''Brujas'' (lit: ''Witches'') also known as Las profesionales, is a Chilean television

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created by Néstor Castagno and Daniella Castagno, that aired on Canal 13 from March 7, to August 23, 2005, starring

Carolina Arregui María Carolina Arregui Vuskovic (born August 26, 1965) is a Chilean television actress of Croatian and Basque descent. Although she never attended drama school, she is considered to be one of Chile's most popular and gifted actresses. Biograph ...

, Jorge Zabaleta and

María Elena Swett María Elena Swett Urquieta is a Chilean actress. Early life She was born in Santiago on April 11, 1979. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the ''Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta''. Later, she studied theater at ...

Cast

as ''Beatriz González''. * Jorge Zabaleta as ''Dante Ruíz Salazar / Soler Morales / Fontaine Morales''. *

as ''Cassandra García''. * Juan Falcón as ''Jason Estévez''. *

Íngrid Cruz Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro (born 1 July 1975 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean actress, known for her roles in '' Brujas'' (2005), '' Somos los Carmona'' (2013-2014), '' Pituca sin Lucas'' (2014-2015) and ''Demente'' (2021). Biography Born as Ingri ...

as ''Gretel "Estrudel" Schmidt Kaussel''. * Elvira López as ''Candelaria Pérez "Candela"''. *

Antonella Ríos Antonella Ríos Mascetti (born July 31, 1974) is a Chilean television and film actress. Her best-known roles were Mariana in the telenovela "Brujas" and Gracia in the film " Los Debutantes". Filmography Films Telenovelas * Machos ( Canal 13, ...

as ''Mariana Carvajal''. *

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as ''Noelia Fuentes''. *

Silvia Santelices Silvia Elena Santelices Rojas (born 27 June 1940) is a Chilean theater, film, and television actress, a pioneer of telenovelas in her country. She currently serves as councilor for the commune of Rancagua. Professional career In 1960 Santelices e ...

as ''Rebeca Márquez''. *

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as ''Humberto Fontaine''. *

Loreto Valenzuela Loreto Cristina Valenzuela Valdivia (born 3 July 1954) is a Chilean actress and director, recognized for her extensive career in theater and television. Valenzuela achieved great popularity in the play ' (1979), in the enigmatic and censored ' (1 ...

as ''Mercedes Salazar''. *

Luis Gnecco Luis Enrique Gnecco Dessy (born 12 December 1962) is a Chilean actor. Besides his work in Chilean telenovelas and films (''Johnny 100 Pesos'', the Academy Award nominated '' No'', ''El bosque de Karadima'', ''A Fantastic Woman'' and '' Neruda' ...

as ''Leopoldo Quevedo''. *

Solange Lackington Solange Lackington Gangas (Santiago de Chile, December 7, 1962) is a Chilean actress, director and playwright of film, theater and television. She studied theater at the School of Theater of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. At just ...

as ''Marta "Martuca" Salinas''. *

Alejandro Trejo Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's '' A Cab for Three'', for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila and Gramado film festivals. Biogra ...

as ''Gregorio "Goyo" Sánchez''. *

Viviana Rodríguez Viviana is a female given name, and may refer to: * ''Viviana'' (film), a 1916 American film * ''Viviana'' (telenovela), a 1978 Mexican telenovela * Saint Bibiana, or Viviana, 4th-century Roman martyr * Viviana (given name) See also * * Bibiana ...

as ''Josefina "Pepa" Altamirano''. * Guido Vecchiola as ''Benjamín Rivas''. *

Teresita Reyes María Teresita de Jesús Reyes Aleuanlli (born 4 February 1950 in Osorno), known as Teresita Reyes, is a Chilean actress. She is of Palestinian ancestry on her mother's side. Filmography Movies * ''Sussi'' (film) (1987) * '' Te amo'' (2 ...

as ''Irene León''. * Elena Muñoz as ''Hilda Cruz''. * Magdalena Max-Neef as ''Montserrat Contreras''. * Víctor Rojas as ''Jack "Don Jack" Salinas''. * Gabriela Medina as ''Elizabeth Donoso''. *

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as ''Fabián Mainardi''. *

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as ''Angelina Contreras''. *

Remigio Remedy Remigio may refer to: *Remigio (given name) Remigio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Remigio Guido Barbieri (1836–1910), Italian-born Roman Catholic bishop *Remigio Morales Bermúdez (1836–1894), Peruvian politicia ...

as ''Enrique Monárdez''. *

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as ''Emilio Arriagada''. *

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as ''Manuel Arriagada''. * Carmen Gloria Bresky as ''María Inés "Nené" Fontecilla''. * Héctor Morales as ''Byron Brandon Sánchez''. *

Antonia Santa María Antonia Santa María Monckeberg (born 22 July 1982) is a Chilean film, television, and theater actress. Biography The daughter of Juan Pedro Santa María Pérez, legal director of Banco Santander and great-grandson of President Domingo Santa Mar ...

as ''Sharon Janet Sánchez''. *

Mariana Derderián Mariana Sirvat Derderián Espinoza (born January 15, 1980) is a Chilean actress. She is best known for her protagonistic role in Floribella, the Chilean version of the Argentinian TV serie Floricienta (Flinderella). Biography Mariana Derderi ...

as ''Macarena Altamirano''. *

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as ''Luciano Mainardi''. * Gabriel Sepúlveda as ''José Tomás Contreras''. * Muykuay Silva/

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as ''Anastasia Mainardi''. * Salvador Sacur as ''Sebastián Arriagada Conteras''.

Special participations

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as ''Vicente Soler Marquez / Fontaine Marquez''. * María Elena Duvauchelle as ''Raquel Morales''. * Alfredo Allende as ''Pablo "Cocoliso" Ossa''. * Aldo Bernales as ''Chueco" Carmona''. * Verónica Santiago as ''Luz María''. *

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as ''Javiera''. *

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as ''Loreto''. * Annie Murath as ''Karla''. *

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as ''Inspector Campos''. * Verónica González as ''Nancy''. * Rodrigo Fernández as ''José Mora Morales''. *

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as ''Apostador''. * Tommy Rey as ''himself''.

Banda sonora

# Pedro Foncea - Brujas (Tema principal) #

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- Feeling Good (Tema de Don Humberto enamorado y con Mercedes) #

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- No me quiero enamorar (Tema de Dante y Beatriz) #

David Civera David Civera Gracia (born in Teruel, Aragón, Spain on 8 January 1979) is a Spanish singer. Biography Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the you ...

(Team Mekano) - Que la detengan (Tema de Beatriz) #

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- Volverte a ver (Tema de Gretel y Jason) #

Azúcar Moreno Azúcar Moreno (; Spanish language, Spanish for "brown sugar") is a Spanish music duo composed of sisters Antonia "Toñi" and Encarnación "Encarna" Salazar. The duo has sold more than 3 million albums and singles since 1984 domestically, and be ...

- El (Tema incidental de Beatriz) #

Ricardo Montaner Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner (born September 8, 1957), better known as Ricardo Montaner (), is an Argentine-born Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, he has released more than 24 albums, and many su ...

- Tengo verano (Tema de Jason) # El Símbolo - Muévete así (Vicio) (Tema de Mariana) #

Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, and actor. Known as the " King of Reggaetón" by music critics and fans alike, he is the artist who coined ...

- La gasolina (Tema de Byron) # Raffaella Carrá - Hay que venir al Sur (Tema de baile de Candela) #

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- Juego cruel (Tema de Fabián) #

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- Cuanto antes (Tema de Gretel y Enrique) #

Miguel Bosé Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (19 ...

- Teorema (Señora es usted) (Tema de Leopoldo cuando piensa en Beatriz) #

Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

- (Tema de Marta y Gregorio Sa-sá) #

María Isabel María Isabel López Rodríguez (born 4 January 1995), known professionally as María Isabel, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla". ...

- Antes muerta que sencilla (Tema de las 5 Profesionales del Servicio) #

Myriam Hernández Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro (born 2 May 1967) is a Chilean singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has dabbled mainly in romantic ballad, which is why she is sometimes nicknamed "La baladista de América" ("America's balladeer"), al ...

- Mío (Tema de Beatriz cuando extraña a Dante) #

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- Quiero (Tema de Mariana y Byron) #

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Awar ...

- Tu no tienes alma (Tema de Josefina "Pepa") #

Aldo Ranks Aldo Vargas, known by his stage name Aldo Ranks, is a Panamanian musician of reggae en Español. From 1992 to 1998, he was the most outstanding and youngest rapper in Panama, supported by producers such as El Chombo and DJ Pablito on albums such ...

- Mueve mami (Tema de Sharon Janet) # Laura Canoura - Casandra (Tema de Casandra) #

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- Caprichosa (Tema de Casandra y Dante) # Azul Caribe - Con las manos arriba (Tema incidental) #

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- Sin despertar (Tema de Manuelito) #

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- Mujeres (Tema incidental) #

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- La manzanita (Tema de Doña Irene y Don Jack) #

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- Vivir (Tema de Macarena) #

Christian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ( ...

- Te buscaría (Tema de Angelina y Enrique) #

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- Tu corazón (Tema de Noelia y Benjamín) #

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- Mientes tan bien (Tema de Casandra y Dante enamorados) #

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- Profundo valor (Tema de Beatriz cuando esta triste) # La Sonora de Tommy Rey - Los domingos (la peineta) (Tema en las fiestas de la Familia Sa-sá) #

- Camisa negra (Tema de Jason)

International broadcasts

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El Trece Channel 13 (known by its current brand name El Trece, stylized as eltrece) is an Argentine free-to-air television network and the flagship station of the network of the same name, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. It is owned by ...

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*: Latinoamérica Televisión *:

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*: Saeta TV Canal 10 *:

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*: Viva Platina *: Canal 4

References

External links

* {{Canal 13 Chile telenovelas 2005 telenovelas Canal 13 (Chilean TV channel) telenovelas 2005 Chilean television series debuts 2005 Chilean television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Santiago