If Dora is about to die of cancer in “Vai na fé” in the peace of her refuge in Lumiar, her interpreter Claudia Ohana radiates vitality at this rehearsal through the streets of Rio de Janeiro on a free Saturday, after recording without stopping all week . In the Praça Mauá region, in the central area of the capital, Rio de Janeiro, the actress showed that even in the midst of the chaos of the big city, the heart lives at rest, both in family life and in love.
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Claudia Ohana posed for the Canal Extra cover in downtown Rio
In the professional field it’s a different story! The last segment of two jobs causes a rush. The artist says goodbye to the seven o’clock soap this week, at the same time the musical “Dom Quixote from nowhere” ends, which can be seen at the Teatro Casa Grande in Leblon until next Sunday.
One of the reasons for the artist’s difficult life in recent months was precisely the routine recording of Rosane Svartman’s soap opera, which was a great success. But Claudia and Dora do not only excel in a quiet or hectic everyday life. While the character accepts her departure from earthly life, outside of fiction, the actress turns her nose up at death.
As a teenager, she had to cope with the loss at the age of 15 when her mother died suddenly after a car accident. The trauma sat in her mind for years and forced the then girl, who was still playing with dolls, to suddenly grow up.
“Death was presented to me in a very stupid way. It was too shocking! I don’t deal with this fact very well. I think it’s a joke! I still dreamed about my mother for ten years and it was extremely difficult. Since the loss, my life has completely changed. I remember being very religious and becoming an atheist after her death. I was disgusted,” she says.
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After the accident that left Claudia an orphan since the carioca grew up in the absence of her father a new world opened up for the actress. It was a difficult time as she developed and grew into a strong woman. Without the presence of maternal and paternal figures, the biggest challenge was finding oneself:
“I missed both a mother and a father. Having a family structure in your life gives you a lot of support. If you don’t have it, it’s complicated! I had to run after it to become a solid person and put down roots.
Today, at the age of 60, after years of breaking with God, Claudia has reestablished a new relationship with spirituality. During this video call interview for Canal Extra, she insisted on showing a picture of Iemanja stamped on a painting in her living room. In addition, he would always like to light a candle to say thank you for the paths taken and the opportunities opened up. However, the strongest flame comes from his daily conversations with the divine and his belief in mystical energy.
“We have made up. Jesus is a very strong figure for me. I say I am a Christian because I love Christ very much. I also believe in magic reports the artist, who has had outofbody experiences: I suffer from what is known as sleep paralysis. You wake up, you hear, you see everything, but you can’t move. I’ve done it since I was little. I leave the body It didn’t happen, but it’s a common occurrence at certain times. It’s really cool, astral travel.
reconnection with spirit
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However, astrology isn’t really the actress’ thing. She is more attached to herbal teas and baths. Daughter of Iemanja, convinced she will find her peace of mind in the sea. Incidentally, one of Claudia’s dreams, like Dora, is to have a house in a small town. But instead of going up the mountain like the character, she imagines being on the coast, for example in Búzios (RJ).
— I see a bigger part of my future life facing the beach, in a place with less traffic, with cycling and some plants. I still want to learn how to surf, snorkel, watch the shoals go by, stand up paddle, Hawaiian canoe, fish… I love it he analyzes and makes it clear that he also likes one City would own largescale property to utilize cinemas and restaurants.
Dora’s mystical side came out loud in “Go In Faith.” One of the character’s odd practices was her association with aromatherapy, a form of treatment based on pleasant smells, a universe that Claudia brought into her life. The artist also has a strong connection to tarot, even playing cards for her friends.
— I confess that sometimes I can interpret and sometimes not. It’s a lot of intuition. I also like that they play for me. I don’t believe in prediction, I believe in the possibility for people to focus on something they want and get it. If we listened to our intuition more, it would be more accurate. Only reason screams in your ear. “In the area of relationships, my intuition has always been good,” he affirms.
fear of illness
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In other areas, however, Claudia reveals that her instincts have already failed her. He once turned down a role and only later realized the character was incredible. The opposite also happened: Some jobs didn’t bring as much as I had imagined. In the case of Dora, when the actress read the story, she believed it would be a successful production, but had doubts as to whether the hippie would be accepted by audiences, for example.
“I saw that it was a difficult character and I wondered if I would be able to do a good job.” I saw that he was a very ethereal guy who spoke selfhelp phrases. I was afraid of getting boring and that people would think she was the truth. I kept asking myself… When I found out that Dora was going to get sick, I said, “Hey,” because I’m someone who’s not very good at dealing with illness, especially after a pandemic,” he recalls.
Dora spent the entire soap opera with an illness. Your interpreter suffers from nosophobia, a mental illness that comes with anxiety and makes her afraid of developing a certain disease in the future. Due to the disruption, the artist frequently visited the hospitals in Rio. A simple finger pain can be a cause of great concern for them:
— I have delusions of illness. I get very interested in any conversation about medicine, but then I feel the pain in my own body. This is very serious! It hurts a lot to think you have the disease. I got to the point where I thought I had a loose bone in my head.
Open relationship? only in fiction
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One of Dora’s storylines that caught attention in Vai na fé was her open relationship with Fábio (Zécarlos Machado). Claudia makes it clear: she is not for it. And he still admits he enjoys a certain sense of obsession in a novel.
“I’m not as developed as Dora. I don’t believe in open relationships. I like the feeling that I am the person and the person is mine. It makes me happy. I even dated two at the same time but it was difficult because they knew the other existed and nobody was happy. It was just DR. I hate it… But there’s been a lot of cheating and cheating that’s happened. I come from the 1980s, a time when nobody belonged to anybody,” he concludes.
Claudia is single and part of the team that doesn’t need a partner to be happy. Still, she feels pressured to always be with someone. Thinking about when her heart was beating the fastest, the actress thinks it was easier for her to fall in love until she was 30. As I matured, that feeling became less and less common. She’s not looking for a boyfriend without a themed cricket, but she doesn’t let up when an admirer shows up: “Who said I was bad looking?” I look wonderful. I have absolutely no need to date just for the sake of dating. I’m fine with myself I’ve already received questions like “Aren’t you afraid to be like an aunt?”. First of all, I’m not an aunt, I’m already a grandmother (laughs). I’m not afraid of being alone. i’m good thanks
The controversy that haunts them
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Claudia, star of a recent razor commercial, recalls the controversy that has dogged her career: body hair. She appeared nude in an essay for a men’s magazine in 1985, and one detail caught her attention: the excessive amount of hair on her privates. The photos were taken for “Playboy” in the USA. They decided to release it in Brazil without notifying them.
At the time, the actress had just played Mariana, the protagonist of Amor com amor se paga (1984), her first soap opera. According to Claudia, she was more bothered that she didn’t get a dime for the photos published in the Brazilian edition than by the controversy: “I hadn’t known that I had signed them (“Playboy”) full rights to sell the photos to any place in the world. That wasn’t what I wanted. I wouldn’t do that for Brazil back then. I haven’t won anything. I felt hurt. By the way, the amount paid was very low when I went to the US.
23 years later, she shot for the magazine for a second time, this time with a more detailed contract. The clicks made in the hinterland climate show that Claudia is more comfortable and has less hair. She simply didn’t agree to completely shaving her private parts, as the publication’s team had suggested. Almost 40 years after the first nude shoot, she laughs at the story and reflects on how women are still ashamed to talk about the female body.
— I find it funny because I’ve become synonymous with having hair. If I’m not shaved, I’ll even say, “Guys, I’m very ohana today” (laughs). The campaign (from Razor to Shave) was really cool and smart. I have no problem speaking about this topic. It’s good that women can argue about their bodies. From a young age, the man shows his penis to his friend by masturbating in front of the other. The woman is very shy and doesn’t talk about it with her friends. It’s good for women to talk about it. Let’s also check out our Pepecas! says the actress, who reveals that she is a fan of depilation and that today she prefers a body with less hair.
— I think it’s nice and I like to shave, I shave. Today people feel the need to show their fur again because the world has turned ugly. It’s a way of establishing yourself and raising the banner that women can do whatever they want. Funny how men shave their hair and women grow it out. Everyone does what they want with their body they evaluate it.
sex at 60
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Sex life after the age of 50 is still taboo for many people, but Claudia encounters sexuality with spontaneity. Although libido has waned, intimate relationships remain important to the actress. She still emphasizes her appreciation for female masturbation and encourages other women to engage in the practice to get to know themselves better.
“I had a lot of fire in my ass.” That was the focus. I didn’t do hormone replacement therapy, I didn’t feel the need to. Libido has gone down but I feel like it’s ok. I think sex is important. He’s important, but not just anyone will be in my bed. I’m a big proponent of giving ourselves pleasure, both to stimulate libido and to calm it. Masturbation is natural, I’ve always encouraged my partners to do it too. Masturbating is very healthy judges the actress, who drew the public’s attention to the naturalness of sex between older people with intimate scenes of Dora and Fábio in “Vai na fé”.
Throughout the telenovela, her character also had to rebuild her relationship with her daughter Lumiar (Carolina Dieckmann). Motherhood is something Claudia Ohana knows well! Mother of Dandara, 39 years old, has had the company of her daughter at various times in her career
— She is practical, not loving or longsuffering. My daughter is cooler. I am a cuddly teddy bear. We are very different. Dandara is my great companion and I learn a lot from her. She’s a much more dedicated mom than I am. For example, she goes to every school meeting. When I went in twos, it was a lot he says.
As a grandmother, Claudia tries her best to stay with her grandchildren. The actress cries as she discusses her guilt over not having time for her.
“Martin is the oldest, he’s eighteen now, he doesn’t take care of me. Sometimes he asks something, mostly about art. Arto, 10 years old, is a partner. In this time when I’m doing soap operas and theater, I don’t have time for him. I feel guilty, sad. I’m crying because I miss you.
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Claudia used:
Lenny Niemeyer @lennyniemeyer
Animale @animalebrasil
DGaia @dgaia
Arezzo @arezzo
Hector Albertazzi @hectoralbertazzi
Fascynios Camisaria @camisaria_facynios
Viviane Furrier @vivianefurrier
Fabulous agility @agilitabrasil
Israel Valentine @israelvalentimoficial
Eliza Conde @elizacondeatelier
Fourth Atelier @fourth_atelier
Tata Melgaço @tata.melgaco
Corello @corellooficial
Julio Okubo @juliookubo
credits:
Text: Thomas Rocha
Editor: Camilla Mota
Photos: Marcio Farias @marciofariasfoto
Video: André Ivo @euivofotografia
Styling duo: Carla Garan and Thiago Gandra @garandra
Makeup: Ewerton Pacheco @ewertonpacheco
Hair: Silks Green @silks.makeup
Thanks: Museu de Arte do Rio @museudeartedorio, Dark Coffee @darkcoffeebr and Beatriz Merched @beatrizmerched