Teresa (TV series)
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Teresa is a 2010 Mexican telenovela
, protagonized and antagonized by Angelique Boyer
as Teresa Chávez Aguirre with Aarón Díaz
, Sebastián Rulli
, and Ana Brenda Contreras
in co-starring roles. Teresa is a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name starring Maricruz Olivier
. Another version was also made in 1989 with the same name starring Salma Hayek
. Angelique Boyer won the "Best Protagonist Role" TVyNovelas Award in 2011.
Teresa began airing in Mexico
on August 2, 2010, ending its run on February 27, 2011. Univision
began transmitting Teresa in the United States on March 30, 2011 at 9pm central, airing double hours (8pm to 10pm) from April 12, 2011 to May 13, 2011, and ending its run on October 3, 2011.
Teresa Chavez is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, desperately seeking to leave the grinding poverty of the neighborhood where she lives. Despite being beautiful and having the support and love she receives from her parents, she lives a miserable and resentful life, blaming poverty for her sister's death. After Rosa dies from a heart disease, she vows that she will never be poor again, making plans to escape the life of poverty surrounding her, using her beauty as a way to make it to the top. She is in love with Mariano, a man who lives in the same neighborhood with her and is studying to become a doctor in order to meet Teresa's pleasures and fulfill all her dreams. But Teresa is impatient.
Therefore, studying at the school where luxury is a scholarship, Teresa meets Paulo, a wealthy young man and very popular among all students. Teresa, seeing him as a great opportunity to enter the rich world, breaks up with Mariano and uses her beauty to charm Paulo. Paulo instantly falls in love with her, but Aida, Teresa's selfish and superficial classmate, also in love with Paulo, convinces him to investigate Teresa's background. Upon discovering she is poor, he immediately broke up with her. Genoveva, Paulo's mother also disapproves of Paulo ever seeing Teresa again.
Paulo and Aida humiliate Teresa, publicly displaying her poverty and her lies, so Teresa decides to take revenge and swears she will never be trampled. "To be or not to be, and I am... Teresa" becomes Teresa's motto and the motto becomes the basis for the telenovela. Teresa befriends her teacher Arturo de la Barrera, a respected lawyer who offers to pay for her education. Teresa is dedicated to subtly conquer Arturo. However, seeing that her friend Aurora is in love Mariano, she's filled with malice over her and decides to get back with her true love. Luisa, Arturo's sister, used to loathe Teresa until her "sweetness" convinced Luisa that Teresa is just a humble girl.
As Teresa worked for Arturo as an assistant, he unintentionally fell in love with her. Luisa discovered this and convinced Arturo to confess his feelings to her. When he did, Teresa built his hopes up while dating Mariano. Teresa always found an excuse to break up with Mariano, but she couldn't. She eventually broke up with Mariano and told him that she was going to marry Arturo. This destroyed Mariano's hope, and he found solace in Aurora's arms, Teresa's best friend. At first, Mariano couldn't get Teresa out of his head because he constantly begged Teresa, but her ambition was her guide. Arturo and Teresa travel to Paris one day, and this opens Mariano's eyes, seeing the real Teresa. Teresa eventually marries Arturo. Before that, Teresa meets the love of Luisa's life, Fernando, a billionaire.
Time passes and Teresa is accidentally shot by Sainz's wife, which leaves her paralyzed. She slowly recovers, and Arturo finds out that Teresa and Mariano made love the night before Arturo's marriage with Teresa, and that she only married him for his money. Arturo is then thrown into an economic crisis, and doubting the love of Teresa, decides to test her love and takes her to live in the same neighborhood where she originated from. Tired of the economic crisis, Teresa seeks to improve their status and socio-economic position by seducing the billionaire Fernando, who is not only Arturo's friend, but who is engaged with Luisa. Mariano then tells Luisa about Teresa's attempt to conquer Fernando's heart, and he openly admits that he's in love with Teresa. Heartbroken due to their betrayal, Luisa slowly overcomes her pain and accepts Fernando's decision without any resentment. At this time, Teresa is now in love with Arturo, but at the same time, she believes that he should recover his status. Lucia, Luisa's best friend, likes Arturo, which not only proves Teresa's love for him, but causes her to be extremely jealous of Lucia.
Teresa successfully seduces Fernando, and steals half of his fortune without loving him in the first place. During an important interview, Teresa turns against her family, stating that she comes from the same position as Fernando, and her real parents were dead while Juana was her "babysitter". Refugio and Juana feel heartbroken and disappointed because of Teresa rejecting her own roots, and her own mother. During Juana's birthday party, Teresa "apologizes" for the rejection because she felt it was necessary for the interview. All of her friends and family turn against Teresa, criticizing her for preferring money over love. Although Teresa is left alone, she attempts to conquer Arturo's love for her and forgiveness as she feels that he's her true love. Suffering from a car accident, Teresa searches for him and is immediately transported to a nearby hospital. As he slowly recovers, he rejects her for not loving him earlier. Teresa donates all of Fernando's money to Paloma's foundation for children after he denied receiving back half of the stolen fortune. As Teresa corrects her mistakes, Refugio denies her daughter as she feels that it's too early to forgive an intentional mistake, leaving Teresa alone. In her house, realizing and accepting that she's been left alone with no loved ones around her, she goes to her room and hugs the bear that Arturo gave her as a gift. Arturo then appears, and he picks her up from the ground, hugs her and later, they both kiss. She learned what love really is while Arturo forgave her, giving her another chance.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, protagonized and antagonized by Angelique Boyer
Angelique Boyer
Angelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...
as Teresa Chávez Aguirre with Aarón Díaz
Aarón Díaz
Aarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.-Biography:Aarón Díaz was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California...
, Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Rulli
-Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
, and Ana Brenda Contreras
Ana Brenda Contreras
Ana Brenda Contreras is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :At age 15, she moved to Mexico City to participate in the reality show Pop Stars, where she was a finalist and member of the band, t'detila and recording an album with the same name. She dated Alexis Ayala from 2006 to 2009...
in co-starring roles. Teresa is a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name starring Maricruz Olivier
Maricruz Olivier
Maricruz Olivier was a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater. She is best remembered for starring in the telenovela Teresa , which was a success as it established her on-screen persona of playing villains.- Early life :Olivier was born María de la Cruz Olivier Obergh to Mercedes Shirley...
. Another version was also made in 1989 with the same name starring Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
. Angelique Boyer won the "Best Protagonist Role" TVyNovelas Award in 2011.
Teresa began airing in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
on August 2, 2010, ending its run on February 27, 2011. Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
began transmitting Teresa in the United States on March 30, 2011 at 9pm central, airing double hours (8pm to 10pm) from April 12, 2011 to May 13, 2011, and ending its run on October 3, 2011.
Plot
Teresa is a young woman dominated by her greed. Her parents have made great sacrifices to give her a good, decent life, but Teresa wants more, a lot more.Teresa Chavez is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, desperately seeking to leave the grinding poverty of the neighborhood where she lives. Despite being beautiful and having the support and love she receives from her parents, she lives a miserable and resentful life, blaming poverty for her sister's death. After Rosa dies from a heart disease, she vows that she will never be poor again, making plans to escape the life of poverty surrounding her, using her beauty as a way to make it to the top. She is in love with Mariano, a man who lives in the same neighborhood with her and is studying to become a doctor in order to meet Teresa's pleasures and fulfill all her dreams. But Teresa is impatient.
Therefore, studying at the school where luxury is a scholarship, Teresa meets Paulo, a wealthy young man and very popular among all students. Teresa, seeing him as a great opportunity to enter the rich world, breaks up with Mariano and uses her beauty to charm Paulo. Paulo instantly falls in love with her, but Aida, Teresa's selfish and superficial classmate, also in love with Paulo, convinces him to investigate Teresa's background. Upon discovering she is poor, he immediately broke up with her. Genoveva, Paulo's mother also disapproves of Paulo ever seeing Teresa again.
Paulo and Aida humiliate Teresa, publicly displaying her poverty and her lies, so Teresa decides to take revenge and swears she will never be trampled. "To be or not to be, and I am... Teresa" becomes Teresa's motto and the motto becomes the basis for the telenovela. Teresa befriends her teacher Arturo de la Barrera, a respected lawyer who offers to pay for her education. Teresa is dedicated to subtly conquer Arturo. However, seeing that her friend Aurora is in love Mariano, she's filled with malice over her and decides to get back with her true love. Luisa, Arturo's sister, used to loathe Teresa until her "sweetness" convinced Luisa that Teresa is just a humble girl.
As Teresa worked for Arturo as an assistant, he unintentionally fell in love with her. Luisa discovered this and convinced Arturo to confess his feelings to her. When he did, Teresa built his hopes up while dating Mariano. Teresa always found an excuse to break up with Mariano, but she couldn't. She eventually broke up with Mariano and told him that she was going to marry Arturo. This destroyed Mariano's hope, and he found solace in Aurora's arms, Teresa's best friend. At first, Mariano couldn't get Teresa out of his head because he constantly begged Teresa, but her ambition was her guide. Arturo and Teresa travel to Paris one day, and this opens Mariano's eyes, seeing the real Teresa. Teresa eventually marries Arturo. Before that, Teresa meets the love of Luisa's life, Fernando, a billionaire.
Time passes and Teresa is accidentally shot by Sainz's wife, which leaves her paralyzed. She slowly recovers, and Arturo finds out that Teresa and Mariano made love the night before Arturo's marriage with Teresa, and that she only married him for his money. Arturo is then thrown into an economic crisis, and doubting the love of Teresa, decides to test her love and takes her to live in the same neighborhood where she originated from. Tired of the economic crisis, Teresa seeks to improve their status and socio-economic position by seducing the billionaire Fernando, who is not only Arturo's friend, but who is engaged with Luisa. Mariano then tells Luisa about Teresa's attempt to conquer Fernando's heart, and he openly admits that he's in love with Teresa. Heartbroken due to their betrayal, Luisa slowly overcomes her pain and accepts Fernando's decision without any resentment. At this time, Teresa is now in love with Arturo, but at the same time, she believes that he should recover his status. Lucia, Luisa's best friend, likes Arturo, which not only proves Teresa's love for him, but causes her to be extremely jealous of Lucia.
Teresa successfully seduces Fernando, and steals half of his fortune without loving him in the first place. During an important interview, Teresa turns against her family, stating that she comes from the same position as Fernando, and her real parents were dead while Juana was her "babysitter". Refugio and Juana feel heartbroken and disappointed because of Teresa rejecting her own roots, and her own mother. During Juana's birthday party, Teresa "apologizes" for the rejection because she felt it was necessary for the interview. All of her friends and family turn against Teresa, criticizing her for preferring money over love. Although Teresa is left alone, she attempts to conquer Arturo's love for her and forgiveness as she feels that he's her true love. Suffering from a car accident, Teresa searches for him and is immediately transported to a nearby hospital. As he slowly recovers, he rejects her for not loving him earlier. Teresa donates all of Fernando's money to Paloma's foundation for children after he denied receiving back half of the stolen fortune. As Teresa corrects her mistakes, Refugio denies her daughter as she feels that it's too early to forgive an intentional mistake, leaving Teresa alone. In her house, realizing and accepting that she's been left alone with no loved ones around her, she goes to her room and hugs the bear that Arturo gave her as a gift. Arturo then appears, and he picks her up from the ground, hugs her and later, they both kiss. She learned what love really is while Arturo forgave her, giving her another chance.
Cast
- Angelique BoyerAngelique BoyerAngelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...
as Teresa Chávez Aguirre de la Barrera: Arturo's college student, Rosa's sister, Luisa's ex-sister-in-law, Aurora's ex-best friend, Juana's ex-goddaughter, was Mariano's and Paulo's girlfriend, divorced and in love with Arturo, "liked" Fernando for his fortune, Refugio's daughter, Armando's daughter, lost her loved ones/friends due to her ambition, but was given another chance by Arturo as the story proves that at a certain point, love can overcome ambition. - Sebastián RulliSebastián Rulli-Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
as Arturo de la Barrera Azuela - Teresa's college teacher and law professor, Luisa's brother, Paloma's ex-boyfriend, was married to Teresa and in love with her. - Aarón DíazAarón DíazAarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.-Biography:Aarón Díaz was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California...
as Mariano Sánchez Suárez - Doctor, Ramon's son, Aida's and Teresa's ex-boyfriends, married to Aurora. - Ana Brenda ContrerasAna Brenda ContrerasAna Brenda Contreras is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :At age 15, she moved to Mexico City to participate in the reality show Pop Stars, where she was a finalist and member of the band, t'detila and recording an album with the same name. She dated Alexis Ayala from 2006 to 2009...
as Aurora Coronel Alcazar de Sanchez - College student and doctor, Vanessa's and Hector's daughter, Teresa's ex-best friend, dated Martin and was engaged with him, married to Mariano. - Cynthia KlitboCynthia KlitboCynthia Klitbo is a Mexican actress of telenovelas, theater and Mexican cinema.- Biography :Cynthia Klitbo was born in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, the 11 of March, 1967 to a Danish father and a Mexican Mother. She has previously been married to actors Jorge Antolín and Francisco Gattorno...
as Juana Godoy de González - Teresa's ex-godmother, married to Cutberto, used to go out with Hector. - Alejandro ÁvilaAlejandro AvilaAlejandro Ávila is a Mexican actor starring as Doctor Pablo Miranda in the 2009 adaptation of the Televisa soap opera Corazon Salvaje.He was born on June 2 in Magdalwna, Jalisco, Mexico in a bed....
as Cutberto González - Mariachi, married to Juana, was "in love" with Griselda, Oriana's former assistant. - Fernanda CastilloFernanda CastilloFernanda Castillo is a Mexican television actress best remembered for her roles as "Daniela Montalvo" in Destilando Amor and recently as "Luisa de la Barrera" in Teresa, co-starring Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Rulli....
as Luisa de la Barrera Azuela - Teresa's ex-sister-in-law, Arturo's sister, Fernando's ex-fiancée, single mother. - Raquel OlmedoRaquel OlmedoRaquel Olmedo is an actress and at one time singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959 at the start of Fidel Castro's regime's rule of Cuba.- Biography :...
as Oriana Guijarro Vda. Moreno - Fernando's mother, ridicules and hates Teresa, currently paralyzed. - Daniel Arenas as Fernando Moreno Guijarro - Oriana's son, Luisa's ex-fiancée, was in love with Teresa.
- Margarita MagañaMargarita MagañaMargarita Magaña is a Mexican television actress best known for her roles in the Mexican television series Al diablo con los guapos, Un gancho al corazón, and Teresa.- Career :...
as Aída Cáceres Azuela - College student, Ruben's and Mayra's daughter, was in love with Paulo, Mariano's ex-girlfriend, Teresa's enemy and arch rival, Rodrigo's sister. - Manuel LandetaManuel LandetaManuel Landeta is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers....
as Ruben Cáceres Muro - Homeowner, Aida's and Rodrigo's father, Mayra's ex-husband, Genoveva's and Esperanza's former lovers, stabbed in jail by Fito's friend. - Felicia Mercado as Genoveva Alba di Casa - Paulo's mother, Ruben's lover, hates Esperanza and Teresa, arrested for killing Fito.
- Silvia Mariscal as Refugio Aguirre de Chávez - Rosa's mother, Teresa's ex-mother, Armando's wife.
- Juan Carlos Colombo as Armando Chávez Gómez - Auto mechanic, Teresa's and Rosa's father, Refugio's husband, dies from a heart attack.
- Óscar Bonfiglio as Dr. Héctor Alcázar - Doctor, Aurora's father, Vanessa's husband, used to date and love Juana.
- Fabiola CampomanesFabiola CampomanesFabiola Campomanes is a Mexican actress who was born on July 30, 1972, in Mexico City.She is famous for performing for various Mexican telenovelas since 1993.-TV appearances:...
as Esperanza Medina de Ledesma Domínguez - Nurse, Johnny's and Pablito's sister, Nachita's and Pedro's daughter, Rodrigo's mother, Ruben's former lover, married to Hernán, pregnant. - Toño Mauri as Dr. Hernán Ledesma - Doctor, married to Esperanza, Rodrigo's stepfather.
- Luis Fernando Peña as Juan Antonio "Johnny" Gómez Domínguez - Auto mechanic, Esperanza's brother, Patricia's husband, was in love with Rosa.
- Dobrina Cristeva as Mayra Azuela de Cáceres - Aida's mother, Ruben's ex-wife, was Genoveva's best friend.
- Alejandro Nones as Paulo Alba - College student, Genoveva's son, was in love with Teresa, was Aida's boyfriend.
- Mar Contreras as Lucía Álvarez Granados - Luisa's best friend, Teresa's enemy, likes Arturo.
- Patricio BorghettiPatricio BorghettiJuan Patricio Borghetti Imérito is an Argentine actor and singer.At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" . He later worked as a model and appeared in some episodes of Argentine telenovelas...
as Martín Robles Ayala - Was engaged with Aurora, left after he realized that she liked Mariano. - Juan Sahagún as Ramón Sánchez - Mariano's father.
- Gloria Aura as Patricia "Paty" Nájera Valverde de Gómez - Don Porfirio's granddaughter, Johnny's wife.
- Guillermo ZarurGuillermo ZarurGuillermo Zarur was a Mexican television actor. His career lasted for more than 54 years, with credits including telenovelas....
as Don Porfirio Valverde - Patricia's grandfather. - Eugenia CauduroEugenia CauduroEugenia Cauduro Rodríguez is a Mexican actress and model.The daughter of Ernesto Cauduro and Silvia Rodríguez, and sister of Adriana Cauduro, Eugenia participated in ballet as a child. She began modeling at the age of 15 and later studied acting in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística...
as Vanessa Coronel de Alcázar - Aurora's mother, Hector's wife, was interested in Hector's money instead of Aurora. - Joana Brito as Ignacia "Nachita" de Medina - Pedro's wife, Pablito's, Esperanza's and Johnny's mother.
- Willebaldo Lopez as Pedro Medina - Nachita's husband, Pablito's, Esperanza's and Johnny's father.
- Jéssica Segura as Rosa "Rosita" Chávez Aguirre - former gymnast, Teresa's sister, Refugio's and Armando's daughter, was Johnny's girlfriend.
- Elena Torres as Dr. Magda Villagrán - Medical student, Mariano's best friend, hates Teresa.
- Eduardo Carabajal as Darío - Medical student, Mariano's best friend.
- María Dolores Oliva as Gema - Store owner, Fito's dealer, arrested for selling drugs with Fito.
- Rodrigo Rene as Pablo "Pablito" Medina - Pedro's and Nachita's son, Esperanza's younger brother.
- Alejandra Adame as Florencia Vélez Duenas - Paloma's cousin.
- Daniela Torres as Sophie.
- Irving Rogelio as Andrés.
- Juan Diego Covarrubias as Julio - Luisa's first boyfriend.
- Hugo Aceves as Rodolfo Méndez "Fito" - Drug dealer, responsible for Paulo's death, hired by Genoveva to steal Esperanza's baby, killed by Genoveva.
- Monserrat de León as Griselda - Was in love with Cutberto, Patricia's former housekeeper.
- Carlos Lóera Lopez as Eduardo.
- Sofia Castro as Sofía - Mariano's neighbor.
- Heidi Balvanera as Sasha.
- Issabella Camil as Paloma Dueñas - Florencia's cousin, Arturo's ex-girlfriend, Teresa's enemy, was in love with Arturo, dies from getting hit by a car.
- Felipe Nájera as Hugo.
- Maria PiaMaria PiaMaria Pia may refer to:* Princess Maria Pia of Savoy , married to Luís I of Portugal* Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , married to Robert I, Duke of Parma...
as Ivonne. - Roberto RomanoRoberto RomanoRoberto Romano is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.Romano started his National Hockey League career with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1982. He would also play for the Boston Bruins...
as Raúl - College student, Paulo's and Aida's best friend, in love with Aida. - Hortensia Gramajo as Reina - Servant in Arturo's mansion.
- ??? as Maria - Was Johnny's girlfriend after Rosa's death, left after Johnny realized he didn't like her.
- Tono Infante as Fausto.
- Ivan Lomeli as Campesino.
Previous versions
Other versions of Teresa were made before:- 1959:
Mexico The original Teresa was produced in 1959 starring Maricruz OlivierMaricruz OlivierMaricruz Olivier was a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater. She is best remembered for starring in the telenovela Teresa , which was a success as it established her on-screen persona of playing villains.- Early life :Olivier was born María de la Cruz Olivier Obergh to Mercedes Shirley...
. - 1965:
Brazil The second version and first remake of "Teresa" was made in (Brazil) in (1965) starring Georgia Comide. - 1967: Mexico The third version "El 4° Mandamiento" was made in (1967).
- 1989: Mexico The fourth version of "Teresa" was done in (1989) and starred Salma HayekSalma HayekSalma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
.
Trivia
- Teresa's vecindadVecindada Vecindad is a Mexican term for a building containing several housing units. Originally a form of housing created through the subdivision of vacated elite housing in historic centres in Mexican cities, where rooms around a central patio were let to families who shared facilities with the other...
featured in the telenovela is actually the building on Van Dick 73Van Dick 73Van Dick 73, also known as La vecindad de Teresa, is the street address of the famous low-income apartment complex used in the 2010 telenovela Teresa starring Angelique Boyer....
, NonoalcoNonoalcoNonoalco was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in France. He was out of the mare Seximee, a daughter of the 1954 Preakness Stakes winner Hasty Road...
, Benito JuárezBenito JuárezBenito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
, Ciudad de México.