''Anita, no te rajes'' (''Anita, Don't Give Up!'') is a Spanish-language

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produced by the American-based

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network

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. It stars Jorge Enrique Abello,

Ivonne Montero Ivonne Montero (born Ivonne García Macedo Montero on April 25, 1974) is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is best known for playing the leading role in ''¡Anita, no te rajes!'' ("Anita, Don't Give Up!") in 2004. Biography She has portr ...

and

Natalia Streignard Natalia Streignard (born September 9, 1970) is a Spanish-born Venezuelan actress. Natalia is best known for her work in successful telenovelas such as El Juramento with Osvaldo Rios, La mujer de mi vida (Venezuelan TV series), La mujer de mi vid ...

. It was written by Valentina Parraga, directed by David Posada and Gaviria; with Martha Godoy and Mary-Kathryn Kennedy as General Producer and

Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll is a television producer and director known for his association with the Telemundo television network. His credits include '' Tierra de Pasiones'', '' La Viuda de Blanco'', '' Prisionera'' and '' Dame Chocolate''. He is ...

as Executive Producer. This telenovela was aired in at least 10 countries around the world. Although the novela was set in Los Angeles,

filmed the serial in

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. Through ometimes not socareful editing it was made to appear as Los Angeles. The network debuted it on September 14, 2004 to April 4, 2005 at the 7 pm (6 pm central) timeslot. Telemundo added English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

Plot

''¡Anita, no te rajes!'' is a funny story which tells the adventures of Anita, a positive and happy young Mexican girl who never gave up on everything, following her deceased mother's quote: "Las Guerrero no se rajan" (The Guerreros never give up). Anita decides to come to the US without her documents in order to find her aunt, Consuelo Guerrero, the only surviving member of her family. Consuelo married an important contractor of Irish origins and she is heiress to a huge fortune.

Cast

* Jorge Enrique Abello as Eduardo Jose Contreras - main hero, in love with Anita, spouse of Ariana, son of Emiliano *

as Ana 'Anita' Guerrero - main heroine, daughter of Graciela, in love with Eduardo *

as Ariana Dupont Aristizábal - main female villain, wife of Eduardo, hates Anita * Marcelo Cezán as David Aristizábal - cousin of Anita, in love with Anita and then with Lucecita *

Elluz Peraza Elluz Coromoto Peraza González (born January 26, 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder and actress. Peraza was Miss Venezuela 1976, but she resigned on May 24, 1976, because she married two days after her coronation. F ...

as Consuelo Guerrero / Graciela O'Donnell - mother of Anita and Billy, stepmother of Maggie * Eduardo Serrano as Emiliano Contreras - father of Eduardo, in love with Graciela * Isabel Moreno as Cachita Moret - grandmother of Lucecita, ex-friend of Amanda * Jeannette Lehr as Carlota Aristizábal de Dupont - mother of Ariana, villain, then she goes crazy * Martha Picanes as Amanda Aristizábal - grandmother of Anita and David, aunt of Ariana, villain, then hero *

Roberto Moll Roberto Moll Cárdenas (born 19 July 1948) is an actor who is best known for his work on telenovelas. He was born in Lima, Peru. Moll first starred with little roles in many telenovelas, but in 1985 he got a bigger role in the telenovela '' Cr ...

as Abelardo Reyes - father of David, in love with Dulce *

Laura Termini Laura Termini (born August 3, 1974) is a Venezuelan actress, producer, writer, and a Board Certified Health/Beauty Counselor AADP. She is also a contributor to Huffington Post's in the health and beauty columns. Termini has starred on networks ...

as Maggie O`Donnell - daughter of Tom, hates Anita, half sister of Billy * Christian Tapán as Padre Francisco - friend of Eduardo * Giovan Ramos as Ramiro Albornoz - villain, father of the child of Ariana, killed by Ariana * Alexa Kuve as Dulce Maria Contreras - sister of Eduardo, in love with Abelardo * Millie Ruperto as Ambar Barros - mother of Angie, in love with Memo * Andrea Loreto as Angie Barros - daughter of Ambar * Ruben Camelo as Roque Izquierdo - father of Guadalupe and husband of Nati Izquierdo * Jana Martinez as Nati Izquierdo - mother of Guadalupe and wife of Roque Izquierdo * Kenia Gazcon as Guadalupe Izquierdo - daughter of Nati and Roque, in love with Chucho * Yadira Santana as Mercedes - maid of family Contreras * Michelle Manterola as Lucecita - best friend of Anita, granddaughter of Cachita, in love with David * Yaxkin Santalucia as El Chucho - in love with Guadalupe * Sabas Malaver as Memo Valiente - in love with Ambar *

Jorge Alberti Jorge Alberto Martinez (born March 31, 1977), known as Jorge Alberti, is a Puerto Rican actor who has starred in many telenovelas, most recently in ''Hombre Tenías que Ser''. Acting career Jorge Alberti portrayed the role of Roberto on the for ...

as El Fresa * Gabriel Parisi as Billy O`Donnell - son of Tom and Graciela * Daniel Fabius as Tom O`Donnell - spouse of Graciela, dies in a car accident * Martha Mijares as Zilfides Delgado The Judge

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anita No Te Rajes 2004 telenovelas 2004 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings Spanish-language American telenovelas Telemundo telenovelas Television series by Universal Television Television shows set in Los Angeles