Andrea del Boca

Andrea del Boca (born 18 October 1965, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and subsequently became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for her roles in telenovelas, such as Estrellita mía, Celeste, Antonella and Perla negra. She has also appeared in numerous films and several theatre productions. Del Boca has won three Martín Fierro Awards.
Career
Del Boca made her debut as a four-year-old in the TV series Nuestra galleguita where she played a deaf-mute girl. In 1970, she started to play in the series Alta comedia and won the prestigious Martín Fierro Award for 1971 in the Revelación category, an equivalent of the Best New Artist. In 1972, she appeared in her first film, Había una vez un circo, alongside a trio of popular clowns called Los Payasos de la Tele. She achieved a wide popularity in Argentina at the age of seven when she played the part of a little orphan Pinina in Papá corazón on Canal 13 in 1973. In the same year she appeared in the film Andrea, followed by a film adaptation of Papá corazón in 1974, Papá Corazón se quiere casar, and Un mundo de amor (A World of Love) in 1975.
From 1979 to 1980 she played the leading role in the telenovela Andrea Celeste with Alberto Argibay, Ana María Picchio and Raúl Taibo, and subsequently in Señorita Andrea, both broadcast on Argentine public television ATC. In the same year, she released her first music album. She then appeared in a number of TV miniseries on ATC throughout 1981. In 1982, she played the lead in Cien días de Ana alongside actor and singer Silvestre, and relocated to New York to study acting. In the following years, she took part in several theatrical productions.
In 1987, she returned in the telenovela Estrellita mía on the Telefe network, with Ricardo Darín as her partner. She recorded two music albums for Warner Music Group, Con amor and Te amo, released in 1988 and 1989, respectively. In 1991, Del Boca played the title role in Celeste on Canal 13, alongside Gustavo Bermúdez. The telenovela was one of the precursors in the genre addressing such topics as HIV/AIDS and homosexuality, and was popular with the TV audience. In 1992, she starred in Antonella, again accompanied by Bermúdez. In this series, she contributed the theme song "Para este amor" and portrayed a charismatic heroine, very different from the ones she had played in previous telenovelas. In 1993, she appeared in the film Funes, a Great Love directed by Raúl de la Torre, where she played an alcoholic lesbian prostitute. In the same year, Celeste was resumed as Celeste siempre Celeste, in which Del Boca played a double role: Celeste and her sister, Clara.
In late 1994, she appeared in the telenovela Perla negra on Telefe alongside Argentine sex symbol Gabriel Corrado. It was another success and was popular also internationally. The series featured Del Boca's song "El amor" as the musical theme, taken from her new album of the same name, recorded for Philips Records. Her next film, de la Torre-directed Peperina, was released in 1995, but received negative feedback from the critics. In 1996, Del Boca was reunited with Corrado as the main characters in Zíngara, which also used her song "Tonta, pobre tonta" as the music theme. The telenovela was a story of a young woman experiencing amnesia and being raised as a gypsy, but failed to repeat the success of Del Boca's previous series. Her next telenovela, Mía sólo mía, premiered in 1997, but did not turn out a big success either. Del Boca subsequently limited her television activity and in 1998 only made a guest appearance in the series Chiquititas.
In 2000, she returned to film in the romantic comedy Apariencias directed by Alberto Lecchi, and from 2001 to 2002, she played the main character in the TV series El sodero de mi vida. Her role in the latter earned her the second Martín Fierro Award, this time for the Best Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2005, she was honoured with a special Martín Fierro Award and played the title role in the telenovela Sálvame María on Canal 9 which was filmed entirely in San Luis Province. The following year she starred in the short series Gladiadores de Pompeya. In 2007, she appeared in one episode of the series Mujeres asesinas and joined the judging panel of a TV show selecting the cast for the Argentine version of High School Musical in which she also played a small role. In 2008, she hosted a popular TV show La mamá del año which revolved around motherhood and joined the series Por amor a vos as a recurring character. She also started presenting another TV show, Hoy puede ser.
In 2010, she starred in the telenovela Alguien que me quiera alongside Osvaldo Laport, but the production did not achieve expected ratings. In 2011, she took part in the theatre play Eva y Victoria in which she portrayed Eva Perón, alongside Graciela Dufau who played Victoria Ocampo. The play was taken on a tour in Argentina. In autumn Del Boca premiered Tiempo de pensar, a TV series she co-produced and starred in, tackling the issue of gender violence, stereotypes and female representation in the media. Between 2013 and 2014, she starred in the telenovela Esa mujer, which she also produced. The role earned her a nomination to a Martín Fierro Award.
In 2016, it was reported that Del Boca had acquired as much as 36 million Argentine pesos from public funds to produce her next telenovela, Mamá corazón. It caused a major controversy and a backlash against the actress, and even though the series was almost completed, it was never aired. In 2019, she appeared in another theatre play, Brujas, with Leonora Balcarce, Andrea Bonelli, Romina Ricci and Viviana Saccone, which was a critical and commercial success.
Personal life
Her parents are the actress and dancer Ana María Castro and the film director Nicolás del Boca. She has two siblings: brother Adrián, working as a doctor in the United States, and sister Anabella who is a costume designer.
In 1982, she began a five-year relationship with Argentine actor and singer Silvestre (José Luis Rodríguez, not to be confused with the Venezuelan singer of the same name) whom she had met while working on the series Cien días de Ana. Their relationship sparked controversy as Silvestre was 12 years older than Andrea who was still underage. Moreover, Silvestre was married at that time and his wife was pregnant. From 1988 to 1995 Andrea's partner was Argentine filmmaker Raúl de la Torre, and from 1995 to 1997 she was involved with American health care policy expert Jeffrey A. Sachs. In 2000, the actress was briefly dating the businessman Ricardo Biasotti and gave birth to their daughter Anna Chiara Biasotti on 15 November 2000.
She is a supporter of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Filmography
TV series
1969: Nuestra galleguita
1970: Historias de mamá y papá
1970–1972: Alta comedia
1973: Papá corazón
1974: Pinina quiere a papá
1977: El gran circo de TVE (guest appearance)
1978–1979: El hotel de las mil y una estrellas
1979–1980: Andrea Celeste
1980: Señorita Andrea
1981: Romeo y Julieta
1981: Bernadette
1981: Hay que educar a papá
1981: Abuso de confianza
1981: Una vida por otra
1982: Cien días de Ana
1987: Estrellita mía
1991: Celeste
1992: Antonella
1993: Celeste, siempre Celeste
1994–1995: Perla negra
1996: Zíngara
1997: Mía sólo mía
1998: Chiquititas (guest appearance)
2001–2002: El sodero de mi vida
2005: Sálvame María
2006: Gladiadores de Pompeya
2007: Mujeres asesinas (guest appearance)
2008–2009: Por amor a vos
2010: Alguien que me quiera
2011: Tiempo de pensar
2013–2014: Esa mujer
2021: Perla Negra 2.0
Films
1972: Había una vez un circo
1973: Andrea
1974: Papá Corazón se quiere casar
1975: Un mundo de amor
1979: El virgo de Visanteta
1980: Días de ilusión
1990: Cien veces no debo
1993: Funes, un gran amor
1995: Peperina
2000: Apariencias
2008: High School Musical: El Desafío
2010: Mercedes (short film)
2010: Un buen día
2012: Haciendo sueños (documentary)
TV shows
2007: High School Musical: La Selección
2008: La mamá del año
2008–2009: Hoy puede ser
Discography
Albums
1980: El mundo de Andrea Del Boca
1988: Con amor
1989: Te amo
1994: El amor
Singles
1972: "El milagro de ser mamá" (with Iris Lainez)
1973: "Papá corazón"
1979: "Mamá quiero decirte gracias"
1979: "Feliz Nochebuena, Feliz Navidad"
1982: "Perdoname quisiera ser mejor" (with Silvestre)
References
External links
Andrea Del Boca on YouTube
1965 births
20th-century Argentine actresses
20th-century Argentine women singers
21st-century Argentine actresses
21st-century Argentine women singers
Actresses from Buenos Aires
Argentine child actresses
Argentine child singers
Argentine film actresses
Argentine telenovela actresses
Living people