Scripted series · Netflix
Defying Destiny
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Karent Hinestroza
María Roa
64 eps
Paola González
María Roa (Joven)
64 eps
Paola Moreno
Tulia (Joven)
64 eps
Julián Díaz
Don Manuel
64 eps
Indhira Serrano
Perxides Borja
64 eps
Valeria Caicedo
Francy (Joven)
64 eps
Bárbara Perea
Irma
64 eps
Patricia Vásquez
Susana
64 eps
Paula Castaño
Milena
64 eps
Andrés Juan Hernández
Diego Vélez
64 eps
Julio Sanchez Coccaro
Don Alejandro
64 eps
Paola Valencia
Marlene (Joven)
64 eps
Jhon Álex Toro
Bernabe
64 eps
Camila Zarate
Mariana
64 eps
Carolina Cuervo
Doña Sonia
64 eps
Brayan Esteban Mina
Fernando (Joven)
64 eps
Marggy Selene Valdiris López
María Roa (Niña)
64 eps
Mayra Luna
Edith
64 eps
Maxi Sierra
Antonio Vélez
64 eps
Leopolda Rojas
Jenny
64 eps
Sara Pinzón
Juliana Vélez
64 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Defying Destiny actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Defying Destiny reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
This is the story of María, a leader whose face will become the icon of the social class struggle to grant legal status to domestic workers who, for years, worked without labor rights in her country.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Rafael Martínez MorenoDirector
- Daniel Arenas SamudioDirector
Where to watch
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