''Matriarcas'' (lit: ''Matriarchs''), is a Chilean television
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio drama ...
created by Sebastián Arrau, that aired on
TVN and
TV Chile from May 18, to December 30, 2015, starring
Claudia Di Girólamo,
Francisco Reyes,
Blanca Lewin, 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
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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.
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Francisco Reyes as Gary Mendez.
* Emilio Edwards as Alexis Santis (alias ''Donor 7'').
* Josefina Fiebelkorn as Matilde Valdes (alias ''Holy Mommy'').
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Blanca Lewin as Chantal Chavez (alias ''Evil Mommy'').
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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 telenove ...
as Grace Peñaloza (alias ''Mommy Mommy'').
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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
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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 ...
as Isabelle Stanford.
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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.
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Juan Falcón as Johnny Bravo.
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Héctor Morales as Eduardo Bravo.
* Santiago Tupper as Mauricio Bravo.
* Rodrigo Muñoz as Arturo Villar.
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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.
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Denise Rosenthal 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
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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
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