''La teacher de inglés'' was a Colombian soap opera produced in 2011 for Caracol Television. It was at first broadcast at 8 pm, was off air for a week when the soap opera La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) was shown, returned May 23–27 until its final episode, and then was replaced by the soap opera La Bruja (The Witch). It starred the Miss Universe runner-up Carolina Gomez and Victor Mallarino, alongside the opposing actors Juan Alfonso Baptista, Isabel Cristina Estrada, Lully Bussa and Samara de Cordova.
Plot
Jesús ''Kike'' Peinado (Víctor Mallarino) is the owner of a lingerie manufacturing company, which he founded with his ex wife Mercedes (Lully Bossa), who left him after getting involved with a rich
American citizen. ''Kike'' starts doing business with American clients, but since he does not speak English, he asks his cousin Luis Fernando (Juan Alfonso Baptista) for help. Luis Fernando, who is involved with drug dealers, is joined by his assistant and lover Milena (Isabel Estrada), both wishing to take advantage of Kike's company. Despite his cousin's help, ''Kike'' decides to learn English on his own and meets Pili (Carolina Gómez), a middle-class young woman and a professional English teacher unable to travel to the US after having her
visa denied. Kike slowly falls in love with Pili and hires her in order to give private English classes for him and his employees.
Cast
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Victor Mallarino
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
as Jesús Antonio "Kike" Peinado
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Carolina Gómez as Pilar "Pili" Ortega
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Carolina López
Carolina López (born 16 November 1993) is a Dominican team handball player. She plays for the club Simon Bolivar, and on the Dominican Republic national team. She competed at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where the Dom ...
as Catalina "Cata" Ortega
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Juan Alfonso Baptista as Luis Fernando Caicedo
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Isabel Cristina Estrada as Milena Ramírez
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Dora Cadavid as Rita
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Lully Bossa
Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...
as Mercedes
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Kenny Delgado
Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names.
In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ó Cionnaith'', also spelt ''Ó Cionnaoith'' and ''Ó Cionaodha'', meaning "descendant of Cionnaith". ...
as José Acosta
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Samara de Córdova
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
as Eloísa
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Ilja Rosendahl
Ilja Rosendahl (born 23 February 1968) is a German film and music producer, director, screenwriter, actor, songwriter, musician (vocals, guitars, bass) and voiceover artist.
Biography
Artistic career
Rosendahl was born in Bochum. He played in t ...
as Immigration Officer
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Jenny Marie Marrero
Jenny may refer to:
* Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people
* Jenny (surname), a family name
Animals
* Jenny (donkey), a female donkey
* Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of ...
as American confused hotel receptionist
References
External links
Official site(in Spanish)
Parody(in Spanish and English)
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2011 telenovelas
2011 Colombian television series debuts
2011 Colombian television series endings
Caracol Televisión telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Bogotá