Pecados Ajenos is a Spanish-language telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

. This limited-run series was shot in Florida by Telemundo Studios, Miami

Telemundo Television Studios

Telemundo Television Studios is a division of NBC Universal that develops original programming in Spanish.-History:In 2005, Telemundo Communications Group, announced the acquisition of the totality of its property next to RTI Colombia, Telemundo-RTI, to create Telemundo Studios Television and...

. It is also known as A Chance to Love This telenovela was sold to 16 countries around the world.

Pecados Ajenos replaced Amor Mio

Amor Mío

Amor Mío is a Spanish language comedy telecomedy, produced in Argentina by Telefe and for Mexico by Televisa. This romantic comedy features Abril Juárez and Marcos Sinclair, two singles who are forced to share an apartment in Buenos Aires even though they cannot stand each other...

 in Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

's 10 p.m. (ET/PT) time slot on October 8, 2007. Lorena Rojas

Lorena Rojas

Lorena Rojas is a Mexican actress and singer, a song writer and best known for her leading roles in popular Telenovelas.- Biography :...

 and Mauricio Islas

Mauricio Islas

Mauricio Islas is a Mexican television and film actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas.-Early life:...

 were paired together for the first time in this saga of love, marriage, betrayal, parenthood, friendship and passion.

Show was launched for example in Poland on Puls TV and in Romania

Romania

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 on Acasa TV.
In Georgia

Georgia (country)

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, channel Rustavi 2

Rustavi 2

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 broadcasted the novel.

Screenwriter Eric Vonn penned this urban melodrama set in West Palm Beach and Pompano Beach. It features star-crossed lovers who fall in love at the worst possible moment. As with most of its telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Many scenes were shot on location in Virginia Key

Virginia Key

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.

Story Synopsis

Natalia and Adrián are strangers who live in different cities but discover in an instant that they belong together. They were both married for over twenty years, and each has two beautiful young children. Their lives are quite similar—and both are unhappy and frustrated. Destiny brings the two together when they are each on the verge of divorce.

When the pair falls madly in love, they face opposition from Elena, Adrián's hysterical, paranoid and resentful wife, Rogelio, Natalia's alcoholic husband who humiliates her, and Inés, who envies and hates Natalia while pretending to be her friend. Meanwhile Ágata, Natalia's despotic mother-in-law, terrorizes the heroine's life and has stripped her of the fortune which she inherited from her parents. Ágata teams up with Manuel, a treacherous and ambitious villain, to plot Natalia's worst tragedy: separating her from her most beloved treasure, her children.

Natalia and Adrián search for love, companionship and fulfillment on a road full of bitterness, disappointment and misunderstanding. Their story is closely related to that of their respective children. They must find love amid family conflict, jealousy and betrayal.
In the end we discover it was all a dream by Natalia while in a two year coma, and that everything is about to happen as she dreamt it.

Cast

Main Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as
Lorena Rojas Lorena Rojas Lorena Rojas is a Mexican actress and singer, a song writer and best known for her leading roles in popular Telenovelas.- Biography :...	Natalia Ruiz	main heroine, in love with Adrian, mother of Luis & Gloria
Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas is a Mexican television and film actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas.-Early life:...	Adrián Torres	main hero, in love with Natalia, father of Freddy
Catherine Siachoque Catherine Siachoque 'Catherine Siachoque is a Colombian actress best known for her roles in numerous telenovelas.-Career:...	Inés Vallejo	villain, "frienemy" of Natalia
Sonya Smith Sonya Smith Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet is an Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:A blond and blue-eyed Hispanic born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Federico Albertini Smith, who is part-Colombian and part-American...	Elena Sandoval	villain, wife/ex-wife of Adrián, mother of Denisse & Freddy
Ariel López Padilla Ariel López Padilla - Biography :Ariel López Padilla was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on August 12, 1962.Being the second of three brothers, Francisco and Horacio the other two, this "sandwich brother" has always been of restless nature and avid for attention, there the root of his multiple facets like actor,...	Rogelio Mercenario	villain, husband/ex-husband of Natalia, father of Denisse, Luis, & Gloria
Sebastián Ligarde Sebastián Ligarde Sebastián Ligarde is an award-winning Mexican-American actor best known for his work in telenovelas and the big screen...	Manuel	accomplice of Ágata and Inés, villain
Lupita Ferrer Lupita Ferrer Lupita Ferrer is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress.Ferrer was born Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer in Maracaibo to Spanish immigrant parents. She became famous for her beauty and her strong theatrical presence.Ferrer has a strong theatrical background...	Ágata Mercenario	mother of Rogelio, main villain
Daniel Lugo Daniel Lugo Daniel Lugo born July 30, 1945, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. is a Puerto Rican actor.His has played several prominent parts in telenovelas such as Prisionera, La Hija del Mariachi, El Rostro de Analia, and most recently as Ali in El Clon.-Telenovelas:...	Marcelo Mercenario	Agata's ex-husband & Rogelio's father, villain
Maritza Rodríguez Maritza Rodriguez Maritza Rodríguez Gómez is a Colombian telenovela actress and model.-Career:Rodríguez is best known for her modeling and acting in several telenovelas. Besides acting, she is also an entreupurner and has her own line of beauty products.-Personal life:Rodríguez has three brothers and speaks English...	Karen Vallejo	Inés's sister, mother of Charlie
Héctor Soberón Héctor Soberón Héctor Soberón Lorenzo , better known as Héctor Soberón, is a Mexican actor.-Acting career:...	Gary Mendoza	friend of Adrián, husband of Ines
Alicia Plaza Alicia Plaza Alicia Plaza, born April 30, 1957 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a veteran, Venezuelan actress. She has worked in various telenovelas, and most recently she has participated in various productions in Miami, Florida.-External links:...	Mónica Rojas	Best friend of Natalia, in love with Saul
Carlos Camacho Carlos Camacho (actor) Carlos Humberto Camacho is a Colombian actor, best known for his participation in numerous telenovelas. He's acted in many telenovelas in his native Colombia, where he started his acting career...	Saúl Farrera	Best friend and business partner of Adrián, Rossy's husband
Chela Arias	Raquel Sandoval	mother of Elena
Raúl Izaguirre	Eduardo Larios	father of Ricardo, husband of Marisela, lawyer
Evelin Santos	Gasparina Godoy	police inspector
Mildred Quiroz	Laura Aguilar	mother of María
Roberto Huicochea	Anselmo Aguilar	father of María, villain
Hannah Zea	Rossy	Monica's and Antonio's daughter, wife of Saul
Andrés García Jr.	Javier Alfaro	Elsa's father, lawyer
Arianna Coltellacci	Chabela	nosy friend of Mónica and Natalia
Mayte Vilán Mayte Vilán Mayte Vilán is a Cuban born actress, who has starred in both English language and Spanish language television and film. She played Yolanda in Azúcar Amarga , and most recently starred in Anita, no te rajes! Mesa para tres Sofía dame tiempo...	Marisela Bracamontes	mother of Ricardo, co-worker of Adrian
Adela Romero	Melinda	(EX-)housekeeper in Ágata's house
Nury Flores	Lolita	housekeeper in Anselmo's house
Raúl Durán	Benito Alejo Gamboa Moctesuma	ex-husband of Melinda, father of Ramón, villain
Mariana Torres Mariana Torres Mariana Paulina Torres González is a Mexican actress, known for telenovelas. She is a daughter of Jose Torres and she has 4 brothers.- Biography :...	Denisse Torres	daughter of Rogelio and Elena, in love with Charlie
Sofía Stamatiades Sofía Stamatiades Sofía Lama Stamatiades is a Mexican actress.Sofia Lama has performed in several types of television shows, including telenovelas and variety shows.-TV Roles:...	Gloria Mercenario	daughter of Natalia and Rogelio, in love with Alfredo, villain, later good
Jencarlos Canela Jencarlos Canela Jencarlos Canela is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas Más Sabe el Diablo and Mi Corazón Insiste.-Biography:...	Alfredo "Freddy" Torres	son of Adrián and Elena, in love with Gloria
Alonso Espeleta Alonso Espeleta Alonso Espeleta is a Mexican actor. He's best known for the role of "Luis Mercenario" in Telemundo's telenovela, Pecados Ajenos.- Telenovelas :...	Luís Mercenario	gay son of Natalia and Rogelio, in love with Hector
Pablo Portillo Pablo Portillo Pablo Portillo is a famous Mexican singer and actor.Portillo was a member of Mexican group Liberacion and later a member of MDO. With MDO, Portillo toured across Latin America, the United States, and Mexico. Portillo was in MDO with Didier Hernandez, Abel Talamantez and Alexis Grullon, among others...	Héctor Acecas	gay, boyfriend of Luís
Roberto Plantier	Charlie Vallejo	son of Karen, in love with Denisse
Eduardo Cuervo Eduardo Cuervo Eduardo Cuervo is a Mexican actor. Best known for his participation in various telenovelas produced by Televisa, such as Abrázame muy fuerte, Amigas y Rivales, and Mujer de Madera.- Career :...	Ricardo "Ricky" Larios	boyfriend/ex-husband of Denisse, villain
Julio Ocampo	Ramón Gamboa	Son of Melinda and Benito, villain
Giovanna del Portillo	Daniela	In love with Luís
Tali Duclaud	Elsa Alfaro	friend of Gloria, daughter of Javier

Secondary Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as
Ximena Duque Ximena Duque Ximena Duque is a Colombian actress who rose to fame after appearing as a contestant on the second season of the Telemundo reality competition Protagonistas de Novela...	María Aguilar	daughter of Anselmo and Lura, in love with Alfredo
Natalie Correa	Lucia
Estella Maris Ortiz
Rudy Pavón	Jaime	Ricardo's friend
Verónica Doza
Daniela Vildosola	Angelica Acecas	Héctor's mother
Ramiro Terán	Fernando Acecas	Héctor's father
Claudia Arroyave	Nidia	(ex-)secretary in Adrián's company, villain
Carlos Farach	Roberto	assistant in Rogelio's company
Andrés Mejia
Julio Arredondo	Dr. Martínez	Elena's doctor
Eric Santa		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Lorenzo Gómez		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Fabio Melanito		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Daniel René	Tony	Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Enrique Herrera	Horacio	Anselmo's lawyer
Rafael Caraballo
Urania Ganas
Rodolfo Castera		police officer
Ivee Colón	Teresa	Ramón's girlfriend
Lorenzo Duarte		Luis's and Hector's classmate
Carlos Garin	Norberto	Anselmo's doctor, his accomplice
Andrés Mistage Andrés Mistage Andrés Eduardo Mistage Parilli is a Venezuelan model and actor who was won the title of Mister Venezuela on 2003...	Jeremy
Nelson Steegers	Danny	Friend of Diego and Charlie
Cristina Figarola	Lisa Fuentes
Isaniel Rojas
Duvier Puviones
Iván Hernández Iván Hernández Iván Hernández Soto is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón in the Spanish first division, as a central defender.-Football career:...		Elena's detective
Luís Rivas Luis Rivas Luis Wilfredo Rivas [REE-vas] is a free agent Major League Baseball infielder.He played for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2005, Cleveland Indians in 2007, and Pittsburgh Pirates in 2008. He bats and throws right-handed.Rivas was known to be a free-swinging hitter who will offer at almost any...	Diego	Charlie's best friend
Carlos Pítela	Padre Julián	Natalia's Priest
Oscar Jaramillo
Jorge Hernández Jorge Hernández Jorge Hernández is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final...		Lawyer of Ines
Xavier Coronel	Marcos Reyes	Mónica's ex-boyfriend
Eduardo Prado
José Segmini
Diego Andaluza
Giselle Duque	Doris	workwoman in Polo's club, friend of Inés
Carlos Xavier Bello
Ramón Morell	Dr. Solovich	Ágata's lawyer
Katherine Fuenmayor	Jenny
Cristian Carabias	Tito	Mónica's young ex-boyfriend
José del Río	Mr. Moore	Director of "Polo" club
Claudia González
Ivan Rodriguez Naranjo	Dr. Beltrán	Ágata's accomplice doctor
José Luís Tovar
Alejandra Ochoa
Guadalupe Hernández	Esteban	Friend of Anselmo
Jorge Laraburre	Johny
Steve Roth	Antonio Sandoval	Monica's ex-husband, father of Rossie and Elena
Alejandro Orendain	Dr. Dorantes	Gary's lawyer
Carlos Tinoco
Salim Rubiales	Alejandro	Rossy's (ex-)husband, villain
Frank Guzmán
Guillermo Clepch
Fernando Pelegrín
Liliana Dodge
Marcos Miranda	Jimenez	Lawyer of Ines
Luis Celeiro	Velázquez
Alexandro Danko	Oscar
Nelson Tallaferro	Pedro	police officer
Luís Sosa
Esteban Villareal	Dr. Salvatierra	Adrain's lawyer
Sandra Eichler	Tina	prison guard, Ines's lover, villain
Tessy Castilla
Diana López Henao	Dalia	Prisoner, Tina's Acomplice
Gerardo Mendicoa
David Hass
Riczabeth Sobalvarro	Dora	Natalia's and Ines's jailmate, villain
Diana Franco Diana Franco Diana Franco was born in Cali, Colombia and in 1982 moved to New York City, where she lived and studied. In 1988, in a nationwide televised competition, Diana was crowned Miss Colombia USA. Franco became a TV commercial and editorial model and in December 1990 appeared on her first cover of...	Lola	Natalia's jailmate and friend
Gabriel Traversari Gabriel Traversari Gabriel Traversari is a Nicaraguan American actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter, painter and photographer.-Early life:...	Rolando Ortega	Hector's boss and lover
Jaime Pavón	Luciano Melendez	Agata's man, villain
Nelsón Díaz Nelson Diaz Nelson Diaz is a United States lawyer who has been a Philadelphia city solicitor, a judge on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and General Counsel to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development...	Eleazar Aguilar	Anselmo's brother
Juan Jiménez Juan Jiménez Juan Jiménez may refer to:* Juan Jiménez de Montalvo , Spanish colonial administrator* Juan Isidro Jimenez Pereyra , Dominican politician* Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish poet...	Maximiliano Aranda	Luis's new lover by Agata, villain
Alcira Gil	Amanda	Alejandro's mother, villain
Leandro Fernández Leandro Fernández (actor) Leandro Fernández is a Colombian-Spanish Actor, Musician and Director. Son of actor and painter Domingo Fernández Adeba and brother of renowned actor Helios Fernández, and actress and musician Paola Fernández studied on "Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes" in Cali, Colombia, Film Direction in...	Prisoner

Changes

When Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 announced this project in its 2007 upfront

Upfront

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 presentation, it was titled "El Otro Lado del Amor" ("The Other Side of Love"). The network then launched promotional

Television advertisement

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 teaser

Teaser

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s on July 2, 2007 calling the show "Pecados Ajenos". In addition there were multiple cast departures: Aylín Mújica

Aylín Mújica

Aylín Mújica is a Cuban actress, model, and ballet dancer who currently lives in Mexico City, Mexico.- Career :Mújica began modeling at age 13. She posed nude in the Spanish magazine Interviu and appeared in a sexy photoshoot at the H para Hombres magazine as well...

 as Ines Vallejo, Susana Dosamantes

Susana Dosamantes

Susana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...

 as Agata Mercernario, Alex Sirvent, Alfredo Torres (went to Madre Luna

Madre Luna

Madre Luna is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series, also known as Grains of Love, debuted on July 2, 2007. Veteran telenovela writer Julio Jiménez developed the story as a vehicle for star Amparo...

), Géraldine Bazán

Géraldine Bazán

Rosalba Géraldine Bazán Ortíz is a Mexican actress, singer, and anchorwoman currently living in Miami. She's part of Women Fair, Amigos for Kids activities, Latin Book Festivals, in Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, In her spare time Geraldine likes to support causes such as the...

 as Gloria Mercernario (took a role in Victoria

Victoria (Telemundo Series)

Victoria is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela about a woman who falls in love with a dashing younger man, when her marriage collapses around her. It is produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series debuted in the US on December...

) and Alejandro Chabán

Alejandro Chabán

Alejandro José Chabán Rodríguez is a Venezuelan actor and model who has performed in both English- and Spanish-language productions. He is a U.S. citizen....

.

Production notes

Filming of Pecados Ajenos was scheduled to begin in July, 2007, with the debut expected in August. On the set in Southwest Ranches, Florida

Southwest Ranches, Florida

Southwest Ranches, located on the eastern edge of the Florida Everglades, southwest of Fort Lauderdale, is Broward County's 30th incorporated place, having incorporated in the year 2000 to avoid annexation by the city of Pembroke Pines and to preserve its semi-rural lifestyle...

, the crew worked a 12-hour day, during which they shot one and a half episodes' worth of scenes. Locations included Davie, Wellington, Pompano Beach and Palm Beach, Florida. David Posada and Danny Gavidia directed the series.

Product Placement

As with many telenovelas it produces in-house, Telemundo used product placement

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 within the show. Best Buy was to appear prominently in the show, with Adrian's son Alfredo working at one of the stores, but this never aired. Also, Toyota was to sponsor a 30-second replay of an important scene at the end of seven episodes. The Pledge and Windex cleaning products did appear in various scenes, as did Walgreens. The debut episode aired commercial-free and sponsored by Kraft Foods' DiGiorno

DiGiorno

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 frozen pizzas.

Trivia

• This is the third of four telenovelas (Olvidarte Jamas
  Olvidarte Jamas
  Olvidarte Jamas is a 2005 telenovela made by Venevision International in Miami that lasted 118 episodes. The telenovela starred Venezuelan-American actress Sonya Smith and Mexican actor Gabriel Porras. The telenovela was written by Veronica Suarez and Omaira Rivero. It was executive produced by...
  
  , Acorralada
  Acorralada
  Acorralada was an American telenovela shot between 2006 and 2007; as of October 2008, it has been sold to more than 50 countries and it has been hugely successful around the world, making it the most successful Miami produced telenovela since Gata Salvaje.It debuted on January 2007 and ended...
  
  , Vuélveme A Querer
  Vuélveme A Querer
  Vuelveme A Querer is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the Mexican television network TV Azteca. It stars Mariana Torres and Jorge Alberti as protagonists.It is a remake of Venezuelan telenovela Destino de Mujer in 1997, produced and broadcasted by Venevision and starred by...
  
  ) which Sonya Smith
  Sonya Smith
  Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet is an Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:A blond and blue-eyed Hispanic born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Federico Albertini Smith, who is part-Colombian and part-American...
  
   and Mariana Torres
  Mariana Torres
  Mariana Paulina Torres González is a Mexican actress, known for telenovelas. She is a daughter of Jose Torres and she has 4 brothers.- Biography :...
  
   star as mother and daughter.

External links

• Telemundo International Pecados Ajenos page (English, requires Flash
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• Pilot trailer (Spanish w/ English subtitles)
• Telemundo teaser ad (Spanish)
• Telenovela World (bilingual)