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Kali Rocha

Kali Rocha

Highest Rated: 85% Meet the Parents (2000)

Lowest Rated: 0% Stolen (2009)

Birthday: Dec 5, 1971

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Actress Kali Rocha gathered popular notice with scene-stealing comedic performances on TV sitcoms and film comedies. Born of Italian-American heritage in Memphis, Tennessee, Rocha was raised in Providence, Rhode Island and attended drama school at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. She made her screen debut with a bit part in director Nicholas Hytner's 1996 adaptation of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," following it up with another dramatic role in the 1997 docudrama miniseries "Liberty! The American Revolution." But it was her recurring role as vengeance demon Halfrek on cult hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" that would establish her as an able comedic character actress. Rocha landed a series of fondly-remembered guest roles in the 2000s, most notably as a scrappy flight attendant who throws down with Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) in the hit 2000 comedy "Meet the Parents"--a character she would reprise in the film's 2004 sequel, "Meet the Fockers." The actress capped off the decade starring opposite Sherri Shepherd on the short-lived Lifetime sitcom "Sherri."

Highest rated movies

85% Meet the Parents
69% Ira and Abby
67% Space Station 76
67% TiMER
46% Brake
39% Meet the Fockers
29% Ripple Effect
14% The Loft

Photos

GODS AND GENERALS, Kali Rocha, Stephen Lang, 2003, (c) Warner Brothers Liv and Maddie, Joey Bragg (L), Kali Rocha (R), 'Coach-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #11, 01/24/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, from left: Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joey Bragg, Kali Rocha, Ben King, 'Vive-La-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #13, 03/13/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, from left: Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joey Bragg, Kali Rocha, Ben King, Dove Cameron, 'Vive-La-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #13, 03/13/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, from left: Kurt Long, Chloe Wepper, Dove Cameron, Kali Rocha, Ben King, 'Choose-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #17, 05/08/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, from left: Kurt Long, Dove Cameron, Kali Rocha, Benjamin King, 'Choose-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #17, 05/08/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, Dove Cameron (L), Kali Rocha (C), Ben King (R), 'Voltage-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #2, 09/13/2015, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, from left: Ben King, Joey Bragg, Kali Rocha, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, 'Voltage-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #2, 09/13/2015, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Liv and Maddie, Kali Rocha (L), Ben King (R), 'Voltage-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #2, 09/13/2015, ©DISNEYCHANNEL AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, Sam Trammell, Kali Rocha, 2000. ©MGM Drop Dead Diva, Kali Rocha, 'You Bet Your Life', Season 3, Ep. #9, 08/21/2011, ©LIFETIME Drop Dead Diva, Kali Rocha (L), Kate Levering (C), Josh Stamberg (R), 'You Bet Your Life', Season 3, Ep. #9, 08/21/2011, ©LIFETIME Drop Dead Diva, Kali Rocha (L), Kate Levering (C), Josh Stamberg (R), 'You Bet Your Life', Season 3, Ep. #9, 08/21/2011, ©LIFETIME Drop Dead Diva, Kali Rocha (L), Kate Levering (C), Josh Stamberg (R), 'You Bet Your Life', Season 3, Ep. #9, 08/21/2011, ©LIFETIME Liv and Maddie, Kali Rocha, 'Choose-A-Rooney', Season 3, Ep. #17, 05/08/2016, ©DISNEYCHANNEL Kali Rocha at arrivals for Disney''s DESCENDANTS Premiere, The Walt Disney Studios Lot, Los Angeles, CA July 24, 2015. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Kali Rocha at arrivals for Disney''s DESCENDANTS Premiere, The Walt Disney Studios Lot, Los Angeles, CA July 24, 2015. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Kali Rocha at arrivals for OVER HER DEAD BODY Premiere, ArcLight Hollywood Cinema, Los Angeles, CA, January 29, 2008. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Kali Rocha at arrivals for OVER HER DEAD BODY Premiere, ArcLight Hollywood Cinema, Los Angeles, CA, January 29, 2008. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lend a Hand for Love Ernestine (Character) - 2016
14% 37% The Loft Mimi Landry (Character) $6.0M 2014
67% 30% Space Station 76 Donna (Character),
Screenwriter 		- 2014
No Score Yet 28% Puppy Love Gail (Character) - 2012
46% 41% Brake 911 Operator (Character) $4.3K 2012
No Score Yet 57% Mr. Stache Narrator - 2011
67% 63% TiMER Matchmaker Patty (Character) - 2009
0% 39% Stolen Coral (Character) $7.3K 2009
No Score Yet 61% Ready? Ok! Halle Hinton (Character) - 2008
14% 42% Over Her Dead Body Angel (Character) $7.6M 2008
29% No Score Yet Ripple Effect Alex (Character) $13.8K 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Write Samantha (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 49% Falling for Grace Carla (Character) - 2006
69% 62% Ira and Abby Tracey (Character) $220.2K 2006
No Score Yet 55% Family Plan Stacy (Character) - 2005
39% 58% Meet the Fockers Flight Attendant (Character) $279.2M 2004
8% 64% Gods and Generals Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (Character) $12.9M 2003
No Score Yet 56% When Billie Beat Bobby Connie (Character) - 2001
85% 79% Meet the Parents Flight Attendant (Character) $166.2M 2000
No Score Yet 78% The Love Letter Flossy Whitcomb (Character) - 1998

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 91% Young Rock Kim (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet 83% Man With a Plan Marcy Burns (Character),
Marcy (Guest Star) 		2016-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liv and Maddie Karen Rooney (Character) 2013-2017
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
85% 90% Modern Family Party Planner (Guest Star) 2012
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Dr. Audrey Foley (Guest Star) 2011
0% 50% $..! My Dad Says Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
67% 20% Sherri Summer (Character) 2009
89% 89% Monk Maria Scheter (Guest Star) 2009
84% 73% Grey's Anatomy Dr. Sydney Heron (Guest Star) 2006-2007
86% 91% Boston Legal Allison Lovejoy (Guest Star) 2007
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Cindy Marino (Guest Star) 2007
90% 83% Bones Jackie Swanson (Guest Star) 2006
25% 85% Teachers Principal Emma Wiggins (Character) 2006
No Score Yet 71% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
20% No Score Yet Hack Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
85% 92% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cecily Addams (Guest Star) 2000 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 97% Becker Unknown (Guest Star) 2001