Charla Bocchicchio
Born: 1968-03-28 in Belleville, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Charla Kaye Bocchicchio was born in Belleville, IL to Robert and Frances Hale, the youngest of five children. Always interested in make-believe and performing, she got her start in theatre in her youth and continued her love of acting into her young adulthood, at the University of Utah where she earned her BFA in Theatre. Charla has been fortunate to make a life in the arts; teaching, acting, creating arts in education programs and bringing the arts to special populations through her many years as program/artistic director at CDF, a non-profit arts organization in Birmingham, AL. In 2012, she moved to Los Angeles to continue her newly found love of acting for the camera and flourished there for a few wonderful years, training with some of the best in the industry, namely Anthony Meindl, who changed her paradigm completely and gave her a new way to work and teach. In addition, Charla was blessed to have Judy Kain enter her life as a mentor and dear friend, who offered her the position as lead youth teacher for award-winning, Keep It Real Acting School in North Hollywood. Southern California also brought Charla her wonderful husband, John Bocchicchio, whom she met in an Improv class at UCB. They returned to a place she once called home, Salt Lake City, in late 2014 where she has continued her charmed life and is now an award-winning, busy, actress, in commercials, TV, Film, Voice-over, etc. She is no stranger to the indie film scene as she loves to collaborate on projects she feels passionately about. Some of Charla's favorite projects have involved improvisation, which she adores, including several viral internet ads. In addition to her acting work, Charla is also a highly sought after acting coach in SLC.
Filmography
2025
- Princess for a Day as Janet Davis
- Masquerade Mix-Up as Jenny
2024
- Royal Façade as Mayor Pinkerton
- Villains Inc. as The Woman
- Alien Country as Gina
- Permafrost as Tiberia
- Tails of Christmas as Margaret
- He Never Left
- WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOUR TEETH? as Carrie
2023
- Crypto Shadows as Mom
- Love in Focus as Marjorie Dixon
2022
- Scraps as Nancy
- Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon as Mary Whitmer
- Christmas with the Campbells as Baby's Mom
- My One True Love as Madame Zoe
- Just Add Love as Mrs. Meyer
2020
- Holly & Ivy as Harried Librarian
- Envelop(e) as Amy
- Echo Boomers as Interviewer #2
- City of Salt as Danielle Torrens
2019
- The Chosen as Octavia
- Love, Fall & Order as Judge Rhodes
- Prescription for Love as Lena
- Check Inn to Christmas as Sandra
- 1 Versus 100 as Susan Tarkovsky
2018
- Mosaic as Officer Tammy
- Not Cinderella's Type as Principal (as Charla Cochran Bocchicchio)
- Ruling of the Heart as Amelia
- In Emma's Footsteps as Woman
2017
- Town Business as Locke
- Dear Coward on the Moon as Dee
2016
- The Rally - LA as Mom (as Charla Cochran)
2015
- Take a Chance as Lisa
2014
- Perfect Cowboy as Lacy (as Charla Cochran)
2013
- Blue Highway as Charla (as Charla Cochran)
2012
- Lost in Reality as Carrie Hall (as Charla Cochran)