''Esmeralda'' is a Brazilian

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produced and broadcast by

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in 2004 and 2005. It was based on the 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of same name by

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Cast

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as Esmeralda Álvares Real * Cláudio Lins as José Armando Álvares Real * Tânia Bondezan as Fátima Álvares Real * Karina Barum as Graziella Álvares Real *

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as Adrián Lucero *

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as Branca Álvares Real * Paulo César Grande as Rodolfo Álvares Real * Manoelita Lustosa as Rosário * Sônia Guedes as Margarida * Delano Avelar as Dr. Lúcio Malavér * Olivetti Herrera as Dr. Álvaro Lafaieti * Cleide Queiroz as Emanuela * Josmar Martins as Firmino * Jardel Mello as Dionísio Lucero * Marco Lunez as Januário * Carol Hubner as Joana * Cyda Baú as Jacinta * Pedro Paulley as Inácio * Priscila Ferreira as Florysa "Florzinha" Lucero * Antônio Petrin as Sabiá * Fabiana Alvarez as Patrícia * Renato Scarpin as Dr. Marcelo * Nara Gomes as Socorro * Graça Berman as Hortência * Cris Bessa as Aurora * Mário Sérgio Pretini as Dr. Bernardo * Carl Schumacher as Dr. Fausto * Luís Carlos Bahia as Cláudio * Débora Gomez as Dóris * Domingos Meira as Daniel * Ruth Roncy as Betânia * Patrícia Vilela as Hilda * Maria Estela as Irmã Piedade * Patrícia Salvador as Pietra * Daniela Franco as Márcia * Bibi Menegon as Amélia * Tallyta Cardoso as Tânia * Fabiana Meireles as Irmã Lucila * Nirce Levin as Rita * João Bourbonnais as Gustavo

Other versions

* '' Esmeralda'' - a Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat for

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in 1970. * ''

Topacio ''Topacio'' is a 1984 Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV based on the telenovela by Delia Fiallo '' Esmeralda'' produced by rival network Venevisión in 1970. It starred Grecia Colmenares and Víctor Cámara and with the antagonistic partici ...

'' - a Venezuelan telenovela produced by Jorge Gherardi and Omar Pin for

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in 1984. * '' Esmeralda'' - a Mexican telenovela produced by

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for

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in 1997. * ''

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'' - In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story.

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* * {{Telenovelas and series of SBT 2004 telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas 2004 Brazilian television series debuts 2005 Brazilian television series endings Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão telenovelas Brazilian television series based on Mexican television series Portuguese-language telenovelas