Teresa (2010 TV series)

Teresa
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Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Danyella Montana
Developed by	Mimí Bechelani
Directed by	Monica Miguel
Starring	Angelique Boyer Sebastián Rulli Aarón Díaz Ana Brenda Contreras
Opening theme	"Esa hembra es mala"
Ending theme	"Esa hembra es mala"
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	151
Production
Executive producer	José Alberto Castro
Running time	42-48 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Televisa
Release	August 2, 2010 – February 27, 2011

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.

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 Boyer 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 Rulli 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 Díaz as Mariano Sánchez Suárez - Doctor, Ramon's son, Aida's and Teresa's ex-boyfriends, married to Aurora.
• Ana Brenda Contreras 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 Klitbo as Juana Godoy de González - Teresa's ex-godmother, married to Cutberto, used to go out with Hector.
• Alejandro Ávila as Cutberto González - Mariachi, married to Juana, was "in love" with Griselda, Oriana's former assistant.
• Fernanda Castillo as Luisa de la Barrera Azuela - Teresa's ex-sister-in-law, Arturo's sister, Fernando's ex-fiancée, single mother.
• Raquel Olmedo 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 Magaña 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 Landeta 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 Campomanes 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 Borghetti 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 Zarur as Don Porfirio Valverde - Patricia's grandfather.
• Eugenia Cauduro 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 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 Pia as Ivonne.
• Roberto Romano 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 Olivier.
• 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 Hayek.

Ratings

• Teresa aired in Mexico at 6pm premiere with an 19.8 and a share of 42.4, during the first 3 months the rating was between 17-19. In the the final episodes the rating rose to a 21-24, and finalized with a 32.9 rating on a Sunday
• In the United States, it debuted with a 21.2 rating and the first 3 months it went down more than 5 points, it had a very low rating the first months, the first it averaged a 13.1 rating at 8pm then after 2 months it rose to a 16-17. Final episodes were between 18-21 points and finalized with 29.8 rating according to Nielsen.

Trivia

• Teresa's vecindad featured in the telenovela is actually the building on Van Dick 73, Nonoalco, Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México.

External links

• Teresa at IMDb