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Maria Mercedes
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Thalia
María Mercedes "Meche" Muñoz González de Del Olmo
82 eps
Arturo Peniche
Jorge Luis Del Olmo Morantes
82 eps
Laura Zapata
Malvina Morantes vda. de Del Olmo
82 eps
Gabriela Goldsmith
Maria Magnolia González de Mancilla
82 eps
Carmen Amezcua
Digna del Olmo Morantes
82 eps
Carmen Salinas
Filogonia "Doña Filo"
82 eps
Nicky Mondellini
Mística Casagrande de Ordóñez
82 eps
Fernando Ciangherotti
Santiago del Olmo
82 eps
Roberto Ballesteros
Cordelio Cordero Manso
82 eps
Luis Uribe
Manuel Muñoz
82 eps
Fernando Colunga
Chicho
82 eps
Karla Álvarez
Rosario Muñoz González
82 eps
Diana Golden
Fabiola Mayerling San Roman
82 eps
Meche Barba
Doña Chonita
82 eps
Rosa Carmina
Doña Rosa
82 eps
Jaime Moreno
Rodolfo Mancilla
82 eps
Raúl Padilla
Argemiro "El Chupes" Camacho
82 eps
Luis Gimeno
Don Sebastián Ordóñez
82 eps
Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán
Teo "El Jarocho"
82 eps
Aurora Molina
Doña Natalia
82 eps
Héctor Gómez
Chaplin
82 eps
Marco Uriel
Adolfo
82 eps
Miguel Garza
Esteban
82 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Maria Mercedes actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Maria Mercedes reads strongest on Emotional Weight, Character Depth and Serialized.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family and sees in María Mercedes an opportunity to make their lives miserable.
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
- Carlos SotomayorProducer
- Valentín PimsteinProducer
Direction
- Beatriz SheridanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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