''Soñar no Cuesta Nada'' (English title: ''Daydreaming'') is a Miami-made
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'' ...
written by Verónica Suárez and produced by
Venevisión International
Cisneros Media (abbreviated as CM, formerly known as Venevision International) is an entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.
CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
in 2005. The telenovela lasted for 191 episodes and was distributed internationally by
Venevisión International
Cisneros Media (abbreviated as CM, formerly known as Venevision International) is an entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.
CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
.
Karyme Lozano
Karyme Lozano (; born Karyme Lucía Virginia Lozano Carreno on April 3, 1978, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared on three covers of ''Los 50 Mas Bellos'' of ''People en Español''. She has been nominated and wo ...
and
Cristian de la Fuente
Cristian is the Romanian and Spanish form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname.
Cristian may refer to:
People
* Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Romanian en ...
starred as the protagonists, while
Laura Zapata
Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda ( born July 31, 1956) is a Mexican support telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.
Family
Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a ...
,
Mirela Mendoza and
Ariel López Padilla
Ariel López Padilla (born August 12, 1962 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his acting in many telenovelas such as Gata Salvaje, Pecados Ajenos, Inocente de ti. Ariel Lopez works for most famous telenove ...
starred as the main antagonists.
Synopsis
From penniless immigrant to millionaire heiress: Emilia Olivares undergoes this drastic transformation not by an unexpected stroke of luck or fairy-tale magic, but through an evil scheme that traps her in a web of lies and deceit. And so, what was simply a daydream for a humble young woman becomes a nightmare that changes her life forever.
As an illegal immigrant in the United States, Emilia has few options. In order to help support her family, she is forced to work as a maid. However, her situation does not prevent her from dreaming of a better life. Beautiful, sweet and noble in spirit, Emilia one day meets the man who could make her dreams come true: Felipe Reyes.
Intimidated by the fact that Felipe is very rich, and ashamed of her social standing, Emilia does not reveal her true identity, but rather becomes a mystery to the young man. After just a few dates, they fall in love but she decides to disappear from his life.
Fate will bring them face to face again when Emilia becomes entrapped in a complex lie. Coerced by her greedy mistress, Roberta Lizalde, Emilia assumes the identity of Roberta's stepdaughter, Andrea, who is confined to bed with a terminal illness. The reason is that Andrea's father, Roberta's deceased husband, made his daughter the only heir to a fortune with the condition that if she should die before her 24th birthday, everything will go to charity. Because Andrea has very little time left to live, Roberta needs someone to take Andrea's place and give her control of the inheritance, so she wickedly manipulates Emilia into doing it.
Now pretending to be Andrea, Emilia meets Felipe again, and the budding love they once shared rekindles into a raging fire of passion. But reality catches up with Emilia soon enough, as Felipe's viciously jealous girlfriend, Monica, sets out to uncover her rival's deception, opening Felipe's eyes to Emilia's true identity. From this moment on, Emilia faces a turbulent succession of events that lead her story to a totally unexpected ending.
Cast
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Karyme Lozano
Karyme Lozano (; born Karyme Lucía Virginia Lozano Carreno on April 3, 1978, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared on three covers of ''Los 50 Mas Bellos'' of ''People en Español''. She has been nominated and wo ...
as Emilia Olivares - in love with Felipe, daughter of Estela and Arturo, granddaughter of Castula, half-sister of Monica.
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Cristian de la Fuente
Cristian is the Romanian and Spanish form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname.
Cristian may refer to:
People
* Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Romanian en ...
as Felipe Reyes Retana - in love with Emilia, brother of Liliana, nephew of Jonas.
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Laura Zapata
Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda ( born July 31, 1956) is a Mexican support telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.
Family
Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a ...
as Roberta Perez de Lizalde - villain, mother of Mauricio and Michelle, stepmother of Andrea, lover of Jonas, ends up in jail paying for all her crimes.
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Géraldine Bazán
Geraldine may refer to:
People
* Geraldine (name), the feminine form of the first name Gerald, with list of people thus named.
* The Geraldines, Irish dynasty descended from the Anglo-Norman Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor
* Geraldine of Albania, th ...
as Liliana Reyes Retana - sister of Felipe, in love with Luis, hates Monica.
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Víctor Cámara
Víctor Manuel Cámara Parejo (born June 10, 1959) is a Venezuelan American telenovela, cinema actor and politician.
Early life
Víctor is the son to actress Elisa Parejo and actor Carlos Cámara, both natives of the Dominican Republic. He has ...
as Arturo Hernandez - father of Monica and Emilia, husband of Olivia, but in love with Estela.
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Marialejandra Martín as Olivia Hernandez - wife of Arturo, mother of Monica.
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Mirela Mendoza as Monica Hernandez † - villain, in love with Felipe, daughter of Olivia and Arturo, half-sister of Emilia, hates Emilia, raped by Jonas, dies burned when she is pushed by Roberta from a boat.
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Orlando Fundichely as Ricardo † - villain, son of Jonas, brother of Javier killed by police.
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Andrés García Jr as Luis - best friend of Felipe, boyfriend of Jasmine, widow of Andrea, later in love with Liliana.
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Olivia Collins Olivia may refer to:
People
* Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer
* Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 19 ...
as Estela Olivares † - mother of Emilia, daughter of Castula, in love with Arturo, killed by Monica.
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Ariel López Padilla
Ariel López Padilla (born August 12, 1962 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his acting in many telenovelas such as Gata Salvaje, Pecados Ajenos, Inocente de ti. Ariel Lopez works for most famous telenove ...
as Jonas Reyes Retana - villain, uncle of Felipe and Liliana, lover of Roberta, father of Ricardo and Javier and Renata's baby, goes to jail.
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Graciela Doring
Graciela (August 23, 1915 – April 7, 2010)
Accessed April 2010 was a Cuban-born American singer of Cuban music and ...
as Castula Alvarez - mother of Estela, grandmother of Emilia, first villain, later good.
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Joemy Blanco as Lucy - best friend of Emilia, suspect of Mauricio's murder, in love with Ernesto.
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Susan Vohn as Michelle - daughter of Roberta, sister of Maruricio, in love with Bobby.
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Rodrigo Mejia as Mauricio † - villain, later good, son of Roberta, brother of Michelle , killed by Roberta accidentally.
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Arap Bethke
Ricardo Arap Bethke Galdames (born 12 March 1980) is a Mexican actor.
Early life
Bethke was born on 12 March 1980 in Nairobi, Kenya, as Ricardo Arap Bethke Galdames. In the African language "Arap Bethke" means "Bethke's son." His father, Clau ...
as Bobby - roommate of Rodrigo, in love with Michelle.
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Tatiana Capote
Tatiana Capote Abdel (born August 15, 1962 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuba-born Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty queen.
Miss World
She grew up in Caracas, Venezuela and became the official representative of Venezuela to the 1979 Miss ...
as Matilde - mother of Andrea, hates Roberta.
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Jessica Cerezo as Jazmin - best friend of Monica, in love with Luis.
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Carmen Daisy Rodriguez as Andrea Lizalde † - daughter of Matilde, friend of Emilia, wife of Luis , died from illness.
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Adrian Mas as Rodrigo - roommate of Bobby, in love with Renata.
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Carlos Cuervo as Jose - in love with Emilia, friend of Lucy, Bobby and Rodrigo.
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Omar Avila as Javier - son of Jonas, brother of Ricardo, obsessed with Lucy.
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Carlos Cruz Carlos Cruz may refer to:
*Carlos Cruz (boxer) (1937–1970), Dominican lightweight world champion
*Carlos Cruz (television presenter) (born 1942), Portuguese presenter and convicted paedophile
*Juan-Carlos Cruz (born 1962), celebrity chef on Food ...
as Dr. Zabaleta † - doctor, Killed by Roberta.
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Ivelin Giro
Ivelin Giro is a Cuban American actress best known for her role as Viviana Altamira de Rincón in the Spanish language telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The wor ...
as Renata - lover of Jonas, mother of Jonas's children, later in love with Rodrigo.
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Nelida Ponce as Nana Dolores - worker at the Hernandez mansion.
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Mariana Huerdo as Carmela - worker at the Hernandez mansion.
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Julio Capote
Julio Capote (born October 22, 1932) is a Cuban actor.Agrasánchez p.160
Filmography
References
Bibliography
* Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer''. McFarland, 2010.
External li ...
as Pedro - best friend of Arturo.
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Jorge Luis Pila
Jorge Luis Pila (born August 3, 1972) is a Czech-born Cuban actor, known for acting in Telenovelas like La Patrona (2013), Yacaranday (1999). His debut was in Al norte del corazón (1997). His mother is from Czech Republic and his father is from ...
as Ernesto - police officer, in love with Lucy.
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Hilda Luna as La Kikis - an ugly rich girl who loves Mauricio.
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Ilse Pappe as Maite - secretary of Felipe.
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Taniusha Capote as Lety - friend of Lililan and Jenny.
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Marina Vidal as Sarita - secretary of Jonás.
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Ximena Duque
Ximena Duque (born January 30, 1985) is a Colombian actress and model.
Biography
Ximena was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on January 30, 1985 and at age 12 moved to Miami, Florida, where she began to study acting, diction and acce ...
as Jenny - friend of Liliana and Lety.
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Angie Russian as Patty - secretary of Felipe.
Theme song
There are 2 theme songs for this telenovela: one is called "Soñar No Cuesta Nada", performed by the main star
Karyme Lozano
Karyme Lozano (; born Karyme Lucía Virginia Lozano Carreno on April 3, 1978, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared on three covers of ''Los 50 Mas Bellos'' of ''People en Español''. She has been nominated and wo ...
and it can be heard only in Spanish-speaking markets (it's the opening theme song). There's also another song performed by Venezuelan boy-band A.5, the song is also called "Soñar No Cuesta Nada", but it has different lyrics to the Karyme Lozano's version, and it's only heard in non-Spanish speaking markets.
References
External links
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2005 telenovelas
2005 American television series debuts
2006 American television series endings
2005 Venezuelan television series debuts
2006 Venezuelan television series endings
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Venevisión telenovelas
Venezuelan telenovelas
Univision telenovelas
American telenovelas
Television shows set in Miami