The relatives and close friends of the actress Daniela Costa are determined to keep her legacy alive, as she wanted it that way. The performer of Al salir de clase died at the age of 42 on December 14 after her fight against breast cancer. And he left some unfinished projects that will soon see the light of day thanks to his close circle, which wants to honor his memory.
Costa fought for his health until the last moment with great awareness of his own process and wanted his experience to help others. That’s why he transferred a manuscript to his family that will soon be published in book form after editing by his sister Esther Costa, and the profits will go to the actress’ son. In this book he will share his lifelong learning and his reflections, since before he died he was looking for the opportunity to do so, and sadly this moment will come posthumously.
Restless, generous, familiar, without cravings for fame, lover of nature, interested in philosophy and expert in holistic therapies such as shiatsu, craniosacral, anima ampuku, butoh dance and vipassana meditation. This is how Daniela Costa describes her family.
Another project of the actress that will see the light of day in the coming months after being in a drawer for several years is a documentary in which Costa participated as a producer with the artist Marcel Salmans. A few years ago, they traveled together through several Arab countries and set out to explain how the liberation of citizenship, and in particular of women, was taking place in the Arab world. In particular, they conducted interviews in Tunisia and Libya during a trip that lasted more than a month.
The release of Costa’s last project as an actress is also pending, the film Huidas y ausencias, a psychological thriller shot in 2020 by film director Rafael Alcázar. The film tells the story of Luna and Blanca, played by Daniela Costa and Clara Botas respectively. The two protagonists are patients of the same psychologist and suspects of a series of crimes in an environment where nothing is what it seems.
After that job, Costa moved away from acting, and focused on her desired motherhood and on projects related to other artistic disciplines, as well as on health and child education. The actress conceived a project she called Creative Consciousness with a group of people who are aware of applying holistic therapies and knowledge to children and their parents. Active listening, respect for the individual and protection of feminine energy were some of its principles. He also co-founded a homeschooling group, that is, education at home, in which his son was a student.
With her mother, the painter Daniela Velázquez, the actress also shared the humanitarian project Da luz y amor, with which they wanted to help needy people to find a home to live in, focusing on people “in need, abused or socially excluded” and also to encourage generational exchange between the elderly and children.
But above all, what Costa considered his most important achievement and most precious legacy in life was his son, whom, according to the mother’s family, he wanted to be brought up as a woman, open to the world and multicultural , in the same land that saw the actress grow up.
