Scripted series · Telemundo
False Identity
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Luis Ernesto Franco
Diego Hidalgo / Emiliano Guevara
171 eps
Camila Sodi
Isabel Fernández / Camila de Guevara
171 eps
Dulce María
Victoria Lamas
80 eps
Samadhi Zendejas
Cirse Gaona
171 eps
Sergio Goyri
Gavino Gaona
91 eps
Eduardo Yáñez
Mateo Corona
171 eps
Sonya Smith
Fernanda Virrueta
171 eps
Barbie Casillas
Amanda Corona
171 eps
Pepe Gámez
Deivid
171 eps
Alejandro Camacho
Augusto
91 eps
Gabriela Roel
Felipa Pérez
171 eps
Marcus Ornellas
Porfirio Corona
91 eps
Uriel del Toro
José Hernández
171 eps
Azela Robinson
Ramona Flores
171 eps
Geraldine Bazán
Marlene
91 eps
Checo Perezcuadra
Ricardo Corona / Max Guevara
171 eps
Marco de la O
El Buitre
80 eps
Manuel Balbi
Eliseo Hidalgo Orozco
91 eps
Otto Sirgo
El Apá
80 eps
Hugo Catalán
Eric
91 eps
Miguel Garza
Carlos Lee
171 eps
Rubén Sanz
Rafael Santos
2 eps
Lorién Sauret
Reportera
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How False Identity actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
False Identity reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Isabel and Diego, two complete strangers, must assume the identity of a married couple in order to flee the state of Sonora.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 171 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201891 episodes
9.0IMDbStrangers Diego and Isabel flee their home in Mexico and pretend to be a married couple to escape his drug-dealing enemies and her abusive husband.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202080 episodes
10.0IMDbWhen Fernanda is abducted and Amanda runs away to Mexico, Isabel and Diego must leave their new life in witness protection in the U.S. to get them back.
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.
Executive production
- Ivan ArandaExecutive Producer
- David PosadaExecutive Producer
- Marcos SantanaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Sergio MendozaWriter
Direction
- Diego MuñozDirector
- Conrado MartinezDirector
- Jorge RíosDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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