''Las Malcriadas'' (English: ''Bad Maids'') 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 and directed by

Joshua Mintz Joshua David Mintz (born August 22, 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican TV executive. Mintz has held leadership and production positions in the four most important Hispanic TV networks in the US and Mexico, having worked at Telemundo, Tele ...

for

TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two national ...

. It is an original story by Ximena Escalante and written by César Sierra and Carlos Madrid and directed by Mintz, Moisés Urquidi and Raúl Caballero. It stars

Sara Maldonado Sara Maldonado Fuentes (born March 10, 1980) is a Mexican actress, better known for her role as Lorena Alvarez from ''El juego de la vida'', which was her first main role and her first telenovela. After this, she was the protagonist in other t ...

as the titular character. Production started on June 28, 2017 and it premiered on September 18, 2017.

Plot

The series follows the story of Laura (

), a young journalist who suffers the loss of her mother and cleaning her personal belongings, discovers evidence that leads her to assume that her biological mother was another woman. Full of sadness for the death of her adoptive mother and with anger towards her family for having lied to her, Laura makes the most difficult decision of her life and decides to look for information that leads her to find the whereabouts of the woman who gave her life. In this process she discovers that her journey is more dangerous than she imagined, and will have to face a series of experiences that she never imagined to live—In this way—Laura will meet four other brave women, full of dreams, and with an immense desire to get ahead, who will be their companions of adventures. However, she will also encounter dark characters who will do what is necessary for Laura not to discover everything behind her origin. Later, Laura and these women will be identified by the press and society as Las Malcriadas, as they are accused of some crimes.

Cast

Main

as Laura Espinosa * Ernesto Laguardia as Mario Espinosa *

Gonzalo García Vivanco Gonzalo García Vivanco (born 25 December 1981)Rebecca Jones Rebecca Jones may refer to: *Rebecca Jones (Mexican actress) (1957–2023), Mexican actress *Rebecca Jones (archaeologist), Scottish archaeologist *Rebecca Jones (astronomer) (died 1966), American astronomer and discoverer of the Jones-Emberson 1 ...

as Catalina Basurto

Recurring

* Carlos Torres as Jerónimo Aguirre *

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 Rosa Ochoa *

Cynthia Rodríguez Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz (; born May 8, 1984 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican singer and reality television personality. She was a contestant on the reality TV show ''La Academia'', coming in fourth place. Rodríguez later com ...

as Teresa Villa * Alejandra Ambrosi as Stephanie Basurto * Juanita Arias as Esmirna Benavente * Elsa Ortiz as Dunia García *

Javier Díaz Dueñas Javier Díaz Dueñas (born 26 September 1951 in Mexico City), is a Mexican actor and director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The ...

as Julian * Rodrigo Cachero as Joaquín Figueroa *

Martín Barba Martín Barba, (born December 2, 1989) is a Mexican actor and singer, known for his character Benjamín Casanegra in the series ''Último año''. Career Barba is a graduate of acting academy "CEA" of Televisa. He has participated in several T ...

as Eduardo Espinosa * Blanca Calderón as TBA * Mar Carrera as Lidia * Laura Palma as Gabriela Rodríguez de Figueroa / Úrsula * Ernesto Álvarez as Silvio Luna *

Sebastián Caicedo Sebastián Caicedo (Born as Juan Sebastián Caicedo Londoño on November 12, 1980 in Cali, Colombia), is a Colombian television actor. He has participated in several telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap op ...

as Jaime Rosales * Vince Miranda as Acevedo * Heriberto Méndez as ablo Jiménez * Alexis Meana as Andrés Jiménez * Anna Carreiro as Sabrina Altieri * Verónica Terán as Martha * Jorge Fink as Fermín Rojas * Anna Silvia Garza as Cruz Palacios * Fátima Molina as Yuridia Cavarca * Andrea Torre as Brenda * Gina Moret as Irma * Bárbara Falconi as Avelina * Daniela Berriel as TBA * Carlos Girón as Mateo Altieri * Dasha Santoyo as TBA * Andrea Carreiro as TBA * Camila Rojas as Concha * Margarita Vega as TBA * Héctor Parra as TBA * Carlos Álvarez as TBA * David Alejandro as TBA *

Mabel Cadena Mabel is an English female given name derived from the Latin ''amabilis'', "lovable, dear".Reclams Namensbuch, 1987, History Amabilis of Riom (died 475) was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering th ...

as Juanita Ortiz Joven * Ulises Ávila as TBA *

Dolores Heredia Dolores Heredia Lerma (born October 6, 1966) is a Mexican actress. Personal life She is the seventh of ten children who grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Her mother was a photographer from Sinaloa, Lusiana Kornal and her father was a sea ...

as Juana * Héctor Parra

Ratings

References

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