''María Magdalena'' is a Mexican

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television series produced by

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and Dopamine for

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. It is a biblical drama based on the life of

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, and it stars

María Fernanda Yepes María Fernanda Yepes Alzate (born 23 December 1980) is a Colombian actress and model. She is mostly known for playing Yésica Franco "La Diabla", in the hit Telemundo telenovela '' Sin Senos no hay Paraíso''. She also played the title role in ...

as the titular character. The series is written by Lina Uribe, Darío Vanegas, and Jaqueline Vargas, and has the executive production of Daniel Ucros, and Juan Pablo Posada. The start of production was confirmed on 30 January 2018, and 60 episodes were confirmed for the first season. It premiered first in Panama on TVN on 15 October 2018 and ended on 1 February 2019.

Cast

Manolo Cardona Manuel "Manolo" Julián Cardona Molano (born April 25, 1977) is a Colombian actor. Personal life Cardona was born in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia on April 25, 1977. At the age of seven, Cardona's family nicknamed him "Manolo," which later beca ...

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Andrés Parra Andrés Parra Medina (born 18 September 1977) is a Colombian film and television actor. He is known for portraying the drug lord Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, ...

as Pedro * Luis Roberto Guzmán as Valerio * Diana Lein as Herodías * Cesar Mora as Herodes * Pakey Vásquez as Barrabas * Alejandro de Marino as Lázaro * Gustavo Sánchez Parra as Cusas * Jacqueline Arenal as

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* Claudio Cataño as Ur * Andrés Suárez as Tribuno Emilio * Danielle Arciniegas as

Salome Salome (; , related to , "peace"; ), also known as Salome III, was a Jews, Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New T ...

* Juan Fernando Sánchez as Yair * Juana Arboleda as Juana * Juan Manuel Lenis as

Andrew the Apostle Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Apostles in the New Testament, Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Chu ...

* Vicente Peña as Mateo * Alejandro Buitrago as Santiago * Maia Landaburu as Rebeca * Luis Miguel González as

John the Evangelist John the Evangelist ( – ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus on how ...

* María Teresa Barreto as Abigail * Anderson Balsero as

Bartholomew the Apostle Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). New Testament references The name ''Bartholomew ...

References

2018 Mexican television series debuts 2019 Mexican television series endings Sony Pictures Television telenovelas TVN (Panamanian TV network) original programming {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub