Rochenda grew up in Goxhill, a village outside of Grimsby, and was the only person of colour at her school as a woman of mixed British Jamaican heritage. It wasn't until Rochenda's step-father introduced her to am-dram musical theatre as a teenager, did she even realise her passion for acting. Through hard work and determination, she left for London at the age of 17, first to attend East 15 Acting school (where she met her partner, Mark Stanley, an actor in his own right) and then onto RADA. In her eight years since graduation, she has worked on stage and screen, of course not without the 'dark days'. Even when there was no work on the horizon, Rochenda's sheer passion and northern working class mentality spurred her on, which in 2018 helped land her the role of law breaker, Lisa McQueen, in Jed Mercurios's 'Line of Duty.' Rochenda then went on to play isolated Margary in Alan Bennetts 'Talking Heads', both for the BBC and at The Bridge Theatre, and then on to one of the most poignant productions this year, playing black rights activist, Barbara Beese, in Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe'. Although succeeding in her career, Rochenda still appreciates the simple things; a cuppa and a GREGGS pasty.

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