Juan Diego Botto Rota was born on 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of Diego Fernando Botto Alduncín [es] and Cristina Rota. His parents were both actors. His father (a member of the Peronist Youth and Montoneros) was kidnapped and murdered in 1977 during the Argentine Dirty War. In 1978, together with his mother and older sister María, he moved to Madrid, Spain, where his little sister, Nur Al Levi [es], was born. His sisters are.