Claudia Rucci
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Claudia Mónica Rucci (born December 19, 1963) is an Argentine actress and politician who served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2009 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2017, then in the Buenos Aires Province Senate from 2019 to 2023. In 2024, Vice President Victoria Villarruel appointed Rucci to lead the Senate's Human Rights Observatory, a position she held until 2025.
Personal life
Claudia Rucci was born in Buenos Aires's Villa Soldati neighborhood in 1963.{{Cite news |date=2009-04-19 |title=La importancia de llamarse Rucci |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1119727-la-importancia-de-llamarse-rucci/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627041353/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1119727-la-importancia-de-llamarse-rucci/ |archive-date=2015-06-27 |work=La Nación |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-14 |title=Claudia Rucci appointed head of Senate Human Rights Observatory |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/vice-president-villarruel-appoints-claudia-rucci-for-senate-human-rights-observatory.phtml |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Buenos Aires Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Perfil: Claudia Rucci |url=https://www.lanoticia1.com/funcionarios/perfil/claudia-rucci |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=La Noticia 1 |language=es}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-01-12 |title=Quién es Claudia Rucci, la nueva directora del Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del Senado designada por Villarruel |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/703541-quien-es-claudia-rucci-la-nueva-directora-del-observatorio-d |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Página 12 |language=es}} Her parents were Nélida Vaglio and the union leader José Ignacio Rucci, who was assassinated when she was 9 years old.{{Cite news |last=Dal Bianco |first=Gonzalo |date=2009-06-14 |title=Claudia Rucci: "En el Gobierno hay muchos que participaron del asesinato de mi padre" |url=http://www.puntal.com.ar/notiPortal.php?id=25676 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627073713/http://www.puntal.com.ar/notiPortal.php?id=25676 |archive-date=2015-06-27 |work=Puntal |language=es}}
From 1982 to 2003, she was married to fellow actor {{Interlanguage link|Víctor Hugo Vieyra|es}}, with whom she had two children, María and Juan. She later married Gustavo Salischiker, with whom she had a son, Thiago.
Acting
Rucci began acting in 1969, at age 6, on the TV show "Música en Libertad Infantil." She continued acting until 2003 on various telenovelas. She also co-founded a small theater in Castelar with her former husband.
Politics
Rucci initially became involved in politics as part of the General Confederation of Labour in the early 2000s, serving under the union's Interior Secretary {{Interlanguage link|Gerónimo Venegas|es}}, and overseeing the normalization of the confederation's provincial branches.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=Villarruel designó a la hija de José Ignacio Rucci como directora del Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del Senado |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/01/12/villarruel-designo-a-la-hija-de-jose-ignacio-rucci-como-directora-del-observatorio-de-derechos-humanos-del-senado/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=infobae |language=es}}
From 2009 to 2013, she served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, elected as part of the center-right {{Interlanguage link|Unión-PRO|es}} alliance. During the 2009 election, the Front for Victory challenged her candidacy, arguing she did not have a registered residence in Buenos Aires Province.{{Cite web |date=2009-05-25 |title=Claudia Rucci presentó los papeles y espera la habilitación |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/subnotas/125550-40136-2009-05-25.html |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Página 12 |language=es}} After Rucci presented evidence of her residence, a judge accepted her candidacy.
While in the legislature, she served as president of the Commission on Women, Family, Childhood, and Adolescence from 2009 to 2011. She lost her seat in the 2013 election.
In 2011, she ran a failed bid to become vice-governor of Buenos Aires Province, in tandem with Eduardo Duhalde's presidential candidacy. In the 2015 primary elections, she ran unsuccessfully for vice president alongside José Manuel de la Sota, under the banner United for a New Alternative. That year, she returned to the Chamber of Deputies, replacing Francisco de Narváez after he stepped down, and holding the seat until 2017.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-03 |title=De Narváez renunció a su banca en Diputados, lo reemplazará Claudia Rucci |url=https://www.lanoticia1.com/noticia/de-narvaez-renuncio-su-banca-en-diputados-lo-reemplazara-claudia-rucci-75349 |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=La Noticia 1 |language=es}}
In 2019, Rucci was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Senate as part of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition. Alongside Miguel Ángel Pichetto, {{Interlanguage link|Joaquín De la Torre (politician)|lt=Joaquín De la Torre|es|Joaquín De la Torre}}, Juan Carlos Romero, and other politicians, in 2021 she formed the Peronist {{Interlanguage link|Encuentro Republicano Federal|es}} party, which sought to combat Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's Frente de Todos.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Claudia Rucci, durante su paso por La Matanza: “En Argentina falta orden” |url=https://www.el1digital.com.ar/politica/claudia-rucci-durante-su-paso-por-la-matanza-en-argentina-falta-orden/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=El1 |language=es}} She completed her provincial senate term in late 2023.
In January 2024, Vice President Victoria Villarruel appointed Rucci to lead the Senate's Human Rights Observatory. Rucci has supported Villarruel's controversial stance on "victims of terrorism" in Argentina, which weighs left-wing killings more heavily than the Argentine state's crimes against humanity during the Dirty War. She stepped down from the post in January 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=Claudia Rucci renunció a su puesto en el Senado y Victoria Villarruel pierde una dirigente cercana |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2025/01/24/claudia-rucci-renuncio-a-su-puesto-en-el-senado-y-victoria-villarruel-pierde-una-dirigente-cercana/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=infobae |language=es}}
Filmography
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Character |
| 1972
|Me llaman Gorrión |Paulina "Pochi" Morelli |
| 1974-1975
|Jacinta Pichimahuida, la maestra que no se olvida |Julia "Julita" Balmaceda |
| 1975
|No hace falta quererte |Nora "Norita" Frias |
| 1976
|El gato |Claudia Castro |
| rowspan="2" |1977
|El cuarteador |Rosario "Rosarito" Morales |
| El pícaro rebaño
|Luciana Soria |
| 1981
|Gabriela |Gabriela Campos de Saavedra |
| rowspan="2" |1982
|Crecer con papá |Ana Montivero |
| Barata de primavera
|Gabriela Cortés |
| 1983
|Humillados y ofendidos |Jazmín |
| 1984
|Mi hermana la Nena |Silvina Guzmán / Abigail Grimaldi |
| 1986
|El lobo |Gabriela |
| 1987
|Grecia |Paulina |
| 1988
|El mago |Natalia |
| 1992
|Corazones de fuego |Silvia Nicholson |
| 1993
|Dos al toque |Brianna Stone |
| rowspan="2" |1994
|Alta comedia |Andrea "Ep: Volver a querer" Liliana "Ep: Poca cosa" |
| Marco, el candidato
|Beatriz Suárez |
| 1996-1998
|Verdad consecuencia |Valeria Heinrich |
| 2011
|Batallas de la Libertad |Narradora |
= Film =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Character !Director |
| 1981
|Abierto día y noche |Margarita |