“It makes me very happy to see mom on television again… Really, that is her place. I saw her enjoy herself even in a space she doesn’t know, such as a reality show. I feel proud to see how she dared to swim in uncomfortable waters; that is very admirable and even brave to me,” says Anna del Boca (25), referring to the participation of her mother, Andrea del Boca (60), in Big Brother. Although the producers’ proposal was originally for mother and daughter to enter the famous house together, both agreed to go their separate ways.
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“I joined streaming The play Together with Mica Viciconte and mother he entered the reality show. It’s been a while since I needed to make my own a little bit. The truth is that I don’t mind being ‘the daughter of’, but as I get older I realize that I need to become independent from her not only personally, but professionally as well. That is why it is very important for me to start taking firm steps from that desire. It’s time to start making my own path,” says the actress.
His most painful years were left behind, marked by two great judicial storms: on the one hand, the process against his mother, Andrea del Boca, for alleged irregularities in the financing of the soap opera Mom heart; on the other, her own painful legal battle against her father, Ricardo Biasotti, whom she denounced for sexual abuse in 2019.
–After keeping yourself away for several years, you returned to accompany your mother from streaming. How are you living it?
-I love it. And yes, the separation from mom was like a weaning. (Series). I needed it. The truth is that I was guarded for many years by all of Mom’s judicial issue, but luckily, today I feel that I purged all that and that somehow I found my axis again. It was time to hatch.
–Her participation in Big Brother and yours in streaming marks a new stage for both of us…
–Recontra. I say it is like her resurrection and like a birth of mine. I’m not going to lie to you, obviously there are a little nerves, but I’m super happy.
–Did you also help her make that decision?
–And a little yes. (Series). I also put in my chips. The same thing happened to us when he was asked to participate in Bake Off in 2024. At that time there was still a lot of anguish over mom’s judicial issue. I remember that one night looking at the moon I said: “I ask you, please, to send us something, an opportunity, anything that will get her out of this, even if it is to cut off so much anguish a little.” And soon after, Bake Off arrived.
–All those years of anguish and stress, did they leave you with consequences?
–Yes, definitely. In my case, I started to want to cure myself by staying at home. The issue is that being “saved” it was very difficult for me to get out of that situation to do the things I liked. It happened to me with acting, for example. I suffered what I call “first class syndrome,” which was that moment of entering a course for the first time and feeling how people looked at me and realized who I was, who my mother was… I speak to you from a derogatory point of view, from an ugly place. So what I did was go home and I never had a second or third class again. I was saved again.
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–But you conquered that fear and now you stream…
-Yeah!. Telefe’s proposal opened a door for me to stand up and honor my last name. Maybe many think not, but I am very aware of my privileges. I know that not everyone has the same possibilities, that’s why I take it with great responsibility and I like the idea of continuing my family’s legacy. When they call me “well-off” I don’t experience it as something ugly, even if that was the intention. Yes, I am, I admit it. I prefer to accept it and say: “Ok, I appreciate it and celebrate it.”
–Do you feel the lack of a father figure?
–It depends on the day. The reality is that I grew up in another family model, different from that of the traditional mother and father. The role of the present man occurred with my grandfather, who for me was like my dad. In fact, as a girl I called him “daddy Ede”, even though his name was Nicolás. At some point my mother told me that she was afraid that this paternal absence would influence my relationship with men and the truth is that it did not. I have been in a relationship with Gastón for eight years, a former schoolmate, a man who knows everything bad that is said about me, and knows everything good too.
–In your new ID you removed your paternal last name and your middle name, Chiara…
–No one ever called me Chiara, neither my maternal nor paternal family. He had put it on me (referring to his father), but it only made me stir up a lot of things. Taking it out was like taking the reins of this part of my life too and saying: “I too can decide who I am and what I want to be called.”
–You just mentioned your grandfather, an important presence in your life. What memories do you have of him?
–Ugh, a lot of things (gets excited). I don’t mind crying because it is also a way to celebrate, it is a reflection of how much I loved him in life. I have the memory of his big hands but with his affectionate bear heart. I remember that he would sit at the head of the table and look at me a lot and then say: “you are unique.” Even without realizing it, he was always looking at me and with a pride that stayed with me for life. He always looked at me, he took me into account.
–They accompany each other. What did that whole experience leave you?
–Clearly I’m not the same anymore… I’m scarred. (Series). I don’t erase my history, I overcome it. I also don’t like to see the past as a moment full of wounds because I feel like that doesn’t define me either. I am calm, at peace, with great temperance. It is very difficult for those bullets to hit me, to dislodge me from who I am.
–You got excited…
–And, I am worthy daughter of the “llorona”. (Smiles). What am I going to do… I was always very sensitive, about being in touch with my emotions. Together we went through a lot and we built our own containment network. I remember that in our most sensitive moments, she told me that she wished she had had me with another boyfriend. And the truth is that I wouldn’t change anything about my life… anything, because then I wouldn’t be who I am today.
–What was your childhood like?
–Despite everything, I had a childhood of much love. Nothing overshadowed that stage of my life with my grandparents and my mother.
–What is that matriarchy like?
-Beautiful. I live with my mother and my old ladies, my grandmother Ana María and her sister, Sara, whom I love with my soul. My grandfather lived there too. And when he got sick and was hospitalized at home, we all took care of him. I was 16, 17 years old, I inherited that education and today I take care of my grandmothers. They fall and I help them get up, I help them change, go to the bathroom.
I don’t erase my history, I overcome it. I also don’t like to see the past as a moment full of wounds because I feel like that doesn’t define me either. I am calm, at peace”
–The TV is very present in your house.
-Of course. It stays on all day, because it’s the only thing my aunt and grandmother see. Now, for example, every morning I get up and watch Big Brother to see how my mother woke up. And then I pass the report on to my two grandmothers who are over 90 years old.
–Would you like people to see the soap opera you made with your mother, Mom heart ?
–When everything happened, I was 15 years old. It was a quite difficult moment because we had a very bad time, everything that had to do with the novel linked me a lot to humiliation, everything was very stained. Luckily, I have that quality of being able to reverse bad things and take another look at them. Today more planted, I tell you that I would love for that soap opera to come to light. It is the work of many people and my grandfather’s last project, so it would make me very proud to be able to show it. I don’t care if people speak badly or well about the novel, if they like it or not, I want to show it one day.
–Along with your artistic streak, you are studying gastronomy. What is your biggest dream in relation to that?
–I am studying an intensive gastronomy course at the Lycée Institute, where we have pastry and cooking classes. I would love to start a restaurant called Del Boca. (Series). I have to patent it so they don’t get the idea out of me.
–Would you like to see your mother in love?
-Obvious! I’m the first to want to introduce you to someone…, but it’s getting harder and harder to find someone you like. “I have my times, my rhythms, my clock,” he tells me. He still feels a little distrustful, but I think that one day he will fall in love again.
Production: Paola Reyes
Hair and makeup: Joaquina Espínola
Thanks: La Cofradía, Oggi Zapatos and Ecoparque de Buenos Aires
