''El juego de la vida'' (English: ''The game of life'') is a Mexican

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

Roberto Gómez Fernández Roberto Gómez Fernández (born March 14, 1964, in México City, D.F., México) is a Mexican producer, artist, actor and comedian. Early life Gómez Fernández was born in México City, the son of comedian and actor Roberto Gómez Bolaños a ...

and Giselle Gonález Salgado for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

. It premiered on November 12, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2002. Sara Maldonado and

Valentino Lanús Valentino Lanús (born May 3, 1975, in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor. Biography Valentino's parents are Margarita and Luis Alberto. Valentino is the second of four siblings, and is also the only male. He began his career as a model, and la ...

star as protagonists;

Ana Layevska Anna Sergeyevna Layevska ( uk, Анна Сергіївна Лаєвська, Anna Serhiyivna Layevsʹka, russian: Анна Сергеевна Лаевская, Anna Sergeyevna Layevskaya; born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Mexic ...

Margarita Magaña Margarita Magaña (; born Margarita Magaña Amillategui on 11 July 1980) is a Mexican actress and model, best known for her roles in the Mexican television series '' Al diablo con los guapos'', '' Un gancho al corazón'', and ''Teresa''. Car ...

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, and Jackie García star as co-protagonists, while Raquel Pankowsky, Cristián Seri, Rodrigo Mejía, Maki Soler, and

Raúl Araiza Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter. He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...

starred as antagonists.

Plot

Lorena, the more focused of the group, is a cute girl with a good heart. When she returns to school, Lorena's longtime boyfriend, Mariano, leaves her after he confesses that he loves her supposed best friend Tania. Lorena runs home crying, and when she crosses the street, she clashes with Juan Carlos Domínguez, who falls in love with her at first sight. Paulina, is a beautiful, sweet girl with a good heart, but also suffers from the death of her mother, who is actually alive, but her father and her aunt make her believe she died. Paulina's father shows little interest in her. Fernanda is a wild shrinking girl who does not believe in love and can't control her nerves sometimes. Daniela is a young innocent girl who gets her heart broken by her boyfriend Tono who suffers from a car accident and goes blind. Tono doesn’t want Daniela to spend her life suffering and looking out for him so he ends up breaking up with her.

Cast

as Juan Carlos "Juan Charlie" Domínguez *

as Paulina "Pau" de la Mora Miraban *

as Fernanda "Fer" Pacheco * Sara Maldonado as Lorena "Lore" Álvarez *Jackie García as Daniela "Dany" Duarte *Luis Gimeno as Nicolás "Don Nico" Domínguez "Abuelo" *

Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Martínez (born 17 October 1946) is a Mexican actor and comedian who has appeared in over 140 films and television shows in Mexico. Biography Manuel Ibáñez Martínez was born on 17 October 1946, the youngest of fou ...

as Augusto Vidal *

Silvia Mariscal Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** Peopl ...

as Sara Domínguez "Doña Sara" *Lucero Lander as Lucía Álvarez *

as Georgina "Gina" Rivero Fuentes Guerra *

Miguel Ángel Biaggio Miguel Ángel Olivares Biaggio (born September 3, 1976, in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí), also known as Miguel Angel Biagio, Mike Biagio, Mike Biaggio, is a Mexican actor. Life Biaggio made his acting debut in the 1996 telenovela ''El ...

as Antonio "Toño" Pacheco *Maki Soler as Tania Vidal *

Mauricio Barcelata Mauricio Barcelata Pinedo (born 5 January 1970 in Alvarado, Veracruz) is a Mexican actor and TV host. He currently hosts ''Sale el Sol'', the morning show of Imagen Televisión. Biography Barcelata started his professional career as member of a c ...

as Mariano Alarcón *

Patricio Borghetti Juan Patricio Borghetti Imérito (; born December 5, 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor and singer. Life At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" ("South"). He later worked as a model and appea ...

as Patricio "Pato" *

Tina Romero Tina Romero (born Tina Romero Alcázar, August 14, 1949) is an American actress. A native of New York City, Romero moved to Mexico in her youth, and later established a career there as an actress. Her early film roles included '' The Divine Caste ...

as Mercedes "Meche" Pacheco *

David Ostrosky David Ostrosky Vinograd (born December 1, 1956) is a Mexican actor, active since 1984. Early life Ostrosky was born in Mexico, and is of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, is Lithuanian Jewish from Kyiv, Ukraine, and his mother ''Gu ...

as Rafael Duarte *Juan Carlos Colombo as Ignacio de la Mora *

Raquel Morell Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959, in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas. She is probably best known for her role of Blanc ...

as Consuelo Duarte *Rafael Amador as Genaro Pacheco *Mariana Karr as Victoria "Vicky" Vidal *

Ofelia Cano Ofelia Cano is a Mexican actress. She appeared in many telenovelas. Some of her better known roles are the one of Rebeca in ''Entre el amor y el odio ''Entre el Amor y el Odio'' (English: ''Between Love and Hatred'') is a Mexican telenovela pr ...

as Eugenia Robles *Raquel Pankowsky as Bertha de la Mora *Héctor Sáez as Braulio Zúñiga *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales ...

as Javier Álvarez * Gabriela Cano as Araceli "Ñoña" Fuentes *Sergio Ochoa as Carmelo "Carmelito" Sánchez *Luciano Seri as Diego Santillán *Alexandra Monterrubio as Cinthia "Cin" Linares *Cristián Seri as Oscar Santillán *Juan Carlos Martín del Campo as Andrés Miranda *

Raul Araiza Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

as Ezequiel Domínguez *

María Fernanda Malo María Fernanda Malo (born November 19, 1985), also known as Fuzz, is a Mexican film and television actress, best known for her role in the telenovela ''Rebelde''. Biography Malo was born in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Malo later in 1989 ...

as Marisol Duarte *Ilan Arditti as Adrián *Diana Osorio as Carmen "Carmelita" Pérez *Rodrigo Mejía as Fabián *Miguel Ángel Santa Rita as Simón Robles *Graciela Bernardos as Camila de la Mora * Jorge Veytia as Artemio / "Chemo" *

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 ...

as Carola Lizardi #1 *

Yessica Salazar Yessica Salazar (born Yessica Salazar González on December 28, 1973 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. who was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1996 and represented her country a ...

as Carola Lizardi #2 *Fátima Torre as Fátima Álvarez *Diego Sieres as Alberto "Beto" Duarte *Polly as Leticia Guzmán *Paola Flores as Pachis *Ricardo Vera as Bernal *Adalberto Parra as El Risueño *Carlos Amador as Santos *Fernando Moya as Manuel *Horacio Castelo as Mancera *Joshua Tacher as Roque" *Miguel Garza as Luis * Ingrid Macossay - as Gladys

References

External links

* at esmas.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juego de la vida 2001 telenovelas 2001 Mexican television series debuts 2002 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City Television shows set in Tokyo Televisa telenovelas