Scripted series · Univision
Lola… Once Upon a Time
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Eiza González
Lola / Dolores
225 eps
Aarón Díaz
Alexander
225 eps
Grettell Valdéz
Carlota
225 eps
Lorena Herrera
Montserrat
225 eps
Zoraida Gómez
Rafaela
225 eps
Tiaré Scanda
Milagros
225 eps
Natasha Dupeyrón
Marion
225 eps
Eddy Vilard
Archibaldo
225 eps
Derrick James
Marcus
225 eps
Octavio Ocaña
Otto
225 eps
Juan Luis Arias
Boris
225 eps
Viviana Ramos
Blanca
225 eps
Luis Gerardo Méndez
Damián "Bataca"
225 eps
Steph Bumelcrownd
Marina
225 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lola… Once Upon a Time actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lola… Once Upon a Time reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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 an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Lola... Érase Una Vez is a teen targeted Mexican melodrama telenovela produced by Televisa that is an adaptation of the Argentine global phenomenon and teenage telenovela Floricienta. The show tells the story of a modern Cinderella, Lola, a 20 year old girl, who works as a nanny and sings in a rock band and meets her so call Prince Charming. It debuted in Mexico on February 26, 2007, starring Aarón Díaz and Eiza González. The show had gained popularity among teens and children not only in Mexico but also internationally including Venezuela, Spain and the in United States. With concert performances filling major auditoriums and songs by the protagonist become radio hits. It debuted in the United States on Univision in March 2008 and ended on January 26, 2009. The series consisted of 224 episodes which aried Monday through Friday at 3 P.M, intentionally for teenagers to watch after school, as is typical for most teenage & children telenovelas in Spanish networks.
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
- Pedro DamiánProducer
Writing
- Iván CuevasWriter
Direction
- Juan Carlos MuñozDirector
- Luis PardoDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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