''Una Maid en Manhattan'' is a Spanish-language American

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 by

Telemundo Studios Telemundo Studios, formerly known as Telemundo Television Studios, is a division of NBCUniversal that develops original programming in Spanish. History After these agreements, Patricio Wills, former president of Telemundo-RTI, pass to be the pers ...

. It is based on the 2002 film ''

Maid in Manhattan ''Maid in Manhattan'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Wayne Wang and based on a story by John Hughes, who is credited using a pseudonym. It stars Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, and Natasha Richardson. In the film, a ho ...

'', starring

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

and

Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...

Plot

''Una Maid in Manhattan'' tells the story of Marisa Luján (

Litzy Litzy Vanya Domínguez Balderas (born October 27, 1982), known by her stage name Litzy, is a Mexican singer and actress. Career Litzy is known for having been in the Mexican singing group Jeans (band), Jeans, and for her (formerly "always" pro ...

), who runs a small hotel in a village in Michoacan. Before the events shown in the show, she falls in love with Victor, an American man who visits Michoacán every year for the Christmas holidays. She becomes pregnant with Victor's child. She leaves Victor, after finding out he cheated, and moves with her son Lalo, to NY where she works as a maid in Manhattan hotel. She meet her Prince Charming Christobal Parker, Whom she fell in love with and their love was unconditional. Even if their love was unconditional they had obstacles which they conquered together. Sara, childhood friend of Christobal, who lusts for him and will do anything to get Christobal's love, and she may be a problem.

Cast and characters

Main

as Merissa Luján *

Eugenio Siller Eugenio Siller Margain (born April 5, 1981) is a Mexican actor, singer, and model who is best known for starring in popular novelas ''Rebelde'', ''Código Postal'', ''Al Diablo con los Guapos'', '' Mi pecado'', ''Aurora'', ''Una Maid en Manhatta ...

as Cristóbal Parker Salas *

Vanessa Villela Vanessa Villela (born January 28, 1978)" is a Mexican-American actress turned real estate agent, who appeared in Mexican TV series ''Romántica obsesión'', ''Ellas, inocentes o culpables'', ''Súbete a mi moto'', ''Un nuevo amor'', ''El cuerpo de ...

as Sara Montero * Jorge Eduardo García as Eduardo "Lalo" Mendoza Luján

Recurring

Shalim Ortiz Shalim Ortiz (born February 26, 1979) is a Puerto Rican actor and singer. Personal life Ortiz is the son of Dominican singer, actress, and host Charytín Goyco and Puerto Rican actor and comedian Elín Ortiz. Ortiz married Leslie Ann Machado in ...

as Frank Varela *

Maricela González Maricela González (born 8 December 1968) is a Colombian actress, best known for her role as La Felina on '' La Doña 2''. She is also known for her recurring roles on the television series ''Pasión prohibida'' (2013) and ''En otra piel ''Pa ...

as Calixta Meléndez *

Paulo Quevedo Paulo Cesar Quevedo de la Vega (born 1 February 1975) is a Mexican actor. He was a singer of the Mexican pop groups "Tierra Cero" and "Kairo Kairo may refer to: * Kairo (band), Mexican boy band from 1993 to 1999 with Eduardo Verástegui as memb ...

as Víctor Mendoza *

Tina Romero Tina Romero (born Tina Romero Alcázar, August 14, 1949) is an American actress. A native of New York City, Romero moved to Mexico in her youth, and later established a career there as an actress. Her early film roles included '' The Divine Caste ...

as Carmen Moreno "La Nana" * Liz Gallardo as Leticia Robles "Leti" *

Ismael La Rosa Ismael Armando La Rosa Fernandini (born March 16, 1977) is a Peruvian actor, known for his roles in telenovelas. Biography He was born in San Isidro District, Lima, a descendant of an aristocratic Extremadura family that came to Peru and initial ...

as Tadeo Falcón "Tito" *

Jorge Baldini Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

as Franco Rios *

Juan Pablo Llano Juan Pablo Llano (born 17 November 1977, Medellin, Colombia), is a Colombian actor and model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century Eng ...

as Bruno Rivera *

Karen Sentíes Karen Sentíes (born Karen Mireya Sentíes Ludwik on December 10, 1965, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela actress who is known for playing in Spanish language telenovelas on Televisa and TV Azteca and in one Canadia ...

as Amelia Salas de Parker * Fred Valle as Tyron Parker "Ty" * Jorge Hernández as Estanislao "Polaco" *

Wanda D'Isidoro Wanda Catherine D’Isidoro Arcolín (born October 20, 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Venezuelan actress. D'Isidoro was born to an American mother and a Sicilian father, who met when her mother was an actress. They married and moved to Vene ...

as Catalina Lucero * Ana Sobero as Marcela Villa * Sandra Eichler as Alicia * Salim Rubiales as Tarek * Maite Embil as Belinda Delgado *

Karina Mora Karina Mora (born November 17, 1980) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in various telenovelas and more than fifteen films since 1999. Filmography References External links Official website* 1980 births Living people Mexican ...

as Yazmín "Yaya" Mendoza * Xavier Coronel as Javier Serran *

Jeimy Osorio Jeirmarie "Jeimy" Osorio Rivera (born December 22, 1988) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. Best known for telenovelas: ''Una Maid en Manhattan'', '' Porque el amor manda'', ''Santa Diabla Santa Diabla (literally: ''Holy Devil'', English ...

as Tania Taylor * Rodrigo Mejía as Gregorio "Goyo" * Aneudy Lara as Jerome Taylor *

Carlos Athié Carlos Athié (born Carlos Harfuch Álvarez; on February 27, 1987, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, model and TV presenter. Life He played a cocaine addict in The White Route (Alejandro Sandoval''The White Route'') that was produced ...

as Lucas Gonzalez *

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 Amador Colina *

Mónica Pasqualotto Mónica Pasqualotto, or La Pasqualotto, is a TV host, Radio host, actress, and model. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela on October 15, 1974. She has been the image of several products on television and for the Venezuelan press. She is part of ...

as Mireya Sanz * Patricio Doren as Hugo Reyes *

Daniela Nieves Daniela Nieves (born July 4, 1997) is an American actress best known for playing Andi Cruz on the Nickelodeon series ''Every Witch Way'' and ''WITS Academy''. Nieves's other appearances include ''Una Maid en Manhattan'', ''El Rostro de Analía' ...

as Alejandra Varela * Fidel Pérez Michel as Richard Garcia * Luke Grande as Dr. Martinez *

Khotan Fernández Khotan Fernández (born Khotan Fernández Tapajós on April 27, 1973) in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, is a Mexican actor sometimes simply known as Khotan. Early life Khotan Fernandez was born in Mexico city, the son of Brazilian actress/singe ...

as Miguel Morales "Miguelito" * Iván Hernández as Steve Martinez * Liannet Borrego as Sylvia * Ernesto Tapia as Ronnie * Adela Romero as Gloria Mendoza * Victor Corona as Esteban * Osvaldo Strongoli as Teófilo "Teó" * Sofia Sanabria as Vicky * Samir Succar as Officer Conner * Hely Ferrigny as Manuel Mendoza * Lina Maya as Natasha * Gualberto Gonzalez as Lazcano *

Lupillo Rivera Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra, better known by the stage name Lupillo Rivera, is an American singer and songwriter. In 2010, Rivera was awarded a Grammy Award for his album, '' Tu Esclavo y Amo''. His older sister was the late singer and actress J ...

as himself * Carlos Cuervo as Joaquin * Yami Quintero as Flavia Montes * Hector Alejandro as Marcus * Raúl Durán as Julius Thompson * Duvier Poviones as Bob * Catalina Mesa as Pilar * Dayami Padron as Patricia * Carlos Pítela as Don Serapio * Omar Nassar as Benjamin Singer * Raul Arrieta as Anselmo * Gilbert Peralta as Memo * Fernando Fermor as Tomás

Episodes

* Release dates, episode name & length, and U.S. viewers based on

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's broadcast.

Production

Production and filming of ''Una Maid en Manhattan'' officially started in late 2011. From November 29, 2011 to July 9, 2012, Telemundo aired the serial weeknights at 8pm/7c, replacing '' Mi Corazón Insiste''. From July 10 to 23, 2012, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of ''Una Maid en Manhattan'' and ''

Rosa Diamante Rosa diamante (, ''Diamond Rose'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami and Mexican Argos Comunicación. It is a remake of Argentinian telenovela '' Perla Negra'', written b ...

'', both sharing the 8pm/7c time slot. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles with closed captions on CC3.

Reception

Telemundo's November 29 broadcast of ''Una Maid en Manhattan'' averaged nearly 1.6 million viewers. The series finale broadcast on July 23 averaged 2.1 million viewers, and became one of Telemundo’s strongest novelas ever during its run.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maid En Manhattan, Una 2011 telenovelas 2012 telenovelas 2011 American television series debuts 2012 American television series endings Sony Pictures Television telenovelas Spanish-language American telenovelas Telemundo telenovelas Television shows set in Los Angeles Television shows set in Miami Television shows set in New York City Works about immigration to the United States