Biography
ACTRESS | SPOKESPERSON | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | COMMUNICATION EXPERT
Claudia Rocafort's life and career have been shaped by a lifelong curiosity about people, cultures and the stories that connect them.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Claudia grew up in a multicultural family with deep ties to film and theater. Her Spanish father, Juan Antonio Rocafort, was a film producer in Spain, while her New York-born mother, Aura Siso, and grandmother fostered her early love of theater. Of Spanish, Venezuelan, Colombian, Scottish and English heritage, Claudia grew up bilingual in English and Spanish and began performing as a dancer at the age of five, continuing her dance training and performance through college.
Initially pursuing Pre-Med at Tufts University, Claudia ultimately followed her lifelong passion for performance, earning her B.A. with a double major in Drama and Art History. She moved to New York City to continue her training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and began her professional acting career in New York theater, making her Off-Broadway debut in the Working Theater production of Cherríe Moraga's Heroes and Saints.
Television soon followed with the recurring role of Delia on One Life to Live. Her television work has since included Spin City, The Glades, Burn Notice, Los Secretos de Lucía, and the recurring guest-star role of Poppy on The CW's Life Sentence.
Claudia made her feature-film debut as Sasha Rollins in the independent comedy The Definite Maybe, opposite Bob Balaban and Josh Lucas. Her subsequent film credits include Confessions of a Shopaholic, Step Up Revolution, I Want You Back, and Forge.
Her multicultural background has also helped shape an extensive international commercial and voiceover career. Claudia has appeared in more than 200 national and international commercials, with campaigns filmed across 11 countries, and has worked professionally in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Her work extends beyond acting to voiceover, spokesperson work, choreography and production—giving her an understanding of storytelling from both sides of the camera.
Claudia's lifelong exploration of human behavior informs both her work as an actress and her parallel career as a certified Life Coach, Transformation Coach, and Communication Consultant. Specializing in mindset, conscious communication, and personal transformation, she has spent years helping executives, entrepreneurs, speakers, and fellow performers develop greater confidence, presence, authenticity, and purpose.
Across each chapter of her career, the common thread remains the same: a fascination with human behavior, a love of storytelling and a desire to create authentic connection.