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La Madrastra
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Victoria Ruffo
Maria Fernandez Acuña de San Román
120 eps
César Évora Díaz
Esteban San Román
120 eps
Eduardo Capetillo
Leonel Ibáñez
120 eps
Jacqueline Andere
Alba San Román
120 eps
Margarita Isabel
Carmela San Román
120 eps
Sabine Moussier
Fabiola Morán de Mendizabal
120 eps
René Casados
Bruno Mendizábal
120 eps
Cecilia Gabriela
Daniela Márquez de Rivero
120 eps
Guillermo García Cantú
Demetrio Rivero
120 eps
Ana Martín
Socorro de Montes
120 eps
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Venturina García "La Muda"
120 eps
Lorenzo de Rodas
Servando Maldonado
120 eps
Sergio Mayer
Carlos Sánchez
120 eps
Joaquín Cordero
Padre Belisario
120 eps
Michelle Vieth
Vivian Sousa
120 eps
Ana Layevska
Estrella San Román
120 eps
Mauricio Aspe
Héctor San Román
120 eps
Mariana Ríos
Guadalupe "Lupita" Montes
120 eps
Mike Biaggio
Ángel San Román / Ángel Rivero San Román
120 eps
Ximena Herrera
Alma Martínez
120 eps
José Luis Reséndez
Greco Montes
120 eps
Carlos Bonavides
Rufino "El Pulpo" Sánchez
120 eps
Arturo García Tenorio
Leonardo "Da Vinci" Montes
120 eps
Liza Willert
Rebeca Robles
120 eps
Marcial Casale
Mañas
120 eps
Rubén Morales
Detective Figueroa
120 eps
Irma Serrano
La Duquesa
120 eps
Martha Julia
Ana Rosa Márquez / Sofía Márquez
120 eps
Marcelo Buquet
Gerardo Salgado
120 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How La Madrastra actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
La Madrastra reads strongest on Serialized, Emotional Weight and Character Depth.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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
After twenty years, María obtains her freedom and returns to Mexico to find Patricia's real murderer. She marries Esteban, her husband, again to regain the affection of her children, who reject her for being their stepmother.
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Behind the series
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