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created by Sebastián Arrau, that aired on

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and

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from May 18, to December 30, 2015, starring

Claudia Di Girólamo Claudia del Carmen Di Girolamo Quesney (born December 30, 1956 in Santiago de Chile), is a Chilean actress and theater director of Italian descent, who has a prominent and distinguished artistic career in theater, film and television. Considered ...

, Francisco Reyes,

Blanca Lewin Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo (born August 7, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean actress of Jewish origin. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known by her role of "Lola Padilla" in the soap opera ''Lola'' by Ca ...

, Emilio Edwards, Josefina Fiebelkorn,

Gloria Münchmeyer María Gloria Münchmeyer Barber (born September 2, 1938 in Santiago) is a Chilean television, film and theatre actress, known for her roles in some telenovelas like La Madrastra, Marrón Glacé, and others. She was married with the actor/come ...

, Ximena Rivas, and Juan Falcón.

Cast

Main characters

Claudia Di Girolamo Claudia del Carmen Di Girolamo Quesney (born December 30, 1956 in Santiago de Chile), is a Chilean actress and theater director of Italian descent, who has a prominent and distinguished artistic career in theater, film and television. Considered ...

as Diana Nazer. * Francisco Reyes as Gary Mendez. * Emilio Edwards as Alexis Santis (alias ''Donor 7''). * Josefina Fiebelkorn as Matilde Valdes (alias ''Holy Mommy''). *

as Chantal Chavez (alias ''Evil Mommy''). *

Coca Guazzini Silvia Beatriz Guazzini Monsalve (born December 22, 1953 in Santiago), best known as Coca Guazzini, is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress. Guazzini studied theatre at Universidad de Chile. She appeared in some popular Chilean telenov ...

as Grace Peñaloza (alias ''Mommy Mommy''). *

Catalina Saavedra Catalina Saavedra Pérez (born 8 January 1968) is a Chilean film, stage and television actress. She is known to international audiences for playing the title character in the 2009 film '' The Maid'', for which she received several awards and nom ...

as Constanza Rios (alias ''Crazy Mommy''). * Andrea Velasco as Juliana Flores (alias ''Selfie Mommy'').

Supporting characters

as Isabelle Stanford. *

Ximena Rivas Ximena Luisa Rivas Hanson (born Santiago, August 12, 1963) is a Chilean actress of theater, film and television. Acting career Her career began with one of the most important works of the Chilean theater ''La negra Ester'' (1988), where she p ...

as Letizia Nazer. * Juan Falcón as Johnny Bravo. * Héctor Morales as Eduardo Bravo. * Santiago Tupper as Mauricio Bravo. * Rodrigo Muñoz as Arturo Villar. *

Gonzalo Robles Gonzalo Eduardo Robles García (Santiago, April 22, 1952), is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and comedian. Biography Robles studied at Colegio San Ignacio. Later he started a career in Civil Construction at the Pontificia Unive ...

as Francisco Alvarez. * María Elena Duvauchelle as Trinidad Carreño. * Teresita Commentz as Dianita Stanford. * Matías Assler as Claudio Chavez. *

Denise Rosenthal Denise Sofía Rosenthal Schalchli (born 8 November 1990), known professionally as Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean singer, songwriter, and actress. Early life Rosenthal was born in Santiago, Chile. She has two brothers, one sister, and is the youn ...

as Sandra Bravo. * Elisa Alemparte as Leonor Castillo. * Raúl González as Charles Bravo. * Geraldine Neary as Amalia Castillo. * Simón Pascal as Jorge Bravo Peñaloza. * Dolores Pedro as Soraya Benitez. * Claudia Hidalgo as Hortensia Ortega.

Guest appearances

* Paloma Moreno as Maria Pepa. * Bárbara Mundt as Pepa's Mother. * Carolina Paulsen as Digna Contreras. * Yamila Reyna as Cristina Hidalgo. * Simoney Romero as Marion Aranguiz. * Alessandra Guerzoni as Francesca Miretti. * Viviana Shieh as Liu King.

Reception

Television ratings

References

External links

* 2015 telenovelas 2015 Chilean television series debuts 2015 Chilean television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Televisión Nacional de Chile telenovelas Television shows set in Santiago {{Chile-tv-prog-stub