No. 125)" (2019) Crime drama 2020 The Expanse Lydia Science fiction drama 2021 Bull Tracey Brennan Legal drama

Film Year Film Role Notes 2004 Things to Do Before You're 30 Gina Moncur Feature film The Sound of Silence Woman Upstairs Short film 2007 Schoolboy Teacher Short film 2009 The Connoisseurs Letty Short film