Destino de Mujer

''Destino de Mujer'' (English title: ''Destiny of a Woman'') is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Mariela Romero and produced in 1997 as a joint production of Venevisión and Televisión Española. The telenovela lasted for 136 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.

Sonya Smith and Jorge Reyes starred as the main protagonists with Yajaira Orta, Henry Galué, Tatiana Capote, Gabriela Vergara and Rafael Romero as antagonists.

Plot

A murder committed in the past marks the life of Mariana Oropeza and Víctor Manuel Santana, two young people who fall in love without knowing of the past that links them.

Years ago, Alfredo Oropeza killed Victor Manuel's father, stole his fortune and raped his fiancée, Aurora, whom he had always desired. After killing Esteban, Victor Manuel's father, the servants run for their lives together with his little brother Luis Miguel. But as they are being pursued by Alfredo's men, the nanny carrying Luis Miguel falls into a river. Traumatized and half naked, Aurora arrives at a Church calling for help. But her evil sister, Lucrecia, convinces her that everything that is happening was her fault, and has her locked up in a mental asylum. Nine months later, Aurora gives birth to a baby girl called Mariana, the product of her rape. Lucrecia takes away her niece and blackmails Alfredo—whom she has always loved—into marrying her.

Years later, Mariana and Víctor Manuel meet each other after they compete to win for an international business contract. They both cannot ignore the mutual attraction they feel for each other, until Víctor Manuel discovers that Mariana is the daughter of his worst enemy and the murderer of his father. Víctor Manuel decides to take revenge by seducing Mariana, but he cannot imagine that he will end up falling in love with her.

Cast

Main Cast

* Sonya Smith as ''Mariana Oropeza Castillo''
* Jorge Reyes as ''Víctor Manuel Santana''
*Carlos Camacho as ''Luis Miguel Restrepo''
*Lupita Ferrer as Aurora ''Inés Acosta''
* Tatiana Capote as ''Griselda Ascanio''
*Pedro Lander as ''Ramón Santana''
*Gabriela Vergara as ''Vanessa Medina''
*Rafael Romero as ''Rodolfo Anzola''
*Raúl Amundaray as ''Artemio Ruíz''
*Henry Galué as ''Alfredo Oropeza''
*Javier Valcárcel as ''Juan Félix''

Supporting Cast

*Yajaira Orta as ''Lucrecia Castillo de Oropeza''
*Carmen Julia Álvarez as ''Caridad Tovar''
*Chony Fuentes as ''Irma Santana''
*Alberto Álvarez as ''Humberto Maldonado''
*Pedro Martín as ''Izaguirre''
*María Eugenia Penagos as ''Margarita''
*Jalymar Salomon as ''Martha''
*Wanda D'Isidoro as ''Thaís Santana''
*Sonia Villamizar as ''Nereida Tovar''
*Carlos Baute as ''Pedro José''
*Yul Bürkle as ''Arnaldo''
* Roberto Messuti as ''Augusto Santana''
*Jeanette Flores as ''Mariana Salcedo''
* Roberto Lamarca as ''Ignacio''
*María Eugenia Penagos as ''Margarita''
*Ernesto Balzi
*Alexis Escámez
*Lucio Bueno
*Mario Brito

Broadcasters

Trivia

*This is the 3rd of the 4 telenovelas ( Cristal, Rosangelica, Pecados Ajenos) that Sonya Smith and Lupita Ferrer worked together.
*It was remade by Mexican TV network TV Azteca entitled '' Vuélveme A Querer'', Sonya Smith also appeared here and she played the role as the heroine's mother.

References

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1997 telenovelas
1997 Spanish television series debuts
1997 Spanish television series endings
1997 Venezuelan television series debuts
1997 Venezuelan television series endings
1990s Spanish drama television series
Spanish television soap operas
Venezuelan telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas
Venevisión telenovelas
Televisión Española telenovelas
Spanish telenovelas
Television shows set in Venezuela