Impostora
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Impostora or The Impostor (International title) is a Philippine drama
Philippine drama
Philippine drama can be classified into different forms and genres, with the most popular being the teleserye and teledrama. The teleserye/teledrama is a television form of melodramatic serialized fiction. It is rooted from two words: "tele", which is short for "television," and "serye", a Tagalog...

 aired on GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

. It is directed by renowned director Maryo J. de los Reyes
Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit is a television series aired on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. It depicts the lives of exploited and unfortunate children and was inspired by the 1970s film Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit topbilled by Fernando Poe Jr.-Cast:*Nikki Bagaporo as Lorenza "Enchang"*Carl John...

 starring Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon is a Filipina actress. She started in show business when she was three years old.-Biography:...

 and Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...

.

The series is the first of GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

’s grand 57th anniversary offering, it began airing on June 4, and concluded on September 21. The series was successfully aired internationally, with a three-week delay, from June 20, 2007 until October 9, 2007 on GMA Pinoy TV
GMA Pinoy TV
GMA Pinoy TV, incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries GMA International & GMA Worldwide and launched in 2005 primarily in Japan and USA, is a 24-hour international Filipino television station. The channel is targeted towards Overseas Filipino and their families in the...

. It was shown in Malaysia.

On September 23, 2011, it began re-airing on GMA Life TV
GMA Life TV
GMA Life TV, incorporated in February 2008 by GMA Network, is an international Filipino television station, and the company's secondary international channel to GMA Pinoy TV.-Background:...

 dubbed in English and renamed as Impostor.

Pre-production

There were many speculations what would be Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon is a Filipina actress. She started in show business when she was three years old.-Biography:...

's new project after her first solo project, Bakekang
Bakekang
Bakekang was a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network from September 11, 2006, and ended on March 30, 2007. It aired internationally with a three-week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which made Bakekang a success to viewers abroad....

 was a success. Many people wanted her to play a good-evil person, similar to her role in Encantadia
Encantadia
Encantadia is a Filipino fantasy television series produced by GMA Network. The pilot episode was aired on May 2, 2005. Its last episode was aired on December 9 of the same year to give way to its second book, Etheria. This series aired its pilot episode on December 12, and its last episode on...

 and Bakekang
Bakekang
Bakekang was a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network from September 11, 2006, and ended on March 30, 2007. It aired internationally with a three-week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which made Bakekang a success to viewers abroad....

, as the title suggest.

Jean Garcia
Jean García
Jessica Maitim is a Filipina television and film actress, better known as Jean Garcia who hails from Angeles City, Pampanga.-Biography:...

, a famous Philippine drama
Philippine drama
Philippine drama can be classified into different forms and genres, with the most popular being the teleserye and teledrama. The teleserye/teledrama is a television form of melodramatic serialized fiction. It is rooted from two words: "tele", which is short for "television," and "serye", a Tagalog...

 antagonist, was included to the cast, and then people realized that this series will be a classic soap opera. The name of Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...

 was also added. The said show also relaunched the career of Mark Anthony Fernandez.

Crew

  • Directed by: Maryo J. de los Reyes
    Maryo J. de los Reyes
    Maryo J. de los Reyes is a film and television director from the Philippines. He began his career in the 1970s.-References:...

    , Lore Reyes and Soxie Topacio
  • Executive-in-charge of Production: Wilma Galvante
    Wilma Galvante
    Ms. Wilma V. Galvante is GMA Network's senior vice president for entertainment and producer of many TV shows.As the chief of the GMA Network's entertainment block, she experimented with dramas, light-hearted shows and hired good writers...

  • Production Manager: Redynn S. Alba
  • Executive Producer: Winnie Hollis-Reyes
  • Creative Consultants: Anette Gozon-Abrogar, Jun Lana
    Jun Lana
    Jun Lana , born as Rodolfo R. Lana, Jr., is a Filipino playwright and two-time FAMAS award-winning screenwriter. The winner of 11 Palanca Awards for Literature, he became the youngest member of the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2006....

     and Roy Iglesias
    Roy Iglesias
    Roy Iglesias, a graduate of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, is an award-winning film writer and director in the Philippines. He won Best Story and Best Screenplay for the film, "Mano Po" in Metro Manila Film Festival in 2002.-Film:...

  • Head Writer: RJ Nuevas
    Bakekang
    Bakekang was a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network from September 11, 2006, and ended on March 30, 2007. It aired internationally with a three-week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which made Bakekang a success to viewers abroad....

  • Writers: Suzette Doctolero
    Suzette Doctolero
    Suzette Doctolero is a Filipino television writer and film writer. She is a resident writer of GMA Network.Her most famous work is the Encantadia Saga.- Television :* 2011 Amaya...

    , Denoy Punio-Navarro, SDode Cruz, Tina Samson-Velasco and Vien Ello
  • Musical Director: Tata Betita

Plot

An intriguing story of love, greed and deception. The story starts out with the birth of the conjoined twins Lara and Sara Carreon (Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...

). Their parents wanted them to live a normal life, so at the right age, they were separated through an operation. This separation proved to be more of a curse than a blessing because of their half-uncle Delfin's (Gary Estrada
Gary Estrada
Gary Ejercito, better known as Gary Estrada, is a television and movie star in the Philippines. He is renowned for his movies, athletic physique, and cleanly handsome face...

) hatred towards their father (Romnick Sarmenta
Romnick Sarmenta
Romeo Nicolas Sarmenta Tejedor , better known by his screen name Romnick Sarmenta, is a Filipino actor. He is best remembered as the five-year-old boy who played the role of Peping in the TV series Gulong ng Palad.-Biography:He was born to Adonis F. Tejedor and Julie C. Sarmenta and is of Chinese...

) and the greed of their aunt Betty (Jean Garcia
Jean García
Jessica Maitim is a Filipina television and film actress, better known as Jean Garcia who hails from Angeles City, Pampanga.-Biography:...

). Their lives will turn to a living hell, leaving their mother (Gelli De Belen) no choice but to separate them and give them for adoption. Lara experienced first hand the cruelty of her aunt Betty and her diabolical cousin Vanessa Cayetano (Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon is a Filipina actress. She started in show business when she was three years old.-Biography:...

). She escaped and was taken care of by a good samaritan who treated her like his own daughter. She grew up to become a beautiful, head-strong woman with the desire to find her sister and to extract revenge on the people who made their lives a living hell. Meanwhile, Sara was adopted by a family who never wanted her. Due to a freak accident, her face was burned and grew up to become a deformed, weak woman. This changed when she meets Dr. Leandro Meneses (Luis Alandy
Luis Alandy
Adrian Louis Alandy , better known as Luis Alandy is a Filipino actor and model. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting...

). Because of the problem with a local gangster and the desire to be normal again, she agrees for plastic surgery. When she looks at her reflection, she sees another face. She then realizes that this is all just an elaborate plot of another woman, her forgotten cousin, Vanessa. While she is away with her lover Leandro in some far away paradise spending the stolen money from her husband, Nicolas (Mark Anthony Fernandez
Mark Anthony Fernandez
Mark Anthony Lacsamana Fernandez is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Rudy Fernandez and Alma Moreno.-Career:He first rose to prominence when he was once a former member of one of the famous showbiz teen group, "Gwapings" alongside Jomari Yllana, Eric Fructuoso and later with Jao Mapa.His...

), Sara will become her "double" and experience all the punishment that is due for her and to fool everyone as if she never left. At first, it was hell, all of the people thinking that they are extracting revenge on Vanessa. But because of her good heart, she manages to make everyone love "the new Nessa" and starts to love the family the real Vanessa never appreciated. The secret was discovered first by Nicolas' mother, Donya Anatella (Chanda Romero) who confronted Sara, but surprisingly she said that she prefers Sara over the real Vanessa. The secret was also discovered by Nicolas' younger brother, Yago (Mart Escudero
Mart Escudero
Mart Enrico Cruz Escudero, who is better known by his screen name Mart Escudero , is a Filipino actor. He was previously billed as "Martin Escudero" in Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat. He almost resembles Prince Stefan, who is his batchmate and one of his close friends from the same reality show.-Early...

), who also was in favor of the situation. Suddenly the real Vanessa comes back to claim her rightful place. This time with a plan to steal a larger amount of money from Nicolas and his family's fortune. Is this the end of the life she always dreamt of? How about Lara? Will she figure out that the woman she's planning to kill is in fact her own sister.

The secret Sara is trying to keep is now out in the open when Vanessa showed up in public to humiliate her after she refused to leave the mansion. Much to their surprise, Nicolas chose Sara. He is now in love with the impostor and told them that he knows the truth even before Vanessa showed up. Nicolas wants an annulment for him to marry Sara. That is bad news for Vanessa and her mom, Betty since they're bankrupt and direly needs Nicolas's money. Vanessa and Betty tried to kill her but luckily a miracle happened. Lara thought Sara was Vanessa and tried to resume her thwarted plan but because of the scar and the memories that they both have, it was enough proof and finally they found each other. Now Sara has Lara to back her up. Betty and Vanessa tried to blow the twins up with a bomb but her plan backfired and lost both her legs. Everyone thought Vanessa is already dead with the explosion but ironically she became the impostor when she kidnapped the real Sara and went to the wedding ceremony. She almost succeeded but because of Lara, her plan failed. Sara came in time to convince everyone that the woman in the altar is a fake. Vanessa left in anger and in shame but this is also the day she receives her karma. Her lover Leandro is now, literally insanely in love with her. She told him that he is stupid because she only used him to get Nicolas's money and she doesn't need him anymore. This made him so angry that he spilled acid on her face and destroyed the beauty she uses to deceive eveyone. Meanwhile, Betty died in a horrible car crash. Finally the twins are re-united and the twins are living the life they always dreamt of.

Sara ended up in Nicolas' arms as his wife and stepmother to his children, while Lara accepted Carlos' proposal to marry him.

Main cast

  • Sunshine Dizon
    Sunshine Dizon
    Sunshine Dizon is a Filipina actress. She started in show business when she was three years old.-Biography:...

     as Vanessa Cayetano / Sara Carreon
  • Iza Calzado
    Iza Calzado
    Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...

     as Lara Carreon / Sara Carreon
  • Mark Anthony Fernandez
    Mark Anthony Fernandez
    Mark Anthony Lacsamana Fernandez is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Rudy Fernandez and Alma Moreno.-Career:He first rose to prominence when he was once a former member of one of the famous showbiz teen group, "Gwapings" alongside Jomari Yllana, Eric Fructuoso and later with Jao Mapa.His...

     as Nicolas Cayetano
  • Alfred Vargas
    Alfred Vargas
    Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III is a Filipino actor and model. He was elected councilor in the 2nd District of Quezon City in 2010.-Biography and Career:...

     as Atty. Carlos Pambide
  • Luis Alandy
    Luis Alandy
    Adrian Louis Alandy , better known as Luis Alandy is a Filipino actor and model. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting...

     as Dr. Leandro Meneses
  • Chanda Romero
    Chanda Romero
    Chanda Romero is a Philippine actress. She is mostly seen on GMA Network.-Television:-Movies:-References:...

     as Doña Anatella Cayetano
  • Jean Garcia
    Jean García
    Jessica Maitim is a Filipina television and film actress, better known as Jean Garcia who hails from Angeles City, Pampanga.-Biography:...

     as Doña Betty Carreon
  • Mart Escudero
    Mart Escudero
    Mart Enrico Cruz Escudero, who is better known by his screen name Mart Escudero , is a Filipino actor. He was previously billed as "Martin Escudero" in Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat. He almost resembles Prince Stefan, who is his batchmate and one of his close friends from the same reality show.-Early...

     as Santiago "Yago" Cayetano
  • Jennica Garcia
    Jennica Garcia
    Jennica Alexis Maitim Garcia is a Filipina actress and the daughter of Jean Garcia.She has a GMA Network Artist contract.-Biography:...

     as Karen Manansala
  • Jenny Miller
    Jenny Miller
    Jenny Miller is a Filipina actress. She is known on her role as Beverly Castro in the TV remake of the 1986 film Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita that aired on GMA Network in 2008.-Career:...

     as Fritzie

Supporting cast

  • Anton Bernardo as Ramil
  • Sam Bumatay as Kokay
  • EJ Jallorina
    EJ Jallorina
    -Career:EJ started his career in the Kiddie Gag Show, Goin Bulilit. EJ graduated from Goin Bulilit, as the First Batch to graduate from the show, togehther with Alfred Labatos. EJ was known for impersonating the Talk Show host Boy Abunda, together with Katrina "Hopia" Legazpi as the Queen of all...

     as Benjo
  • Ana Capri as Saling
  • Maybelline Dela Cruz as Doray
  • Dexter Doria as Dorina
  • Ace Espinosa as Tata Oyong
  • Flora Gazer as Petra
  • Ella Guevara
    Ella Guevara
    Janella Denise Yuson Guevara is a Filipina child actress. She rose to fame through her appearance on a talent search on television called StarStruck Kids that aired on the Filipino television channel GMA 7...

     as Kathleen Cayetano
  • Anna Larrucea as Cora
  • Jan Marini Alano as Gemma
  • Joanne Quintas
    Joanne Quintas
    Joanne Quintas is a Filipina actress and former beauty queen who captured the crown of Binibining Pilipinas at age 18, participating in Miss Universe 1995.-Early life:...

     as Sofia
  • Jacob Rica
    Jacob Rica
    Jacob David R. Clayton in Subic Bay, Olongapo City, Philippines) also known as Jacob Rica, Jacob Clayton, Jacob Montez, or Jacob, is a Filipino child actor. He is a 1/4 British. He is currently under the GMA Artist Center handed by the Director Maryo J. de los Reyes...

     as Patrick Cayetano
  • Vaness del Moral
    Vaness del Moral
    Martha Vanessa Antonio del Moral, better known by her screen name Vaness del Moral , is a Filipina actress and a talent at one of the top management groups in the Philippines, the GMA Artist Center. She started her showbiz career through the interactive reality television show, StarStruck...

     as Dindy'
  • Lem Pelayo as Billy
  • John Regala as Mando
  • Ana Roces as Alexis Alvarado
  • Vince Saldana as Tristan
  • Sharmaine Santiago as Carla
  • Deborah Sun as Fransisca Manansala
  • Robert Villar
    Robert Villar
    Robert Villar, Jr. August 16, 1999, better known simply as Robert "Buboy" Villar, is a Philippine actor. His first Television appearance is when he auditioned in ABS-CBN'S Little Big Star,He is also a member of the youngest boy band in the Philippines, the Mak and the Dudes. Villar's breakthrough...

     as Raul
  • Sam Bumatay as Kokay

Guest cast

  • Gelli de Belen as Adelle Carreon
  • Romnick Sarmenta
    Romnick Sarmenta
    Romeo Nicolas Sarmenta Tejedor , better known by his screen name Romnick Sarmenta, is a Filipino actor. He is best remembered as the five-year-old boy who played the role of Peping in the TV series Gulong ng Palad.-Biography:He was born to Adonis F. Tejedor and Julie C. Sarmenta and is of Chinese...

     as Henry Carreon
  • Gary Estrada
    Gary Estrada
    Gary Ejercito, better known as Gary Estrada, is a television and movie star in the Philippines. He is renowned for his movies, athletic physique, and cleanly handsome face...

     as Delfin Carreon
  • Bambi Pereira as Young Vanessa
  • Charice Hermoso as Young Sara Carreon
  • Charlotte Hermoso as Young Lara Carreon

Casting

The original cast included Paulo Avelino
Paulo Avelino
Paulo Avelino is a Filipino actor, model and television host. Avelino began his acting career through the reality talent show StarStruck. Currently, Paulo Avelino is in a relationship with LJ Reyes. Last July 24, 2010, LJ gave birth to their son, Ethan Akio Reyes...

 in the role of Mart Escudero
Mart Escudero
Mart Enrico Cruz Escudero, who is better known by his screen name Mart Escudero , is a Filipino actor. He was previously billed as "Martin Escudero" in Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat. He almost resembles Prince Stefan, who is his batchmate and one of his close friends from the same reality show.-Early...

, Stef Prescott
Stef Prescott
Stefany Marisa Quintos Prescott, who is better known by her screen name Stef Prescott is a Filipina actress. She was an avenger from StarStruck: The Next Level and was known to be the most controversial of the batch because of her attitude...

 in Charee Pineda's role and Jewel Mische
Jewel Mische
Jewel Fatima Avejade Mische is a Filipina actress.-Biography:Although born in Manila, Jewel grew up in Bulacan...

 in the role of Jennica Garcia
Jennica Garcia
Jennica Alexis Maitim Garcia is a Filipina actress and the daughter of Jean Garcia.She has a GMA Network Artist contract.-Biography:...

.

When the younger cast were altered Charee Pineda
Let's Go (Philippine TV series)
Let's Go is a situation comedy on ABS-CBN, set in a college dormitory and targeting a teenage audience. Since July 8, 2006, the show airs Saturdays at 5pm.The show premiered on June 3, 2006 in a 4pm timeslot, and aired its last episode on June 2, 2007....

 replaced Rich Asuncion
Rich Asuncion
Rich Asuncion is a Filipina actress who became the First Princess of StarStruck: The Next Level...

 in the role originally meant for Stef Prescott
Stef Prescott
Stefany Marisa Quintos Prescott, who is better known by her screen name Stef Prescott is a Filipina actress. She was an avenger from StarStruck: The Next Level and was known to be the most controversial of the batch because of her attitude...

.

Dingdong Dantes
Dingdong Dantes
Jose Sixto Raphael Gonzalez Dantes III, popularly known as Dingdong Dantes, is a director/actor and model, born on August 2, 1980 in Quezon City, Philippines.- Early years :...

 was replaced by Alfred Vargas
Muli (TV series)
Muli or In Love Again is an afternoon soap opera aired on GMA Network. The soap was part of the network's Dramarama sa Hapon program block. The show was aired on its last episode on May 18...

. Dingdong then was tapped to portray the role of Sergio Santibanez in the hit TV Series Marimar

The four main cast members of this series (Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...

, Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon
Sunshine Dizon is a Filipina actress. She started in show business when she was three years old.-Biography:...

, Alfred Vargas
Alfred Vargas
Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III is a Filipino actor and model. He was elected councilor in the 2nd District of Quezon City in 2010.-Biography and Career:...

 and Mark Anthony Fernandez
Mark Anthony Fernandez
Mark Anthony Lacsamana Fernandez is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Rudy Fernandez and Alma Moreno.-Career:He first rose to prominence when he was once a former member of one of the famous showbiz teen group, "Gwapings" alongside Jomari Yllana, Eric Fructuoso and later with Jao Mapa.His...

 will all reunite in the soap All About Eve
All About Eve
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star...

.

Soundtrack

The theme song entitled Mapagkunwari (lit. Deceitful) is sung by Faith Cuneta, under the composition of Bakekang
Bakekang
Bakekang was a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network from September 11, 2006, and ended on March 30, 2007. It aired internationally with a three-week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which made Bakekang a success to viewers abroad....

 composer Tata Betita. In addition, Betita composed all musical scores and sound design for the series.

The love theme song for the series, entitled Maghihintay (lit. Waiting), is sung by Aicelle Santos
Aicelle Santos
Aicelle Anne Santos is a Filipino Soul, R&B, Pop, and Jazz singer-songwriter and pianist, who first emerged in the Philippine music scene as a contestant in a nationwide search for the next best singer in the first season of ABS-CBN's Star In A Million...

 and is also composed by Tata Betita. Also, a separate love theme for the characters Yago and Karen is sung by Jennylyn Mercado
Jennylyn Mercado
Jennylyn Mercado is a Filipina actress, singer, songwriter and model. She was the winner of the first season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines...

.

International Release

Worldwide Exportation after the success of Impostora in The Philippines, the series was also. It earned good reviews from the watchers.
Malaysia

See also

  • List of shows previously aired by GMA Network
  • Hiram na Mukha (TV series)
    Hiram na Mukha (TV series)
    "Hiram na Mukha" is a Filipino television series based on the 1992 film of the same name. It was the second installment of the Sineserye Presents on the television station, ABS-CBN.-Komiks Origin:...

     - a similar series with the subject of plastic surgery
  • La usurpadora
    La usurpadora
    La Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...

     - a similar Mexican series
  • GMA Network
    GMA Network
    GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

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