''La Bandida'' is a Mexican

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produced by Andrés Santamaría. The series is written by Carlos Quintanilla and Adriana Pelussi and developed by

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and

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. It stars

Sandra Echeverría Sandra Echeverría Gamboa (born December 11, 1984) is a Mexican actress and singer. Life and career In 2002, Echeverría starred in TV Azteca's ''Súbete A Mi Moto'', alongside Bárbara Mori and Michel Brown. In 2004, she led the second se ...

as the titular character.

Plot

Graciela's life was not easy, she was orphaned and also became a very young widow. She started stealing, placing bets and dealing with alcohol. In this way she managed to amass a great fortune, which she invested in the creation of a dating house. Inspired by the 30s, the series will initially tell the beginning of the protagonist as a

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, in a role that will be played by Julieta Grajales, to subsequently present Graciela (

) in her adult stage, where most of the story will take place.

Cast

as Graciela Olmos ** Julieta Grajales as Young Graciela * Ianis Guerrero as José Hernández * Marcia Coutiño as Sister Catalina *

Ariel López Padilla Ariel López Padilla (born August 12, 1962 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his acting in many telenovelas such as Gata Salvaje, Pecados Ajenos, Inocente de ti. Ariel Lopez works for most famous telenove ...

Albi De Abreu Albi De Abreu (born as Albino de Abreu Do Nascimiento on 31 May 1975) is a Venezuelan theater and television actor. Biography Albi began his television career at the age of 14 when he began appearing in several TV commercials. He got his first ...

as Tommy Harton *

Iván Arana Luis Iván Arana Zúñiga (born in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south ...

as Pedro Núñez * Adrián Morales * Alfredo Huereca as General Ordóñez *

Fernanda Arozqueta María Fernanda Arozqueta Chahin (born 16 January 1989 in Mexico City, Mexico), known professionally as Fernanda Arozqueta is a Mexican singer and actress and former member of the Mexican pop group, "La Nueva Banda Timbiriche". Early life Fernand ...

* Memo Villegas *

Marcelo Córdoba Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba (born Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 21, 1973) is an Argentine actor. Biography After a few years of living in México, he was in the cast of the 2005 telenovela Alborada, which w ...

as Martín * Vicky Araico as Marieta * Antonio Fortier * Cinthia Vázquez * David Medel * José Carlos Fermat * Juan Pablo Franco *

Shaila Dúrcal Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras (born August 28, 1979), better known as Shaila Dúrcal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Her parents are singers Rocío Dúrcal and Antonio Morales ("Junior"). Biography She was born in Madrid, ...

* Arantza Ruiz * Florencia Ríos * Gimena Gómez as La Rubia * Jessica Ortiz * María Gonllegos * María del Carmen Félix

Broadcast

The series premiered first in El Salvador on Canal 2 on 10 January 2019, although the date on which it ended and how many episodes its first broadcast was unknown. In Mexico and throughout Latin America it is available online since 1 March 2019. In Latin America (excluding United States), it premiered on 13 January 2020 on

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, and the series is expected to last a total of 70 episodes on this network.

Episodes

References

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