''Las Juanas'' 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'' ...

created

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, based on the 1997 Colombian

of the same name written by the same creator. The series originally aired from September 6, 2004 to March 4, 2005. It stars

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, Margarita Sanz,

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Paola Núñez Paola Núñez Rivas (born April 8, 1978) is a Mexican actress and producer. Personal life Núñez was born in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. She started acting in theater at the age of 12. At the age of 16, she began her full-time career as ...

Claudia Álvarez Claudia Álvarez (; born Claudia Álvarez Ocampo, October 6, 1981) is a Mexican actress. Her debut was in 2004 on the soap opera Las Juanas in the role Juana Prudencia. Career Claudia Alvarez began her career in television commercials in 1 ...

, Vanessa Cato, and Andrés Palacios.

Plot

"Las Juanas" is the story of five sisters in a forgotten little town reminiscent of Gabriel García Marquez’s hundred years of solitude; headed by Juana Valentina (

), a brave dreamer who, upon her mother’s death, discovers the true identity of her father, Calixto Matamoros (

). Juana Valentina decides to go in search of her father and discovers that not only was she an illegitimate child, she was not the only one, as her father’s romantic adventures included four other women (in addition to his wife) with whom he also procreated other daughters. This strange twist of fate places Juana Valentina in the Calixto household where she meets Álvaro ( Andrés Palacios), whom she falls madly in love with at first sight, until she discovers the possibility that he is her half brother, which seems to impede their love forever. While we wait for fate to reveal the truth, Juana Valentina meets her sisters: Juana Micaela (

), Juana Carolina (

), Juana Martina and Juana Prudencia (

). Not only do these women garner more than one stolen glance in town for their great beauty and charms, they come together to create a new family, under the protection of Calixto himself, forever bound by the ties of blood that joins them. Each one will find their love and destiny in the little town of

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Cast

Main

as Calixto Matamoros * Margarita Sanz as Doña Gallardo de Matamoros *

as Juana Valentina *

as Juana Carolina *

as Juana Micaela *

as Juana Prudencia * Vanessa Cato as Juana Martina * Andrés Palacios as Juan Álvaro

Recurring

* Carmen Beato as Carlota * José Carlos Rodríguez as Carmelo * Alma Rosa Añorve as Guillermina *

Juan Pablo Medina Juan Pablo Medina (born October 22, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Ulises, the lead character on the TV Azteca drama series ''Drenaje profundo''. Biography He began his career in the Mexican telenovela Cuan ...

as Eliseo * Guillermo Iván as Miguel * Cynthia Vázquez as Clara Mercedes * Jean Duverger as Todomundo * Faisy as Gualberto * Andrés Montiel as Gabriel Gallardo * Alejandro Barrios as Rodrigo * Maribel Rodríguez as Gertrudis

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juanas (Mexican TV series), Las 2004 telenovelas TV Azteca telenovelas 2004 Mexican television series debuts 2005 Mexican television series endings Television shows set in Mexico Mexican television series based on Colombian television series Spanish-language telenovelas