''Rubí'' is a Spanish-language television series written by Leonardo Padrón and produced by

W Studios W Studios (Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida owned by TelevisaUnivision, was founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Univision and Colombian producer (who worked at the Colombian programadora company RTI ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

, and

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...

. It is a reboot based on the 2004 Mexican telenovela of the same name, and the third production of the ''

Fábrica de sueños ''Fábrica de sueños'' (English: Dream Factory) is a Mexican media franchise and anthology television series developed by Patricio Wills and produced by Televisa. The series revolves around great classics of telenovelas produced in Mexico duri ...

'' franchise. The series premiered first in the United States on 21 January 2020 on

, and ended on 27 February 2020 with a total of 26 episodes. It stars

Camila Sodi Camila Ía González Sodi (; born 14 May 1986) is a Mexican singer, actress and model. She is the niece of the singer and actress Thalía and a member of the Sodi family. Family life Camila Ía González Sodi was born in Mexico City, Mexico ...

as the

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Premise

The story revolves around a young journalist named Carla (

Ela Velden Ela Velden (born Daniela Campos Reséndiz 25 July 1992 in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico), is a Mexican actress and model. In October 2014, she made her telenovela debut co-starring in producer Pedro Damián's remake, '' Muchacha italiana vien ...

) who convinces Rubí (

), a mysterious woman who lives in a dark mansion, to tell the story of her life and why she isolated herself from the outside world out of free will. It is then that we find out that Rubí was an ambitious woman of humble origins determined to use her impressive beauty and female gimmicks to escape poverty and achieve fame, regardless of whether she harmed innocent people to achieve it.

Cast

The cast and character were revealed by ''

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'' magazine in September 2019 and January 2020 respectively.

Main

as Rubi Perez Ochoa, she is an ambitious woman who uses her beauty to obtain benefits. And Hector Ferrer's former wife *

José Ron Édgar José Ron Vásquez (born August 6, 1981), is a Mexican television actor best known for his roles in telenovelas such as '' Juro que te amo'', '' Los exitosos Pérez'', ''La que no podía amar'', ''La mujer del Vendaval'' and '' Muchacha ...

as Alejandro Cardenas, he is a

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and Rubí's first love. * Rodrigo Guirao as Hector Ferrer Garza, he is a famous architect, former fiance of Maribel and later Rubí's husband. *

Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos de Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is a Venezuelan actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Matilda Román in Nickelodeon's ''Grachi''. She started her career in commercials and promotions for the Venezuelan television stat ...

as Maribel de la Fuente, she is Rubí's former best friend and Hector's ex-fiance *

as Carla Rangel / Fernanda Perez Ochoa, she is a

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and Rubi's niece who years later grows up and pretends to be Carla Rangel in order to obtain information from her aunt. ** Valery Saís as Child Fernanda *

Tania Lizardo Tania Lizardo (born October 10, 1989) is a Mexican actress best known for her work in television. Biography Born in León, Guanajuato, Tania Lizardo decided to pursue a career in acting at age 18. She dropped out of Universidad La Salle where s ...

as Cristina Perez Ochoa, Rubi's sister. *

Marcus Ornellas Marcus Ornellas (born May 19, 1982) is a Brazilian actor. He is best known for working on Mexican telenovelas A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (f ...

as Lucas Fuentes Morab he is a famous clothing designer who becomes obsessed with the beauty of Rubi *

Lisardo Lisardo (born Lisardo Emilio Guarinos Riera in Valencia, Spain, on October 7, 1970) is an actor and singer. From December 2008 to 2014, he was married to Mexican singer and actress Lisset Lisset Gutiérrez Salazar (born November 3, 1973), also ...

as Arturo de la Fuente, Maribel's father. *

Alejandra Espinoza Alejandra Marrero (née: Espinoza Cruz; born March 27, 1987) is a Mexican beauty queen, model, and TV presenter. She won the first yearMaría Fernanda García María Fernanda García (born September 17, 1967) is a Mexican actress best known as "Licha" in '' Una familia de diez''. She has also appeared in many telenovelas and won a Silver Ariel for "Best Actress in a Minor Role" for the film '' Bienven ...

as Rosa Ortiz de la Fuente, Maribel's mother. *

Henry Zakka Henry Zakka (born July 29, 1956, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan actor and director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Directo ...

as Boris, Rubí's bodyguard. *

Rubén Sanz Rubén Sanz Alonso (born 30 April 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent 13 years of his career with Alcorcón, his professional input with the club consisting of 149 Segunda División matches over six seaso ...

as Prince Eduardo of Spain *

Alfredo Gatica Alfredo Gatica (born 8 February 1988) is a Mexican television actor; best known for his role of Ricardo in the Televisa telenovela ''La vecina'' (2015–2016). His other TV roles include: Orlando in the 2016 telenovela ''Tres veces Ana'', adaptatio ...

as Loreto Mata, Rubi's best friend. *

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as Napoleon, Alejandro's best friend. * Antonio Fortier as Cayetano Gómez, he is Arturo's driver and Cristina's boyfriend. * Paola Toyos as Queca Gallardo, she is a famous blogger who writes scandals about the lives of famous entrepreneurs. *

Mayrín Villanueva Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (born 8 October 1970) is a Mexican actress and model. Villanueva has also posed for multiple magazines. She was considered for the role of Julia Montaño in the 2004 telenovela ''Apuesta por un Amor''; the role was eve ...

as Refugio Ochoa de Perez, Rubi and Cristina's mother.

Guest stars

* Gerardo Murguía as Dr. Mandieta, he is the director of the private university where Rubi studied. *

Juan Soler Juan Soler Valls Quiroga (born January 19, 1966) is an Argentine-Mexican actor and former model and rugby union footballer. He was married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters. Biography Personal life ...

as Hector Ferrer Garza, Hector's father.

Production

In July 2019, W Studios and Lemon Films began development on a new remake of the 2004 hit Mexican drama '' Rubí'' with Carlos Bardasano as producer. Previously in May 2019 Bardasano confirmed that the new adaptation would be a remake, but that in turn would be a sequel and clarifying that: "The story will not only address those aspects known to the public, but will explore what happened to the character years after." The filming of the series officially began on 20 July 2019, and concluded at the beginning of October 2019 in

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. The main theme song of the series is "

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", is performed by Sodi, whose aunt,

Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Havin ...

, had covered years prior.

Reception

The series received both positive and negative reviews from the audience. Sodi's performance was compared to that of

Bárbara Mori Bárbara Mori Ochoa () (born 2 February 1978) is a Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer. She is known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela '' Rubí,'' one of the most successful telenovelas of all time. Sin ...

's from the 2004 adaptation. It premiered on 21 January 2020 in the United States with a total of 1.66 million total viewers (P2 +) and had a total of 749 thousand adults between 18–49 years, being the best debut of a

fiction at 10 p.m. since 2017. With respect to its competition ''

El Señor de los Cielos ''El Señor de los Cielos'' (in English: ''Lord of the Skies'') is an American telenovela created by Luis Zelkowicz, based on an original idea by Mariano Calasso, and Andrés López and it started airing on American broadcast channel Telemundo. P ...

'', the series obtained good ratings.

Ratings

U.S. ratings

Mexico ratings

Episodes

Special

References

External links

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