''El Rostro de AnalÃa'' (; ''The Face of AnalÃa'') is a Spanish-language
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
produced by the American-based television network
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a divi ...
. It stars
Elizabeth Gutiérrez
Elizabeth Gutiérrez Nevárez (born April 1, 1979) is an American actress and model of Mexican descent. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas ''El Rostro de AnalÃa'' and ''El fantasma de Elena''.
Background
Gutià ...
,
Martin Karpan,
Maritza RodrÃguez
Sarah Mintz (born Maritza RodrÃguez Gómez; September 1, 1975 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Colombian telenovela actress and model. In January 2018, she announced that she had changed her name to Sarah Mintz.
She is best known for her roles ...
and
Gabriel Porras
Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva LucÃa Méndez and " ...
, with the special appearance of
Gaby Espino
MarÃa Gabriela Espino Rugero (born November 15, 1977), better known as Gaby Espino, is a Venezuelan actress, model and presenter. She is best known for her roles in telenovelas.
Early life and career
Born in Maracay, Venezuela, Gaby Espino is ...
. Written by Venezuelan writer Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri, the story is loosely based on MarÃa, MarÃa which starred Alba Roversi and Mexican soap star
Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''.
Biogr ...
in Venezuela, and was also written by Olivieri. The novela is directed by David Posada and Danny Gaviria; with Jairo Arcila as General Producer and Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll as Executive Producer. Although the novela was set in Los Angeles,
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a divi ...
filmed the serial in
Miami, Fl
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. Through editing it was made to appear as Los Angeles. The network debuted it on October 20, 2008 at the 9 pm (8 pm central) timeslot. NBC added English subtitles as closed captions on CC3 starting in March.
Elizabeth Gutiérrez
Elizabeth Gutiérrez Nevárez (born April 1, 1979) is an American actress and model of Mexican descent. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas ''El Rostro de AnalÃa'' and ''El fantasma de Elena''.
Background
Gutià ...
plays both Mariana and AnalÃa, being the protagonist. The male lead is portrayed by
Martin Karpan, while the antagonists include
Maritza RodrÃguez
Sarah Mintz (born Maritza RodrÃguez Gómez; September 1, 1975 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Colombian telenovela actress and model. In January 2018, she announced that she had changed her name to Sarah Mintz.
She is best known for her roles ...
,
Gabriel Porras
Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva LucÃa Méndez and " ...
and
Zully Montero
Clara Zully Montero (; born January 25, 1944) is a Cuban actress who has worked in television, film, and theatre.
Biography
Montero was born in Santo Suarez, Cuba. At the age of 11, Montero gathered a group of friends and created her own pl ...
. Other major characters are brought to life by
Karla Monroig
Karla Monroig (; born March 5, 1979 in Guayama, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and television host.
Early years
Karla Monroig was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, located on the southern coastal valley region of the island of Puerto ...
,
Daniel Lugo,
Ximena Duque
Ximena Duque (born January 30, 1985) is a Colombian actress and model.
Biography
Ximena was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on January 30, 1985 and at age 12 moved to Miami, Florida, where she began to study acting, diction and accen ...
,
Pedro Moreno and
Alejandro Chaban.
Plot
Mariana Montiel is a young and beautiful executive at the head of ANGEL'S, the executive airline founded by her father. She has been skilled and very shrewd in business but in love she is completely different, since she failed to protect one thing that she loves most: her own marriage. Since she met and fell in love with the good-looking and brilliant architect Daniel Montiel with whom she had a passionate affair that resulted beautiful Adriana, a baby who was a reason of two of them getting married. Marriage in its first phase was happy, Mariana gave all trust to her husband, helping company growth, but Daniel took the rise of his career to continue his single life quoted. Sarah, Mariana's beautiful and sexy cousin, who was always jealous of living in Mariana's shadow, took advantage of Daniel's opportunity, becoming his mistress. Sarah's life goal would be taking Mariana's company position in Angel's. Behind her sophisticated appearance hides an unscrupulous woman, who just wants to get money and power, so she becomes entangled in the affairs of the drug mafia and Ricky Montana, who seeks to use the image of the Airline to launder money. As Sarah's ambition has no limits, she plans to kill her with help of her accomplice Ricky Montana. Montana, as a way to test the loyalty of his lover AnalÃa, who is in fact an undercover agent, orders her to kill Mariana. AnalÃa accepts, but she has no intention to really kill her. Her life goal is to trap Montana, and put him on the electric chair, so she could revenge him for murdering the love of her life. That day, Mariana discovers her husband's infidelity and in a fit of madness and pain, she leaves her anniversary party. AnalÃa gets into her car with the gun to allegedly kill her, but Mariana's car, which was broken, rolls of a cliff. Dr. Armando Rivera and his assistant sees a woman with burned skin and they run to help her. Dr. Armando finds a picture of AnalÃa and decides to rebuild her face, using an experimental procedure of cloning, not knowing that the girl is actually Mariana. Everyone believes that Mariana no longer exists, and her husband and family are destroyed by that fact. Montana trusts AnalÃa again, but he is devastated by the fact that she is not appearing. Armando finds out that AnalÃa was a drug trafficker, stripper and that she was accused for murder, not knowing that she was actually undercover agent, so he decides not to tell her his real identity, because he doesn't know that the girl is Mariana. He calls her Ana, and he doesn't allow her to leave the house. One day she escapes and saves drowning child on the beach confronting her daughter and husband again, but Mariana in the body of AnalÃa doesn't remember them. They fall in love again. Mariana Montiel returns home as her own daughter's nanny, but the criminal history of the true "AnalÃa" will not allow her to be happy. She must live carrying forth the life and crimes of the woman whose face she carries − The Face of AnalÃa.
Cast
References
External links
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Telemundo official press release
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2008 telenovelas
2009 telenovelas
2008 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Telemundo telenovelas
Television shows set in Los Angeles
Television shows set in Miami